diff --git a/source/generated/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/authentication/AuthenticationResult.java b/source/generated/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/authentication/AuthenticationResult.java
index 1165518e0c..4cf80ebe16 100644
--- a/source/generated/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/authentication/AuthenticationResult.java
+++ b/source/generated/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/authentication/AuthenticationResult.java
@@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ public class AuthenticationResult  implements java.io.Serializable {
 
     private java.lang.String ticket;
 
+    private java.lang.String sessionid;
+
     public AuthenticationResult() {
     }
 
     public AuthenticationResult(
            java.lang.String username,
-           java.lang.String ticket) {
+           java.lang.String ticket,
+           java.lang.String sessionid) {
            this.username = username;
            this.ticket = ticket;
+           this.sessionid = sessionid;
     }
 
 
@@ -62,6 +66,26 @@ public class AuthenticationResult  implements java.io.Serializable {
         this.ticket = ticket;
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the sessionid value for this AuthenticationResult.
+     * 
+     * @return sessionid
+     */
+    public java.lang.String getSessionid() {
+        return sessionid;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the sessionid value for this AuthenticationResult.
+     * 
+     * @param sessionid
+     */
+    public void setSessionid(java.lang.String sessionid) {
+        this.sessionid = sessionid;
+    }
+
     private java.lang.Object __equalsCalc = null;
     public synchronized boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj) {
         if (!(obj instanceof AuthenticationResult)) return false;
@@ -79,7 +103,10 @@ public class AuthenticationResult  implements java.io.Serializable {
               this.username.equals(other.getUsername()))) &&
             ((this.ticket==null && other.getTicket()==null) || 
              (this.ticket!=null &&
-              this.ticket.equals(other.getTicket())));
+              this.ticket.equals(other.getTicket()))) &&
+            ((this.sessionid==null && other.getSessionid()==null) || 
+             (this.sessionid!=null &&
+              this.sessionid.equals(other.getSessionid())));
         __equalsCalc = null;
         return _equals;
     }
@@ -97,6 +124,9 @@ public class AuthenticationResult  implements java.io.Serializable {
         if (getTicket() != null) {
             _hashCode += getTicket().hashCode();
         }
+        if (getSessionid() != null) {
+            _hashCode += getSessionid().hashCode();
+        }
         __hashCodeCalc = false;
         return _hashCode;
     }
@@ -119,6 +149,12 @@ public class AuthenticationResult  implements java.io.Serializable {
         elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema", "string"));
         elemField.setNillable(false);
         typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
+        elemField = new org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc();
+        elemField.setFieldName("sessionid");
+        elemField.setXmlName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("http://www.alfresco.org/ws/service/authentication/1.0", "sessionid"));
+        elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema", "string"));
+        elemField.setNillable(true);
+        typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/Utils.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/Utils.java
index a798a370b3..8cd441714a 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/Utils.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/Utils.java
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 import javax.transaction.UserTransaction;
+import javax.xml.rpc.server.ServletEndpointContext;
 
 import org.alfresco.repo.webservice.axis.QueryConfigHandler;
 import org.alfresco.repo.webservice.types.AssociationDefinition;
@@ -520,7 +522,7 @@ public class Utils
      * @return a UserTransaction
      */
     public static UserTransaction getUserTransaction(MessageContext msgContext)
-    {
+    {   
         // get the service regsistry
         ServiceRegistry svcReg = (ServiceRegistry) getSpringContext(msgContext)
                 .getBean(ServiceRegistry.SERVICE_REGISTRY);
@@ -528,6 +530,26 @@ public class Utils
         TransactionService transactionService = svcReg.getTransactionService();
         return transactionService.getUserTransaction();
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the current http session id
+     * 
+     * @return  the current http session id, null if none found
+     */
+    public static String getSessionId()
+    {
+        String result = null;
+        ServletEndpointContext endpointContext = (ServletEndpointContext)MessageContext.getCurrentContext().getProperty("servletEndpointContext");
+        if (endpointContext != null)
+        {
+            HttpSession session = endpointContext.getHttpSession();
+            if (session != null)
+            {
+                result = session.getId();
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns the value of the <code>fetchSize</code> from the
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/authentication/AuthenticationWebService.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/authentication/AuthenticationWebService.java
index 4a7b20eaad..d601a3350d 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/authentication/AuthenticationWebService.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/authentication/AuthenticationWebService.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.alfresco.repo.webservice.authentication;
 import java.rmi.RemoteException;
 
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException;
+import org.alfresco.repo.webservice.Utils;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.AuthenticationService;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -63,8 +64,8 @@ public class AuthenticationWebService implements AuthenticationServiceSoapPort
             {
                 logger.debug("Issued ticket '" + ticket + "' for '" + username + "'");
             }
-
-            return new AuthenticationResult(username, ticket);
+            
+            return new AuthenticationResult(username, ticket, Utils.getSessionId());
         } 
         catch (AuthenticationException ae)
         {
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/axis/TicketCallbackSpringHandler.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/axis/TicketCallbackSpringHandler.java
index 08ebc7ab13..e2b56166c1 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/axis/TicketCallbackSpringHandler.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webservice/axis/TicketCallbackSpringHandler.java
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils;
  */
 public class TicketCallbackSpringHandler extends BasicHandler
 {
-   private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(TicketCallbackSpringHandler.class);
+   @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(TicketCallbackSpringHandler.class);
    private static final String BEAN_NAME = "ticketCallbackHandler";
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -135125831180499667L;
 
diff --git a/source/wsdl/authentication-service.wsdl b/source/wsdl/authentication-service.wsdl
index db339007c7..b27b097c80 100644
--- a/source/wsdl/authentication-service.wsdl
+++ b/source/wsdl/authentication-service.wsdl
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
             <sequence>
                <element name="username" nillable="false" type="xsd:string"/>
                <element name="ticket" nillable="false" type="xsd:string"/>
+               <element name="sessionid" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
             </sequence>
          </complexType>
          <element name="AuthenticationResult" type="auth:AuthenticationResult"/>