diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java
index a2db4907817..b1cda2e04de 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res, FilterChain chain)
                 return;
             }
             sessionStrategy.onAuthentication(authResult, request, response);
+        } catch (AuthenticationRedirectException e) {
+            response.sendRedirect(e.getRedirectUrl()); 
+            return;
         } catch(InternalAuthenticationServiceException failed) {
             logger.error("An internal error occurred while trying to authenticate the user.", failed);
             unsuccessfulAuthentication(request, response, failed);
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AuthenticationRedirectException.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AuthenticationRedirectException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f1ba3a61586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AuthenticationRedirectException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.security.web.authentication;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+
+import org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException;
+
+/**
+ * Indicates the need to perform a redirect in the course of authentication, for example with a social OAuth
+ * service provider.
+ * 
+ * @author Stefan Fussenegger
+ * @author Yuan Ji 
+ *
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class AuthenticationRedirectException extends AuthenticationException{
+    private final String redirectUrl;
+
+    public AuthenticationRedirectException(URL redirectUrl) {
+        this(redirectUrl.toString());
+    }
+
+    public AuthenticationRedirectException(String redirectUrl) {
+        super("");
+        this.redirectUrl = redirectUrl;
+    }
+
+    public String getRedirectUrl() {
+        return redirectUrl;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilterTests.java b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilterTests.java
index 21be453b4e5..128e97db9d4 100644
--- a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilterTests.java
+++ b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilterTests.java
@@ -379,6 +379,23 @@ public void loginErrorWithInternAuthenticationServiceExceptionLogsError() throws
         assertEquals(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED, response.getStatus());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void handleRedirect() throws Exception {
+        String redirectUrl = "www.example.com/redirect";
+        
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = createMockAuthenticationRequest();
+
+        MockFilterChain chain = new MockFilterChain(true);
+        MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+
+        MockAuthenticationFilter filter = new MockAuthenticationFilter(false);
+        filter.exceptionToThrow = new AuthenticationRedirectException(redirectUrl);
+
+        filter.doFilter(request, response, chain);
+
+        assertEquals(redirectUrl, response.getRedirectedUrl());
+        
+    }
     //~ Inner Classes ==================================================================================================
 
     private class MockAuthenticationFilter extends AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter {