diff --git a/docs/schemes/local.md b/docs/schemes/local.md
index 9a731a6b8..1775c7b7c 100644
--- a/docs/schemes/local.md
+++ b/docs/schemes/local.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ auth: {
       },
       // tokenRequired: true,
       // tokenType: 'bearer'
+      // autoFetchUser: true
     }
   }
 }
@@ -83,3 +84,9 @@ This option can be used to disable all token handling. Useful for Cookie only fl
 - Default: `Bearer`
 
  Authorization header type to be used in axios requests.
+ 
+ ### `autoFetchUser`
+ 
+ - Default: `true`
+ 
+ This option can be used to disable user fetch after login. It is useful when your login response already have the user.
diff --git a/lib/schemes/local.js b/lib/schemes/local.js
index 4b2f95c70..e47807c5b 100644
--- a/lib/schemes/local.js
+++ b/lib/schemes/local.js
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ export default class LocalScheme {
       this._setToken(token)
     }
 
-    return this.fetchUser()
+    if (this.options.autoFetchUser) {
+      await this.fetchUser()
+    }
   }
 
   async setUserToken (tokenValue) {
@@ -114,5 +116,6 @@ const DEFAULTS = {
   tokenRequired: true,
   tokenType: 'Bearer',
   globalToken: true,
-  tokenName: 'Authorization'
+  tokenName: 'Authorization',
+  autoFetchUser: true
 }