diff --git a/lib/core/login/components/login.component.spec.ts b/lib/core/login/components/login.component.spec.ts
index 93d2f731d1..3019afc7c2 100644
--- a/lib/core/login/components/login.component.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/core/login/components/login.component.spec.ts
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ describe('LoginComponent', () => {
                 });
             }));
 
-            it('should  show the login SSO button', async(() => {
+            it('should show the login SSO button', async(() => {
                 spyOn(authService, 'isOauth').and.returnValue(true);
 
                 component.ngOnInit();
diff --git a/lib/core/services/auth-guard-ecm.service.spec.ts b/lib/core/services/auth-guard-ecm.service.spec.ts
index 20549d9730..6521229188 100644
--- a/lib/core/services/auth-guard-ecm.service.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/core/services/auth-guard-ecm.service.spec.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,30 @@ describe('AuthGuardService ECM', () => {
         expect(router.navigateByUrl).toHaveBeenCalled();
     }));
 
-    it('should redirect url if NOT logged in and isOAuth but no silentLogin configured', async(() => {
+    it('should not redirect url if the alfresco js api is NOT logged in and isOAuth with silentLogin', async(() => {
+        spyOn(router, 'navigateByUrl').and.stub();
+        spyOn(authService, 'isEcmLoggedIn').and.returnValue(false);
+        spyOn(authService, 'isOauth').and.returnValue(true);
+        spyOn(authService, 'isPublicUrl').and.returnValue(false);
+        spyOn(authService, 'ssoImplicitLogin').and.stub();
+
+        appConfigService.config.oauth2 = {
+            silentLogin: true,
+            host: 'http://localhost:6543',
+            redirectUri: '/',
+            clientId: 'activiti',
+            publicUrl: 'settings',
+            scope: 'openid'
+        };
+
+        const route: RouterStateSnapshot = <RouterStateSnapshot>  {url : 'abc'};
+
+        expect(authGuard.canActivate(null, route)).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(router.navigateByUrl).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+        expect(authService.ssoImplicitLogin).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    }));
+
+    it('should not redirect url if NOT logged in and isOAuth but no silentLogin configured', async(() => {
         spyOn(router, 'navigateByUrl').and.stub();
         spyOn(authService, 'isEcmLoggedIn').and.returnValue(false);
         spyOn(authService, 'isOauth').and.returnValue(true);
diff --git a/lib/core/services/auth-guard-ecm.service.ts b/lib/core/services/auth-guard-ecm.service.ts
index 2a459e7cd2..5d15daad12 100644
--- a/lib/core/services/auth-guard-ecm.service.ts
+++ b/lib/core/services/auth-guard-ecm.service.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ export class AuthGuardEcm extends AuthGuardBase {
             return true;
         }
         this.redirectToUrl('ECM', redirectUrl);
+        if (!this.authenticationService.isEcmLoggedIn() && this.isSilentLogin() && !this.authenticationService.isPublicUrl()) {
+            this.authenticationService.ssoImplicitLogin();
+            return true;
+        }
         return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/core/services/authentication.service.ts b/lib/core/services/authentication.service.ts
index 7c5cdf4dae..8def6339c3 100644
--- a/lib/core/services/authentication.service.ts
+++ b/lib/core/services/authentication.service.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ export class AuthenticationService {
         return this.alfrescoApi.getInstance().isOauthConfiguration();
     }
 
+    isPublicUrl(): boolean {
+        return this.alfrescoApi.getInstance().isPublicUrl();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Does the provider support ECM?
      * @returns True if supported, false otherwise