diff --git a/itest/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/security.tld b/itest/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/security.tld
index 77dfe18287..58bc7657d6 100644
--- a/itest/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/security.tld
+++ b/itest/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/security.tld
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <tag>
         <name>authorize</name>
-        <tag-class>org.springframework.security.taglibs.authz.AuthorizeTag</tag-class>
+        <tag-class>org.springframework.security.taglibs.authz.JspAuthorizeTag</tag-class>
         <description>
             A tag which outputs the body of the tag if the configured access expression
             evaluates to true for the currently authenticated principal.
diff --git a/taglibs/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/taglibs/authz/JspAuthorizeTag.java b/taglibs/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/taglibs/authz/JspAuthorizeTag.java
index fe4870780e..e4eb449033 100644
--- a/taglibs/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/taglibs/authz/JspAuthorizeTag.java
+++ b/taglibs/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/taglibs/authz/JspAuthorizeTag.java
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ public class JspAuthorizeTag extends AbstractAuthorizeTag implements Tag {
 
     private Tag parent;
     
-    protected String id;
-    
     protected PageContext pageContext;
 
+    protected String id;
+   
+    private String var;
+
     /**
      * Invokes the base class {@link AbstractAuthorizeTag#authorize()} method to 
      * decide if the body of the tag should be skipped or not.
@@ -40,7 +42,13 @@ public class JspAuthorizeTag extends AbstractAuthorizeTag implements Tag {
 			setIfAllGranted(ExpressionEvaluationUtils.evaluateString("ifAllGranted", getIfAllGranted(), pageContext));
 			setIfAnyGranted(ExpressionEvaluationUtils.evaluateString("ifAnyGranted", getIfAnyGranted(), pageContext));
 			
-			return super.authorize() ? Tag.EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE : Tag.SKIP_BODY;
+			int result = super.authorize() ? Tag.EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE : Tag.SKIP_BODY;
+
+			if (var != null) {
+				pageContext.setAttribute(var, Boolean.valueOf(result == EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE), PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE);
+			}
+			
+			return result;
 			
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new JspException(e);
@@ -73,6 +81,14 @@ public class JspAuthorizeTag extends AbstractAuthorizeTag implements Tag {
 	public void setParent(Tag parent) {
 		this.parent = parent;
 	}
+	
+	public String getVar() {
+		return var;
+	}
+
+	public void setVar(String var) {
+		this.var = var;
+	}
 
 	public void release() {
 		parent = null;