diff --git a/lib/passport/middleware/authenticate.js b/lib/passport/middleware/authenticate.js
index ebb89e14..a88275b9 100644
--- a/lib/passport/middleware/authenticate.js
+++ b/lib/passport/middleware/authenticate.js
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ module.exports = function authenticate(name, options, callback) {
     var failures = [];
     
     function allFailed() {
+      if (callback) {
+        if (failures.length == 1) {
+          return callback(null, false, failures[0].challenge, failures[0].status);
+        } else {
+          var challenges = failures.map(function(f) { return f.challenge; });
+          var statuses = failures.map(function(f) { return f.status; })
+          return callback(null, false, challenges, statuses);
+        }
+      }
+      
       // Strategies are ordered by priority.  For the purpose of flashing a
       // message, the first failure will be displayed.
       var failure = failures[0] || {}
@@ -190,10 +200,6 @@ module.exports = function authenticate(name, options, callback) {
         });
       }
       delegate.fail = function(challenge, status) {
-        if (callback) {
-          return callback(null, false, challenge, status);
-        }
-      
         // push this failure into the accumulator and attempt authentication
         // using the next strategy
         failures.push({ challenge: challenge, status: status });
diff --git a/test/middleware/authenticate-test.js b/test/middleware/authenticate-test.js
index cb3e6d6e..3dbe3c6c 100644
--- a/test/middleware/authenticate-test.js
+++ b/test/middleware/authenticate-test.js
@@ -3041,4 +3041,116 @@ vows.describe('authenticate').addBatch({
     },
   },
   
+  'with a single API strategy failing with challenge and status using custom callback': {
+    topic: function() {
+      var self = this;
+      var passport = new Passport();
+      passport.use('basic', new MockBasicStrategy({ fail: true, statusCode: 400 }));
+      var callback = function(err, user, challenge, status) {
+        this.done(err, user, challenge, status);
+      }
+      var context = {};
+      
+      var authenticate = passport.authenticate('basic', callback.bind(context));
+      process.nextTick(function () {
+        self.callback(null, authenticate, context);
+      });
+    },
+    
+    'when handling a request': {
+      topic: function(authenticate, context) {
+        var self = this;
+        var req = new MockRequest();
+        var res = new MockResponse();
+        context.done = function(err, user, challenge, status) {
+          self.callback(err, req, res, user, challenge, status);
+        }
+        
+        function next(err) {
+          self.callback(new Error('should not be called'));
+        }
+        process.nextTick(function () {
+          authenticate(req, res, next)
+        });
+      },
+      
+      'should not generate an error' : function(err, req, res) {
+        assert.isNull(err);
+      },
+      'should not set user on request' : function(err, req, res, user, challenge, status) {
+        assert.isUndefined(req.user);
+      },
+      'should pass user to callback as false' : function(err, req, res, user, challenge, status) {
+        assert.isFalse(user);
+      },
+      'should pass challenge to callback' : function(err, req, res, user, challenge, status) {
+        assert.strictEqual(challenge, 'Basic foo');
+      },
+      'should pass status to callback' : function(err, req, res, user, challenge, status) {
+        assert.strictEqual(status, 400);
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  
+  'with a multiple API strategies failing with default status using custom callback': {
+    topic: function() {
+      var self = this;
+      var passport = new Passport();
+      passport.use('basic', new MockBasicStrategy({ fail: true }));
+      passport.use('digest', new MockDigestStrategy({ fail: true }));
+      passport.use('nc', new MockNoChallengeStrategy({ fail: true }));
+      var callback = function(err, user, challenge, status) {
+        this.done(err, user, challenge, status);
+      }
+      var context = {};
+      
+      var authenticate = passport.authenticate(['basic', 'nc', 'digest'], callback.bind(context));
+      process.nextTick(function () {
+        self.callback(null, authenticate, context);
+      });
+    },
+    
+    'when handling a request': {
+      topic: function(authenticate, context) {
+        var self = this;
+        var req = new MockRequest();
+        var res = new MockResponse();
+        context.done = function(err, user, challenge, status) {
+          self.callback(err, req, res, user, challenge, status);
+        }
+        
+        function next(err) {
+          self.callback(new Error('should not be called'));
+        }
+        process.nextTick(function () {
+          authenticate(req, res, next)
+        });
+      },
+      
+      'should not generate an error' : function(err, req, res) {
+        assert.isNull(err);
+      },
+      'should not set user on request' : function(err, req, res, user, challenge, status) {
+        assert.isUndefined(req.user);
+      },
+      'should pass user to callback as false' : function(err, req, res, user, challenge, status) {
+        assert.isFalse(user);
+      },
+      'should pass challenges callback' : function(err, req, res, user, challenge, status) {
+        assert.isArray(challenge);
+        assert.lengthOf(challenge, 3);
+        assert.equal(challenge[0], 'Basic foo');
+        assert.isUndefined(challenge[1]);
+        assert.equal(challenge[2], 'Digest foo');
+      },
+      'should pass statuses callback' : function(err, req, res, user, challenge, status) {
+        assert.isArray(status);
+        assert.lengthOf(status, 3);
+        assert.isUndefined(status[0]);
+        assert.isUndefined(status[1]);
+        assert.isUndefined(status[2]);
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  
 }).export(module);