diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPSessionCallback.java b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPSessionCallback.java
index f0fb1efe45..9be3858f04 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPSessionCallback.java
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPSessionCallback.java
@@ -207,12 +207,21 @@ public class AMQPSessionCallback implements SessionCallback {
          }
       }
 
-      serverSession = manager.getServer().createSession(name, user, passcode, ActiveMQClient.DEFAULT_MIN_LARGE_MESSAGE_SIZE, protonSPI.getProtonConnectionDelegate(), // RemotingConnection remotingConnection,
-                                                        false, // boolean autoCommitSends
-                                                        false, // boolean autoCommitAcks,
-                                                        false, // boolean preAcknowledge,
-                                                        true, //boolean xa,
-                                                        (String) null, this, true, operationContext, manager.getPrefixes(), manager.getSecurityDomain());
+      if (connection.isBridgeConnection())  {
+         serverSession = manager.getServer().createInternalSession(name, ActiveMQClient.DEFAULT_MIN_LARGE_MESSAGE_SIZE, protonSPI.getProtonConnectionDelegate(), // RemotingConnection remotingConnection,
+                                                           false, // boolean autoCommitSends
+                                                           false, // boolean autoCommitAcks,
+                                                           false, // boolean preAcknowledge,
+                                                           true, //boolean xa,
+                                                           (String) null, this, true, operationContext, manager.getPrefixes(), manager.getSecurityDomain());
+      } else {
+         serverSession = manager.getServer().createSession(name, user, passcode, ActiveMQClient.DEFAULT_MIN_LARGE_MESSAGE_SIZE, protonSPI.getProtonConnectionDelegate(), // RemotingConnection remotingConnection,
+                                                           false, // boolean autoCommitSends
+                                                           false, // boolean autoCommitAcks,
+                                                           false, // boolean preAcknowledge,
+                                                           true, //boolean xa,
+                                                           (String) null, this, true, operationContext, manager.getPrefixes(), manager.getSecurityDomain());
+      }
    }
 
    @Override
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/proton/AMQPConnectionContext.java b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/proton/AMQPConnectionContext.java
index 5c490f6d7a..de37eacc56 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/proton/AMQPConnectionContext.java
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/proton/AMQPConnectionContext.java
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ public class AMQPConnectionContext extends ProtonInitializable implements EventH
       }
    }
 
+   public boolean isBridgeConnection() {
+      return bridgeConnection;
+   }
+
    public void requireInHandler() {
       handler.requireHandler();
    }
diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServer.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServer.java
index 291a8f8b1f..2d6eb63422 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServer.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServer.java
@@ -342,6 +342,21 @@ public interface ActiveMQServer extends ServiceComponent {
                                Map<SimpleString, RoutingType> prefixes,
                                String securityDomain) throws Exception;
 
+   /** This is to be used in places where security is bypassed, like internal sessions, broker connections, etc... */
+   ServerSession createInternalSession(String name,
+                               int minLargeMessageSize,
+                               RemotingConnection remotingConnection,
+                               boolean autoCommitSends,
+                               boolean autoCommitAcks,
+                               boolean preAcknowledge,
+                               boolean xa,
+                               String defaultAddress,
+                               SessionCallback callback,
+                               boolean autoCreateQueues,
+                               OperationContext context,
+                               Map<SimpleString, RoutingType> prefixes,
+                               String securityDomain) throws Exception;
+
    SecurityStore getSecurityStore();
 
    void removeSession(String name) throws Exception;
diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/ActiveMQServerImpl.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/ActiveMQServerImpl.java
index 306b1955d1..cfc95f6068 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/ActiveMQServerImpl.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/ActiveMQServerImpl.java
@@ -1681,21 +1681,31 @@ public class ActiveMQServerImpl implements ActiveMQServer {
 
       checkSessionLimit(validatedUser);
 
-      if (hasBrokerSessionPlugins()) {
