diff --git a/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/AuthComponent.php b/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/AuthComponent.php
index 165dee00c..bde9c206f 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/AuthComponent.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/AuthComponent.php
@@ -608,6 +608,9 @@ class AuthComponent extends Component {
 		if ($user) {
 			$this->Session->renew();
 			$this->Session->write(self::$sessionKey, $user);
+			App::uses('CakeEvent', 'Event');
+			$event = new CakeEvent('Auth.afterIdentify', $this, array('user' => $user));
+			$this->_Collection->getController()->getEventManager()->dispatch($event);
 		}
 		return (bool)$this->user();
 	}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/AuthComponentTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/AuthComponentTest.php
index 29266cf1f..260b0ec3c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/AuthComponentTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/AuthComponentTest.php
@@ -266,6 +266,27 @@ class AjaxAuthController extends Controller {
 
 }
 
+/**
+ * Mock class used to test event dispatching
+ *
+ * @package Cake.Test.Case.Event
+ */
+class CakeEventTestListener {
+
+	public $callStack = array();
+
+/**
+ * Test function to be used in event dispatching
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function listenerFunction() {
+		$this->callStack[] = __FUNCTION__;
+	}
+
+}
+
+
 /**
  * AuthComponentTest class
  *
@@ -404,6 +425,13 @@ class AuthComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->Auth->Session->expects($this->once())
 			->method('renew');
 
+		$manager = $this->Controller->getEventManager();
+		$listener = $this->getMock('CakeEventTestListener');
+		$manager->attach(array($listener, 'listenerFunction'), 'Auth.afterIdentify');
+		App::uses('CakeEvent', 'Event');
+		$event = new CakeEvent('Auth.afterIdentify', $this->Auth, array('user' => $user));
+		$listener->expects($this->once())->method('listenerFunction')->with($event);
+
 		$result = $this->Auth->login();
 		$this->assertTrue($result);