diff --git a/packages/authentication/src/service.ts b/packages/authentication/src/service.ts
index 9d05f21b63..f611845ecb 100644
--- a/packages/authentication/src/service.ts
+++ b/packages/authentication/src/service.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { AuthenticationBase, AuthenticationResult, AuthenticationRequest } from
 import { connection, event } from './hooks';
 import '@feathersjs/transport-commons';
 import { Application, Params, ServiceMethods, ServiceAddons } from '@feathersjs/feathers';
+import jsonwebtoken from 'jsonwebtoken';
 
 const debug = Debug('@feathersjs/authentication/service');
 
@@ -112,7 +113,12 @@ export class AuthenticationService extends AuthenticationBase implements Partial
 
     const accessToken = await this.createAccessToken(payload, jwtOptions, params.secret);
 
-    return Object.assign({}, { accessToken }, authResult);
+    return merge({ accessToken }, authResult, {
+      authentication: {
+          accessToken,
+          payload: jsonwebtoken.decode(accessToken)
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/authentication/test/service.test.ts b/packages/authentication/test/service.test.ts
index 932e7b6b62..de41aaf1a8 100644
--- a/packages/authentication/test/service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/authentication/test/service.test.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ describe('authentication/service', () => {
       }
 
       assert.ok(result.accessToken);
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(omit(result, 'accessToken'), Strategy1.result);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(omit(result, 'accessToken', 'authentication'), Strategy1.result);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(result.authentication.payload, decoded);
       assert.ok(UUID.test(decoded.jti), 'Set `jti` to default UUID');
       assert.strictEqual(decoded.aud, settings.audience);
       assert.strictEqual(decoded.iss, settings.issuer);
diff --git a/packages/express/test/authentication.test.js b/packages/express/test/authentication.test.js
index a96ba63d83..cc457a1d34 100644
--- a/packages/express/test/authentication.test.js
+++ b/packages/express/test/authentication.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const _axios = require('axios');
 const feathers = require('@feathersjs/feathers');
 const getApp = require('@feathersjs/authentication-local/test/fixture');
 const { authenticate } = require('@feathersjs/authentication');
+const omit = require('lodash/omit');
 
 const expressify = require('../lib');
 const axios = _axios.create({
@@ -63,8 +64,9 @@ describe('@feathersjs/express/authentication', () => {
   describe('service authentication', () => {
     it('successful local authentication', () => {
       assert.ok(authResult.accessToken);
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(authResult.authentication, {
-        strategy: 'local'
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(omit(authResult.authentication, 'payload'), {
+        strategy: 'local',
+        accessToken: authResult.accessToken
       });
       assert.strictEqual(authResult.user.email, email);
       assert.strictEqual(authResult.user.password, undefined);