-         callBrokerSessionPlugins(plugin -> plugin.beforeCreateSession(name, username, minLargeMessageSize, connection,
-                 autoCommitSends, autoCommitAcks, preAcknowledge, xa, defaultAddress, callback, autoCreateQueues, context, prefixes));
-      }
       final ServerSessionImpl session = internalCreateSession(name, username, password, validatedUser, minLargeMessageSize, connection, autoCommitSends, autoCommitAcks, preAcknowledge, xa, defaultAddress, callback, context, autoCreateQueues, prefixes, securityDomain);
 
-      sessions.put(name, session);
-
-      if (hasBrokerSessionPlugins()) {
-         callBrokerSessionPlugins(plugin -> plugin.afterCreateSession(session));
-      }
-
       return session;
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public ServerSession createInternalSession(String name,
+                                       int minLargeMessageSize,
+                                       RemotingConnection connection,
+                                       boolean autoCommitSends,
+                                       boolean autoCommitAcks,
+                                       boolean preAcknowledge,
+                                       boolean xa,
+                                       String defaultAddress,
+                                       SessionCallback callback,
+                                       boolean autoCreateQueues,
+                                       OperationContext context,
+                                       Map<SimpleString, RoutingType> prefixes,
+                                       String securityDomain) throws Exception {
+      ServerSessionImpl session = internalCreateSession(name, null, null, null, minLargeMessageSize, connection, autoCommitSends, autoCommitAcks, preAcknowledge, xa, defaultAddress, callback, context, autoCreateQueues, prefixes, securityDomain);
+      session.disableSecurity();
+      return session;
+   }
+
+
    private void checkSessionLimit(String username) throws Exception {
       if (configuration.getResourceLimitSettings() != null && configuration.getResourceLimitSettings().containsKey(username)) {
          ResourceLimitSettings limits = configuration.getResourceLimitSettings().get(username);
@@ -1759,10 +1769,24 @@ public class ActiveMQServerImpl implements ActiveMQServer {
                                                      String defaultAddress,
                                                      SessionCallback callback,
                                                      OperationContext context,
-                                                     boolean autoCreateJMSQueues,
+                                                     boolean autoCreateQueues,
                                                      Map<SimpleString, RoutingType> prefixes,
                                                      String securityDomain) throws Exception {
-      return new ServerSessionImpl(name, username, password, validatedUser, minLargeMessageSize, autoCommitSends, autoCommitAcks, preAcknowledge, configuration.isPersistDeliveryCountBeforeDelivery(), xa, connection, storageManager, postOffice, resourceManager, securityStore, managementService, this, configuration.getManagementAddress(), defaultAddress == null ? null : new SimpleString(defaultAddress), callback, context, pagingManager, prefixes, securityDomain);
+
+      if (hasBrokerSessionPlugins()) {
+         callBrokerSessionPlugins(plugin -> plugin.beforeCreateSession(name, username, minLargeMessageSize, connection,
+                                                                       autoCommitSends, autoCommitAcks, preAcknowledge, xa, defaultAddress, callback, autoCreateQueues, context, prefixes));
+      }
+
+      ServerSessionImpl session = new ServerSessionImpl(name, username, password, validatedUser, minLargeMessageSize, autoCommitSends, autoCommitAcks, preAcknowledge, configuration.isPersistDeliveryCountBeforeDelivery(), xa, connection, storageManager, postOffice, resourceManager, securityStore, managementService, this, configuration.getManagementAddress(), defaultAddress == null ? null : new SimpleString(defaultAddress), callback, context, pagingManager, prefixes, securityDomain);
+
+      sessions.put(name, session);
+
+      if (hasBrokerSessionPlugins()) {
+         callBrokerSessionPlugins(plugin -> plugin.afterCreateSession(session));
+      }
+
+      return session;
    }
 
    @Override
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml b/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml
index abd693d997..135b63c777 100644
--- a/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@
          <version>1.15.1</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- this dependency is needed for CFUtil and other tools from integration-tests -->
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.apache.activemq.tests</groupId>
+         <artifactId>integration-tests</artifactId>
+         <version>${project.version}</version>
+         <scope>test</scope>
+         <type>test-jar</type>
+      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
    <build>
@@ -667,6 +675,38 @@
                   <instance>${basedir}/target/transfer2</instance>
                </configuration>
             </execution>
+            <!-- used on BrokerConnectionBridgeSecurityTest  -->
+            <execution>
+               <phase>test-compile</phase>
