diff --git a/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/http/LambdaHttpHandler.java b/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/http/LambdaHttpHandler.java
index 1fcc653280fa2..90187615ed3e8 100644
--- a/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/http/LambdaHttpHandler.java
+++ b/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/http/LambdaHttpHandler.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import java.nio.channels.Channels;
 import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.Principal;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -168,6 +169,10 @@ private APIGatewayV2HTTPResponse nettyDispatch(InetSocketAddress clientAddress,
         quarkusHeaders.setContextObject(Context.class, context);
         quarkusHeaders.setContextObject(APIGatewayV2HTTPEvent.class, request);
         quarkusHeaders.setContextObject(APIGatewayV2HTTPEvent.RequestContext.class, request.getRequestContext());
+        final Principal principal = getPrincipal(request);
+        if (principal != null) {
+            quarkusHeaders.setContextObject(Principal.class, principal);
+        }
         DefaultHttpRequest nettyRequest = new DefaultHttpRequest(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1,
                 HttpMethod.valueOf(request.getRequestContext().getHttp().getMethod()), ofNullable(request.getRawQueryString())
                         .filter(q -> !q.isEmpty()).map(q -> request.getRawPath() + '?' + q).orElse(request.getRawPath()),
@@ -234,4 +239,45 @@ private boolean isBinary(String contentType) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    private Principal getPrincipal(APIGatewayV2HTTPEvent request) {
+        final Map<String, String> systemEnvironment = System.getenv();
+        final boolean isSamLocal = Boolean.parseBoolean(systemEnvironment.get("AWS_SAM_LOCAL"));
+        if (isSamLocal) {
+            final String forcedUserName = systemEnvironment.get("QUARKUS_AWS_LAMBDA_FORCE_USER_NAME");
+            if (forcedUserName != null && !forcedUserName.isEmpty()) {
+                log.info("Forcing local user to " + forcedUserName);
+                return new Principal() {
+
+                    @Override
+                    public String getName() {
+                        return forcedUserName;
+                    }
+
+                };
+            }
+        } else {
+            final APIGatewayV2HTTPEvent.RequestContext requestContext = request.getRequestContext();
+            if (requestContext != null) {
+                final APIGatewayV2HTTPEvent.RequestContext.Authorizer authorizer = requestContext.getAuthorizer();
+                if (authorizer != null) {
+                    final APIGatewayV2HTTPEvent.RequestContext.Authorizer.JWT jwt = authorizer.getJwt();
+                    if (jwt != null) {
+                        final Map<String, String> claims = jwt.getClaims();
+                        if (claims != null) {
+                            final String jwtUsername = claims.get("cognito:username");
+                            if (jwtUsername != null && !jwtUsername.isEmpty())
+                                return new Principal() {
+                                    @Override
+                                    public String getName() {
+                                        return jwtUsername;
+                                    }
+                                };
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
 }