diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAML2AuthManager.java b/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAML2AuthManager.java
index e10ea08012fa..4e8ba16c7398 100644
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAML2AuthManager.java
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAML2AuthManager.java
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ public interface SAML2AuthManager extends PluggableAPIAuthenticator, PluggableSe
     ConfigKey<Boolean> SAMLCheckSignature = new ConfigKey<Boolean>("Advanced", Boolean.class, "saml2.check.signature", "true",
             "When enabled (default and recommended), SAML2 signature checks are enforced and lack of signature in the SAML SSO response will cause login exception. Disabling this is not advisable but provided for backward compatibility for users who are able to accept the risks.", false);
 
+    ConfigKey<Boolean> SAMLForceAuthn = new ConfigKey<Boolean>("Advanced", Boolean.class, "saml2.force.authn", "false",
+            "When enabled (default false), SAML2 will force a new authentication. This can be useful if multiple application use different saml logins from the same application (I.E. browser)", true);
+
     ConfigKey<String> SAMLUserSessionKeyPathAttribute = new ConfigKey<String>("Advanced", String.class, "saml2.user.sessionkey.path", "",
             "The Path attribute of sessionkey cookie when SAML users have logged in. If not set, it will be set to the path of SAML redirection URL (saml2.redirect.url).", true);
 
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAML2AuthManagerImpl.java b/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAML2AuthManagerImpl.java
index aa1e0be91c71..a7524ec63a7d 100644
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAML2AuthManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAML2AuthManagerImpl.java
@@ -543,6 +543,6 @@ public ConfigKey<?>[] getConfigKeys() {
                 SAMLCloudStackRedirectionUrl, SAMLUserAttributeName,
                 SAMLIdentityProviderMetadataURL, SAMLDefaultIdentityProviderId,
                 SAMLSignatureAlgorithm, SAMLAppendDomainSuffix, SAMLTimeout, SAMLCheckSignature,
-                SAMLUserSessionKeyPathAttribute};
+                SAMLForceAuthn, SAMLUserSessionKeyPathAttribute};
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAMLUtils.java b/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAMLUtils.java
index bb94c8af4c23..443091445b1c 100644
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAMLUtils.java
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/saml/SAMLUtils.java
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public static AuthnRequest buildAuthnRequestObject(final String authnId, final S
         authnRequest.setID(authnId);
         authnRequest.setDestination(idpUrl);
         authnRequest.setVersion(SAMLVersion.VERSION_20);
-        authnRequest.setForceAuthn(false);
+        authnRequest.setForceAuthn(SAML2AuthManager.SAMLForceAuthn.value());
         authnRequest.setIsPassive(false);
         authnRequest.setIssueInstant(new DateTime());
         authnRequest.setProtocolBinding(SAMLConstants.SAML2_POST_BINDING_URI);