+               <id>createBrokerConnectBridgeSecurityA</id>
+               <goals>
+                  <goal>create</goal>
+               </goals>
+               <configuration>
+                  <allowAnonymous>false</allowAnonymous>
+                  <user>A</user>
+                  <password>A</password>
+                  <noWeb>true</noWeb>
+                  <instance>${basedir}/target/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA</instance>
+                  <configuration>${basedir}/target/classes/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA</configuration>
+               </configuration>
+            </execution>
+            <execution>
+               <phase>test-compile</phase>
+               <id>createBrokerConnectBridgeSecurityB</id>
+               <goals>
+                  <goal>create</goal>
+               </goals>
+               <configuration>
+                  <allowAnonymous>false</allowAnonymous>
+                  <user>B</user>
+                  <password>B</password>
+                  <noWeb>true</noWeb>
+                  <portOffset>100</portOffset>
+                  <instance>${basedir}/target/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB</instance>
+                  <configuration>${basedir}/target/classes/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB</configuration>
+               </configuration>
+            </execution>
          </executions>
          <dependencies>
                <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA/artemis-roles.properties b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA/artemis-roles.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d6b609bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA/artemis-roles.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+## contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+## this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+## The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sender = A
+amq = admin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA/artemis-users.properties b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA/artemis-users.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27a853c1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA/artemis-users.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+## contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+## this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+## The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+A = A
+admin = admin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA/broker.xml b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA/broker.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72e6541076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA/broker.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+-->
+
+<configuration xmlns="urn:activemq"
+               xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-configuration.xsd">
+
+   <core xmlns="urn:activemq:core" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq:core ">
+
+      <name>0.0.0.0</name>
+
+
+      <persistence-enabled>false</persistence-enabled>
+
+      <!-- this could be ASYNCIO, MAPPED, NIO
+           ASYNCIO: Linux Libaio
+           MAPPED: mmap files
+           NIO: Plain Java Files
+       -->
+      <journal-type>NIO</journal-type>
+
+      <paging-directory>data/paging</paging-directory>
+
+      <bindings-directory>data/bindings</bindings-directory>
+
+      <journal-directory>data/journal</journal-directory>
+
+      <large-messages-directory>data/large-messages</large-messages-directory>
+
+      <journal-datasync>true</journal-datasync>
+
+      <journal-min-files>2</journal-min-files>
+
+      <journal-pool-files>10</journal-pool-files>
+
+      <journal-device-block-size>4096</journal-device-block-size>
+
+      <journal-file-size>10M</journal-file-size>
+      
+      <!--
+       This value was determined through a calculation.
+       Your system could perform 25 writes per millisecond
+       on the current journal configuration.
+       That translates as a sync write every 40000 nanoseconds.
+
+       Note: If you specify 0 the system will perform writes directly to the disk.
+             We recommend this to be 0 if you are using journalType=MAPPED and journal-datasync=false.
+      -->
+      <journal-buffer-timeout>40000</journal-buffer-timeout>
+
+
+      <!--
+        When using ASYNCIO, this will determine the writing queue depth for libaio.
+       -->
+      <journal-max-io>1</journal-max-io>
+      <!--
+        You can verify the network health of a particular NIC by specifying the <network-check-NIC> element.
+         <network-check-NIC>theNicName</network-check-NIC>
+        -->
+
+      <!--
+        Use this to use an HTTP server to validate the network
+         <network-check-URL-list>http://www.apache.org</network-check-URL-list> -->
+
+      <!-- <network-check-period>10000</network-check-period> -->
+      <!-- <network-check-timeout>1000</network-check-timeout> -->
+
+      <!-- this is a comma separated list, no spaces, just DNS or IPs
+           it should accept IPV6
+
+           Warning: Make sure you understand your network topology as this is meant to validate if your network is valid.
+                    Using IPs that could eventually disappear or be partially visible may defeat the purpose.
