diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0a7dc1..43bc34a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ app.use(oauth2Guard({
 }));
 
 app.use((req, res, next) => {
+  // req.accessToken = 'ey123...';
   // req.grantedAuthorities = ['caseworker', 'caseworker-jid'];
   // req.userClaims = {
   //   sub: '',
diff --git a/modules/oauth2/guard-middleware.js b/modules/oauth2/guard-middleware.js
index 3d83df5..65a4d48 100644
--- a/modules/oauth2/guard-middleware.js
+++ b/modules/oauth2/guard-middleware.js
@@ -38,19 +38,19 @@ export const oauth2Guard = (config) => {
   config = withDefaults(config);
 
   return async (req, res, next) => {
-    const accessToken = config.accessTokenSupplier(req);
+    req.accessToken = config.accessTokenSupplier(req);
 
-    if (!accessToken)
+    if (!req.accessToken)
       return config.onError({req, res, next, error: 'Access token missing'});
 
     try {
-      const claims = await config.jwtVerifier(accessToken);
+      const claims = await config.jwtVerifier(req.accessToken);
 
       const scopes = config.scopesExtractor(claims);
       req.grantedAuthorities = scopes;
 
       if (scopes.includes('profile')) {
-        req.userClaims = await config.userInfoRetriever(accessToken);
+        req.userClaims = await config.userInfoRetriever(req.accessToken);
         req.grantedAuthorities = config.rolesExtractor(req.userClaims);
       }
 
diff --git a/modules/oauth2/guard-middleware.test.js b/modules/oauth2/guard-middleware.test.js
index bd0ec65..17471f1 100644
--- a/modules/oauth2/guard-middleware.test.js
+++ b/modules/oauth2/guard-middleware.test.js
@@ -112,4 +112,16 @@ describe('oauth2Guard', () => {
       jwtVerifier: () => Promise.resolve({'scope': 'data-store/scope1 data-store/scope2'}),
     })(req, res, next);
   });
+
+  test('should populate access token', (done) => {
+    const req = newReq({authorization: 'Bearer validJwtToken'});
+    const res = {};
+    const next = () => {
+      expect(req.accessToken).toEqual('validJwtToken');
+      done();
+    };
+    oauth2Guard({
+      jwtVerifier: () => Promise.resolve({'scope': 'test'}),
+    })(req, res, next);
+  });
 });