diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Abstractions/AuthenticationHttpContextExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Abstractions/AuthenticationHttpContextExtensions.cs
index a1fd3756ef..0adb66f31f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Abstractions/AuthenticationHttpContextExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Abstractions/AuthenticationHttpContextExtensions.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication
         public static Task ChallengeAsync(this HttpContext context) =>
             context.ChallengeAsync(scheme: null, properties: null);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Extension method for authenticate using the <see cref="AuthenticationOptions.DefaultChallengeScheme"/> scheme.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="HttpContext"/> context.</param>
+        /// <param name="properties">The <see cref="AuthenticationProperties"/> properties.</param>
+        /// <returns>The task.</returns>
+        public static Task ChallengeAsync(this HttpContext context, AuthenticationProperties properties) =>
+            context.ChallengeAsync(scheme: null, properties: properties);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Extension method for Challenge.
         /// </summary>
@@ -77,6 +86,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication
         public static Task ForbidAsync(this HttpContext context, string scheme) =>
             context.ForbidAsync(scheme, properties: null);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Extension method for Forbid.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="HttpContext"/> context.</param>
+        /// <returns>The task.</returns>
+        public static Task ForbidAsync(this HttpContext context) =>
+            context.ForbidAsync(scheme: null, properties: null);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Extension method for Forbid.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="HttpContext"/> context.</param>
+        /// <param name="properties">The <see cref="AuthenticationProperties"/> properties.</param>
+        /// <returns>The task.</returns>
+        public static Task ForbidAsync(this HttpContext context, AuthenticationProperties properties) =>
+            context.ForbidAsync(scheme: null, properties: properties);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Extension method for Forbid.
         /// </summary>