+                    You can use a list of multiple IPs, and if any successful ping will make the server OK to continue running -->
+      <!-- <network-check-list>10.0.0.1</network-check-list> -->
+
+      <!-- use this to customize the ping used for ipv4 addresses -->
+      <!-- <network-check-ping-command>ping -c 1 -t %d %s</network-check-ping-command> -->
+
+      <!-- use this to customize the ping used for ipv6 addresses -->
+      <!-- <network-check-ping6-command>ping6 -c 1 %2$s</network-check-ping6-command> -->
+
+
+
+
+      <!-- how often we are looking for how many bytes are being used on the disk in ms -->
+      <disk-scan-period>5000</disk-scan-period>
+
+      <!-- once the disk hits this limit the system will block, or close the connection in certain protocols
+           that won't support flow control. -->
+      <max-disk-usage>90</max-disk-usage>
+
+      <!-- should the broker detect dead locks and other issues -->
+      <critical-analyzer>true</critical-analyzer>
+
+      <critical-analyzer-timeout>120000</critical-analyzer-timeout>
+
+      <critical-analyzer-check-period>60000</critical-analyzer-check-period>
+
+      <critical-analyzer-policy>HALT</critical-analyzer-policy>
+
+      
+      <page-sync-timeout>40000</page-sync-timeout>
+
+
+      <acceptors>
+         <acceptor name="artemis">tcp://0.0.0.0:61616?tcpSendBufferSize=1048576;tcpReceiveBufferSize=1048576;amqpMinLargeMessageSize=102400;protocols=CORE,AMQP,STOMP,HORNETQ,MQTT,OPENWIRE;useEpoll=true;amqpCredits=1000;amqpLowCredits=300;amqpDuplicateDetection=true</acceptor>
+      </acceptors>
+
+      <broker-connections>
+         <amqp-connection uri="tcp://localhost:61617" name="outgoing" reconnect-attempts="-1" retry-interval="100" user="B" password="B">
+            <sender address-match="toB"/>
+            <receiver address-match="toA"/>
+         </amqp-connection>
+      </broker-connections>
+
+
+      <security-settings>
+         <security-setting match="toB">
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="createAddress" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="deleteAddress" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="browse" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="sender"/>
+            <!-- we need this otherwise ./artemis data imp wouldn't work -->
+            <permission type="manage" roles="sender"/>
+         </security-setting>
+
+         <security-setting match="toA">
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="createAddress" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="deleteAddress" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="browse" roles="sender"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="sender"/>
+            <!-- we need this otherwise ./artemis data imp wouldn't work -->
+            <permission type="manage" roles="sender"/>
+         </security-setting>
+
+         <security-setting match="#">
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="createAddress" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteAddress" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="browse" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="amq"/>
+            <!-- we need this otherwise ./artemis data imp wouldn't work -->
+            <permission type="manage" roles="amq"/>
+         </security-setting>
+      </security-settings>
+
+      <address-settings>
+         <!-- if you define auto-create on certain queues, management has to be auto-create -->
+         <address-setting match="activemq.management#">
+            <dead-letter-address>DLQ</dead-letter-address>
+            <expiry-address>ExpiryQueue</expiry-address>
+            <redelivery-delay>0</redelivery-delay>
+            <!-- with -1 only the global-max-size is in use for limiting -->
+            <max-size-bytes>-1</max-size-bytes>
+            <message-counter-history-day-limit>10</message-counter-history-day-limit>
+            <address-full-policy>PAGE</address-full-policy>
+            <auto-create-queues>true</auto-create-queues>
+            <auto-create-addresses>true</auto-create-addresses>
+            <auto-create-jms-queues>true</auto-create-jms-queues>
+            <auto-create-jms-topics>true</auto-create-jms-topics>
+         </address-setting>
+         <!--default for catch all-->
+         <address-setting match="#">
+            <dead-letter-address>DLQ</dead-letter-address>
+            <expiry-address>ExpiryQueue</expiry-address>
+            <redelivery-delay>0</redelivery-delay>
+            <!-- with -1 only the global-max-size is in use for limiting -->
+            <max-size-bytes>-1</max-size-bytes>
+            <message-counter-history-day-limit>10</message-counter-history-day-limit>
+            <address-full-policy>PAGE</address-full-policy>
+            <auto-create-queues>true</auto-create-queues>
+            <auto-create-addresses>true</auto-create-addresses>
+            <auto-create-jms-queues>true</auto-create-jms-queues>
+            <auto-create-jms-topics>true</auto-create-jms-topics>
+         </address-setting>
+      </address-settings>
+
+      <addresses>
+         <address name="DLQ">
+            <anycast>
+               <queue name="DLQ" />
+            </anycast>
+         </address>
