diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/LogoutConfigurer.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/LogoutConfigurer.java
index cf73917b0b..070da7f26e 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/LogoutConfigurer.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/LogoutConfigurer.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.SecurityConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.HttpSecurityBuilder;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.CookieClearingLogoutHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutHandler;
@@ -88,6 +89,17 @@ public final class LogoutConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>> extends
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Specifies if {@link SecurityContextLogoutHandler} should clear the {@link Authentication} at the time of logout.
+	 * @param clearAuthentication true {@link SecurityContextLogoutHandler} should clear the {@link Authentication} (default), or false otherwise.
+	 * @return the {@link LogoutConfigurer} for further customization
+	 */
+	public LogoutConfigurer<H> clearAuthentication(boolean clearAuthentication) {
+		contextLogoutHandler.setClearAuthentication(clearAuthentication);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Configures {@link SecurityContextLogoutHandler} to invalidate the
 	 * {@link HttpSession} at the time of logout.
diff --git a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/HttpSecurityLogoutTests.java b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/HttpSecurityLogoutTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d6939e6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/HttpSecurityLogoutTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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.config.annotation.web.configurers;
+
+import static org.fest.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockFilterChain;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.TestingAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
+import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContext;
+import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy;
+import org.springframework.security.web.context.HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rob Winch
+ *
+ */
+public class HttpSecurityLogoutTests {
+	AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext context;
+
+	MockHttpServletRequest request;
+	MockHttpServletResponse response;
+	MockFilterChain chain;
+
+	@Autowired
+	FilterChainProxy springSecurityFilterChain;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setup() {
+		request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+		chain = new MockFilterChain();
+	}
+
+	@After
+	public void cleanup() {
+		if(context != null) {
+			context.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	// SEC-2848
+	@Test
+	public void clearAuthenticationFalse() throws Exception {
+		loadConfig(ClearAuthenticationFalseConfig.class);
+
+		SecurityContext currentContext = SecurityContextHolder.createEmptyContext();
+		currentContext.setAuthentication(new TestingAuthenticationToken("user", "password","ROLE_USER"));
+
+		request.getSession().setAttribute(HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository.SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY, currentContext);
+		request.setMethod("POST");
+		request.setServletPath("/logout");
+
+		springSecurityFilterChain.doFilter(request, response, chain);
+
+		assertThat(currentContext.getAuthentication()).isNotNull();
+	}
+
+	@EnableWebSecurity
+	@Configuration
+	static class ClearAuthenticationFalseConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+		protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+			http
+				.csrf().disable()
+				.logout()
+					.clearAuthentication(false);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
+			auth
+				.inMemoryAuthentication();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void loadConfig(Class<?>... configs) {
+		context = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
+		context.register(configs);
+		context.refresh();
+
+		context.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().autowireBean(this);
+	}
+
+
+}