diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudClientFactory.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudClientFactory.java
index bc6d61c5887..740aed54e50 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudClientFactory.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudClientFactory.java
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ public static OwnCloudClient createOwnCloudClient (Account account, Context appC
         boolean isSamlSso =
                 am.getUserData(account, AccountUtils.Constants.KEY_SUPPORTS_SAML_WEB_SSO) != null;
         OwnCloudClient client = createOwnCloudClient(baseUri, appContext, !isSamlSso);
-        
-        if (isOauth2) {    
+
+        String username = account.name.substring(0, account.name.lastIndexOf('@'));
+        if (isOauth2) {
             String accessToken = am.blockingGetAuthToken(
             		account, 
             		AccountTypeUtils.getAuthTokenTypeAccessToken(account.type), 
@@ -100,11 +101,10 @@ public static OwnCloudClient createOwnCloudClient (Account account, Context appC
             		false);
             
             client.setCredentials(
-            		OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.newSamlSsoCredentials(accessToken)
+            		OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.newSamlSsoCredentials(username, accessToken)
     		);
 
         } else {
-            String username = account.name.substring(0, account.name.lastIndexOf('@'));
             //String password = am.getPassword(account);
             String password = am.blockingGetAuthToken(
             		account, 
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ public static OwnCloudClient createOwnCloudClient (Account account, Context appC
         boolean isSamlSso =
                 am.getUserData(account, AccountUtils.Constants.KEY_SUPPORTS_SAML_WEB_SSO) != null;
         OwnCloudClient client = createOwnCloudClient(baseUri, appContext, !isSamlSso);
-        
+
+        String username = account.name.substring(0, account.name.lastIndexOf('@'));
         if (isOauth2) {    // TODO avoid a call to getUserData here
             AccountManagerFuture<Bundle> future =  am.getAuthToken(
             		account,  
@@ -166,12 +167,11 @@ public static OwnCloudClient createOwnCloudClient (Account account, Context appC
             String accessToken = result.getString(AccountManager.KEY_AUTHTOKEN);
             if (accessToken == null) throw new AuthenticatorException("WTF!");
             client.setCredentials(
-            		OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.newSamlSsoCredentials(accessToken)
+            		OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.newSamlSsoCredentials(username, accessToken)
     		);
 
 
         } else {
-            String username = account.name.substring(0, account.name.lastIndexOf('@'));
             //String password = am.getPassword(account);
             //String password = am.blockingGetAuthToken(account, MainApp.getAuthTokenTypePass(),
             // false);
diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.java
index c1632cde41f..e854fd677fd 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.java
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public static OwnCloudCredentials newBearerCredentials(String authToken) {
         return new OwnCloudBearerCredentials(authToken);
 	}
     
-	public static OwnCloudCredentials newSamlSsoCredentials(String sessionCookie) {
-		return new OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials(sessionCookie);
+	public static OwnCloudCredentials newSamlSsoCredentials(String username, String sessionCookie) {
+		return new OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials(username, sessionCookie);
 	}
 
 	public static final OwnCloudCredentials getAnonymousCredentials() {
diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials.java
index 16c1686e8de..e2d67ee8354 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials.java
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@
 
 public class OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials implements OwnCloudCredentials {
 
+	private String mUsername;
 	private String mSessionCookie;
 
-	public OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials(String sessionCookie) {
+	public OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials(String username, String sessionCookie) {
+		mUsername = username != null ? username : "";
 		mSessionCookie = sessionCookie != null ? sessionCookie : "";
 	}
 
@@ -63,8 +65,8 @@ public void applyTo(OwnCloudClient client) {
 
 	@Override
 	public String getUsername() {
-		// its unknown
-		return null;
+		// not relevant for authentication, but relevant for informational purposes
+		return mUsername;
 	}
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/accounts/AccountUtils.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/accounts/AccountUtils.java
index 6d2b033e101..62eeed7b13d 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/accounts/AccountUtils.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/accounts/AccountUtils.java
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ public static OwnCloudCredentials getCredentialsForAccount(Context context, Acco
         boolean isSamlSso = am.getUserData(
         		account, 
         		AccountUtils.Constants.KEY_SUPPORTS_SAML_WEB_SSO) != null;
-        
+
+        String username = account.name.substring(0, account.name.lastIndexOf('@'));
+
         if (isOauth2) {    
             String accessToken = am.blockingGetAuthToken(
             		account, 
@@ -182,10 +184,9 @@ public static OwnCloudCredentials getCredentialsForAccount(Context context, Acco
             		AccountTypeUtils.getAuthTokenTypeSamlSessionCookie(account.type), 
             		false);
             
-            credentials = OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.newSamlSsoCredentials(accessToken);
+            credentials = OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.newSamlSsoCredentials(username, accessToken);
 
         } else {
-            String username = account.name.substring(0, account.name.lastIndexOf('@'));
             String password = am.blockingGetAuthToken(
             		account, 
             		AccountTypeUtils.getAuthTokenTypePass(account.type), 
diff --git a/test_client/tests/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/test_project/test/OwnCloudClientTest.java b/test_client/tests/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/test_project/test/OwnCloudClientTest.java
index 5328e9cfa3e..e11aff8a3af 100644
--- a/test_client/tests/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/test_project/test/OwnCloudClientTest.java
+++ b/test_client/tests/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/test_project/test/OwnCloudClientTest.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public void testGetSetCredentials() {
 		client.setCredentials(credentials);
 		assertEquals("Bearer credentials not set", credentials, client.getCredentials());
 
-		credentials = OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.newSamlSsoCredentials("samlSessionCookie=124");
+		credentials = OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.newSamlSsoCredentials("user", "samlSessionCookie=124");
 		client.setCredentials(credentials);
 		assertEquals("SAML2 session credentials not set", credentials, client.getCredentials());