+         <address name="ExpiryQueue">
+            <anycast>
+               <queue name="ExpiryQueue" />
+            </anycast>
+         </address>
+         <address name="toB">
+            <anycast>
+               <queue name="toB" />
+            </anycast>
+         </address>
+         <address name="toA">
+            <anycast>
+               <queue name="toA" />
+            </anycast>
+         </address>
+
+      </addresses>
+
+
+      <!-- Uncomment the following if you want to use the Standard LoggingActiveMQServerPlugin pluging to log in events
+      <broker-plugins>
+         <broker-plugin class-name="org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.plugin.impl.LoggingActiveMQServerPlugin">
+            <property key="LOG_ALL_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_CONNECTION_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_SESSION_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_CONSUMER_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_DELIVERING_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_SENDING_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_INTERNAL_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+         </broker-plugin>
+      </broker-plugins>
+      -->
+
+   </core>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB/artemis-roles.properties b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB/artemis-roles.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5afbe587d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB/artemis-roles.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+## contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+## this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+## The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+amq = B
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB/artemis-users.properties b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB/artemis-users.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9842cd6fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB/artemis-users.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+## contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+## this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+## The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+B = B
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB/broker.xml b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB/broker.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..694d947815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/src/main/resources/servers/brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB/broker.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+-->
+
+<configuration xmlns="urn:activemq"
+               xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-configuration.xsd">
+
+   <core xmlns="urn:activemq:core" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq:core ">
+
+      <name>0.0.0.0</name>
+
+
+      <persistence-enabled>false</persistence-enabled>
+
+      <!-- this could be ASYNCIO, MAPPED, NIO
+           ASYNCIO: Linux Libaio
+           MAPPED: mmap files
+           NIO: Plain Java Files
+       -->
+      <journal-type>NIO</journal-type>
+
+      <paging-directory>data/paging</paging-directory>
+
+      <bindings-directory>data/bindings</bindings-directory>
+
+      <journal-directory>data/journal</journal-directory>
+
+      <large-messages-directory>data/large-messages</large-messages-directory>
+
+      <journal-datasync>true</journal-datasync>
+
+      <journal-min-files>2</journal-min-files>
+
+      <journal-pool-files>10</journal-pool-files>
+
+      <journal-device-block-size>4096</journal-device-block-size>
+
+      <journal-file-size>10M</journal-file-size>
+      
+      <!--
+       This value was determined through a calculation.
+       Your system could perform 25 writes per millisecond
+       on the current journal configuration.
+       That translates as a sync write every 40000 nanoseconds.
+
+       Note: If you specify 0 the system will perform writes directly to the disk.
+             We recommend this to be 0 if you are using journalType=MAPPED and journal-datasync=false.
+      -->
+      <journal-buffer-timeout>40000</journal-buffer-timeout>
+
+
+      <!--
+        When using ASYNCIO, this will determine the writing queue depth for libaio.
+       -->
+      <journal-max-io>1</journal-max-io>
+      <!--
+        You can verify the network health of a particular NIC by specifying the <network-check-NIC> element.
+         <network-check-NIC>theNicName</network-check-NIC>
+        -->
+
+      <!--
+        Use this to use an HTTP server to validate the network
+         <network-check-URL-list>http://www.apache.org</network-check-URL-list> -->
+
+      <!-- <network-check-period>10000</network-check-period> -->
+      <!-- <network-check-timeout>1000</network-check-timeout> -->
+
+      <!-- this is a comma separated list, no spaces, just DNS or IPs
+           it should accept IPV6
+
+           Warning: Make sure you understand your network topology as this is meant to validate if your network is valid.
+                    Using IPs that could eventually disappear or be partially visible may defeat the purpose.
