diff --git a/awx/sso/views.py b/awx/sso/views.py
index 82c8ec836a..39163e7c6d 100644
--- a/awx/sso/views.py
+++ b/awx/sso/views.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.views.generic import View
 from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
-from django.contrib import auth
+from awx.api.serializers import UserSerializer
+from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.sso.views')
 
@@ -39,8 +40,12 @@ class CompleteView(BaseRedirectView):
     def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         response = super(CompleteView, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
         if self.request.user and self.request.user.is_authenticated():
-            auth.login(self.request, self.request.user)
             logger.info(smart_text(u"User {} logged in".format(self.request.user.username)))
+            response.set_cookie('userLoggedIn', 'true')
+            current_user = UserSerializer(self.request.user)
+            current_user = JSONRenderer().render(current_user.data)
+            current_user = urllib.quote('%s' % current_user, '')
+            response.set_cookie('current_user', current_user)
         return response