diff --git a/src/Http/Authentication.Abstractions/src/AuthenticationProperties.cs b/src/Http/Authentication.Abstractions/src/AuthenticationProperties.cs
index 89768d6d53c5..3a72df17bda8 100644
--- a/src/Http/Authentication.Abstractions/src/AuthenticationProperties.cs
+++ b/src/Http/Authentication.Abstractions/src/AuthenticationProperties.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication
 {
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ public AuthenticationProperties()
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AuthenticationProperties"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="items">State values dictionary to use.</param>
+        [JsonConstructor]
         public AuthenticationProperties(IDictionary<string, string?> items)
             : this(items, parameters: null)
         { }
diff --git a/src/Http/Authentication.Core/test/AuthenticationPropertiesTests.cs b/src/Http/Authentication.Core/test/AuthenticationPropertiesTests.cs
index c511208a3c53..e486ce3255a7 100644
--- a/src/Http/Authentication.Core/test/AuthenticationPropertiesTests.cs
+++ b/src/Http/Authentication.Core/test/AuthenticationPropertiesTests.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.Json;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Core.Test
@@ -302,6 +303,42 @@ public void GetBool()
             Assert.Equal("BAR", props.Items["foo"]);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Roundtrip_Serializes_With_SystemTextJson()
+        {
+            var props = new AuthenticationProperties()
+            {
+                AllowRefresh = true,
+                ExpiresUtc = new DateTimeOffset(2021, 03, 28, 13, 47, 00, TimeSpan.Zero),
+                IssuedUtc = new DateTimeOffset(2021, 03, 28, 12, 47, 00, TimeSpan.Zero),
+                IsPersistent = true,
+                RedirectUri = "/foo/bar"
+            };
+
+            props.Items.Add("foo", "bar");
+
+            props.Parameters.Add("baz", "quux");
+
+            var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(props);
+            var deserialized = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AuthenticationProperties>(json);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(deserialized);
+
+            Assert.Equal(props.AllowRefresh, deserialized!.AllowRefresh);
+            Assert.Equal(props.ExpiresUtc, deserialized.ExpiresUtc);
+            Assert.Equal(props.IssuedUtc, deserialized.IssuedUtc);
+            Assert.Equal(props.IsPersistent, deserialized.IsPersistent);
+            Assert.Equal(props.RedirectUri, deserialized.RedirectUri);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(deserialized.Items);
+            Assert.True(deserialized.Items.ContainsKey("foo"));
+            Assert.Equal(props.Items["foo"], deserialized.Items["foo"]);
+
+            // Ensure that parameters are not round-tripped
+            Assert.NotNull(deserialized.Parameters);
+            Assert.Equal(0, deserialized.Parameters.Count);
+        }
+
         public class MyAuthenticationProperties : AuthenticationProperties
         {
             public new DateTimeOffset? GetDateTimeOffset(string key)