+                    You can use a list of multiple IPs, and if any successful ping will make the server OK to continue running -->
+      <!-- <network-check-list>10.0.0.1</network-check-list> -->
+
+      <!-- use this to customize the ping used for ipv4 addresses -->
+      <!-- <network-check-ping-command>ping -c 1 -t %d %s</network-check-ping-command> -->
+
+      <!-- use this to customize the ping used for ipv6 addresses -->
+      <!-- <network-check-ping6-command>ping6 -c 1 %2$s</network-check-ping6-command> -->
+
+
+
+
+      <!-- how often we are looking for how many bytes are being used on the disk in ms -->
+      <disk-scan-period>5000</disk-scan-period>
+
+      <!-- once the disk hits this limit the system will block, or close the connection in certain protocols
+           that won't support flow control. -->
+      <max-disk-usage>90</max-disk-usage>
+
+      <!-- should the broker detect dead locks and other issues -->
+      <critical-analyzer>true</critical-analyzer>
+
+      <critical-analyzer-timeout>120000</critical-analyzer-timeout>
+
+      <critical-analyzer-check-period>60000</critical-analyzer-check-period>
+
+      <critical-analyzer-policy>HALT</critical-analyzer-policy>
+
+      
+      <page-sync-timeout>40000</page-sync-timeout>
+
+
+      <acceptors>
+         <acceptor name="artemis">tcp://0.0.0.0:61617?tcpSendBufferSize=1048576;tcpReceiveBufferSize=1048576;amqpMinLargeMessageSize=102400;protocols=CORE,AMQP,STOMP,HORNETQ,MQTT,OPENWIRE;useEpoll=true;amqpCredits=1000;amqpLowCredits=300;amqpDuplicateDetection=true</acceptor>
+      </acceptors>
+
+      <security-settings>
+
+         <security-setting match="#">
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="createAddress" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteAddress" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="browse" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="amq"/>
+            <!-- we need this otherwise ./artemis data imp wouldn't work -->
+            <permission type="manage" roles="amq"/>
+         </security-setting>
+         <security-setting match="toB">
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="createAddress" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteAddress" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="browse" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="amq"/>
+            <!-- we need this otherwise ./artemis data imp wouldn't work -->
+            <permission type="manage" roles="amq"/>
+         </security-setting>
+
+         <security-setting match="toA">
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="createAddress" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="deleteAddress" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="browse" roles="amq"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="amq"/>
+            <!-- we need this otherwise ./artemis data imp wouldn't work -->
+            <permission type="manage" roles="amq"/>
+         </security-setting>
+      </security-settings>
+
+      <address-settings>
+         <!-- if you define auto-create on certain queues, management has to be auto-create -->
+         <address-setting match="activemq.management#">
+            <dead-letter-address>DLQ</dead-letter-address>
+            <expiry-address>ExpiryQueue</expiry-address>
+            <redelivery-delay>0</redelivery-delay>
+            <!-- with -1 only the global-max-size is in use for limiting -->
+            <max-size-bytes>-1</max-size-bytes>
+            <message-counter-history-day-limit>10</message-counter-history-day-limit>
+            <address-full-policy>PAGE</address-full-policy>
+            <auto-create-queues>true</auto-create-queues>
+            <auto-create-addresses>true</auto-create-addresses>
+            <auto-create-jms-queues>true</auto-create-jms-queues>
+            <auto-create-jms-topics>true</auto-create-jms-topics>
+         </address-setting>
+         <!--default for catch all-->
+         <address-setting match="#">
+            <dead-letter-address>DLQ</dead-letter-address>
+            <expiry-address>ExpiryQueue</expiry-address>
+            <redelivery-delay>0</redelivery-delay>
+            <!-- with -1 only the global-max-size is in use for limiting -->
+            <max-size-bytes>-1</max-size-bytes>
+            <message-counter-history-day-limit>10</message-counter-history-day-limit>
+            <address-full-policy>PAGE</address-full-policy>
+            <auto-create-queues>true</auto-create-queues>
+            <auto-create-addresses>true</auto-create-addresses>
+            <auto-create-jms-queues>true</auto-create-jms-queues>
+            <auto-create-jms-topics>true</auto-create-jms-topics>
+         </address-setting>
+      </address-settings>
+
+      <addresses>
+         <address name="DLQ">
+            <anycast>
+               <queue name="DLQ" />
+            </anycast>
+         </address>
+         <address name="ExpiryQueue">
+            <anycast>
+               <queue name="ExpiryQueue" />
+            </anycast>
+         </address>
+         <address name="toB">
+            <anycast>
+               <queue name="toB" />
+            </anycast>
+         </address>
+         <address name="toA">
+            <anycast>
+               <queue name="toA" />
+            </anycast>
+         </address>
+
+      </addresses>
+
+
+      <!-- Uncomment the following if you want to use the Standard LoggingActiveMQServerPlugin pluging to log in events
+      <broker-plugins>
+         <broker-plugin class-name="org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.plugin.impl.LoggingActiveMQServerPlugin">
+            <property key="LOG_ALL_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_CONNECTION_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_SESSION_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_CONSUMER_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_DELIVERING_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_SENDING_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+            <property key="LOG_INTERNAL_EVENTS" value="true"/>
+         </broker-plugin>
+      </broker-plugins>
+      -->
+
+   </core>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/smoke/brokerConnection/BrokerConnectionBridgeSecurityTest.java b/tests/smoke-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/smoke/brokerConnection/BrokerConnectionBridgeSecurityTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1980d12dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/smoke/brokerConnection/BrokerConnectionBridgeSecurityTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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
+ * <br>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <br>
+ * 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.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.smoke.brokerConnection;
+
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+import javax.jms.Queue;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.jms.TextMessage;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.smoke.common.SmokeTestBase;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.util.ServerUtil;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.CFUtil;
+
+public class BrokerConnectionBridgeSecurityTest extends SmokeTestBase {
+
+   public static final String SERVER_NAME_A = "brokerConnectBridgeSecurityA";
+   public static final String SERVER_NAME_B = "brokerConnectBridgeSecurityB";
+
+   @Before
+   public void before() throws Exception {
+      // no need to cleanup, these servers don't have persistence
+      // start serverB first, after all ServerA needs it alive to create connections
+      startServer(SERVER_NAME_B, 0, 0);
+      startServer(SERVER_NAME_A, 0, 0);
+
+      ServerUtil.waitForServerToStart(1, "B", "B", 30000);
+      ServerUtil.waitForServerToStart(0, "A", "A", 30000);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testBridgeOverBokerConnection() throws Throwable {
+      ConnectionFactory cfA = CFUtil.createConnectionFactory("amqp", "tcp://localhost:61616");
+      ConnectionFactory cfB = CFUtil.createConnectionFactory("amqp", "tcp://localhost:61617");
+
+
+      try (Connection connectionA = cfA.createConnection("A", "A");
+           Connection connectionB = cfB.createConnection("B", "B")) {
+         Session sessionA = connectionA.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+         Queue queueToB = sessionA.createQueue("toB");
+         Queue queueToA = sessionA.createQueue("toA");
+         MessageProducer producerA = sessionA.createProducer(queueToB);
+         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            producerA.send(sessionA.createTextMessage("toB"));
+         }
+
+         Session sessionB = connectionB.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+         MessageConsumer consumerB = sessionB.createConsumer(queueToB);
+         connectionB.start();
+
+         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            TextMessage message = (TextMessage) consumerB.receive(1000);
+            Assert.assertNotNull(message);
+            Assert.assertEquals("toB", message.getText());
+         }
+
+         MessageProducer producerB = sessionB.createProducer(queueToA);
+         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            producerB.send(sessionA.createTextMessage("toA"));
+         }
+         Assert.assertNull(consumerB.receiveNoWait());
+
+         connectionA.start();
+
+         MessageConsumer consumerA = sessionA.createConsumer(queueToA);
+         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            TextMessage message = (TextMessage) consumerA.receive(1000);
+            Assert.assertNotNull(message);
+            Assert.assertEquals("toA", message.getText());
+         }
+         Assert.assertNull(consumerA.receiveNoWait());
+
+      }
+   }
+
+}