diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/authn/SamlResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/authn/SamlResponse.java
index ec3b0abf..282b20dd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/authn/SamlResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/authn/SamlResponse.java
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ public class SamlResponse {
 	 */
 	private Map<String,String> nameIdData = null;
 
+	/**
+	 * Context class (AuthnContextClassRef) in the response
+	 */
+	private String contextClass = null;
+
 	/**
 	 * URL of the current host + current view
 	 */
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ public class SamlResponse {
 	private Exception validationException;
 
 	/**
-	 * The respone status code and messages
+	 * The response status code and messages
 	 */
 	private SamlResponseStatus responseStatus;
 
@@ -576,6 +581,18 @@ public String getNameIdSPNameQualifier() throws Exception {
 		return spNameQualifier;
 	}
 
+	public String getContextClass() throws XPathExpressionException, ValidationError {
+		if (this.contextClass == null) {
+			NodeList nodes = this.queryAssertion("/saml:AuthnStatement/saml:AuthnContext/saml:AuthnContextClassRef");
+			switch(nodes.getLength()) {
+				case 0: break;	// None defined. There should be one, but no big deal if an IDP fails to provide it
+				case 1: this.contextClass = nodes.item(0).getTextContent(); break;
+				default: throw new ValidationError("Multiple AuthnContextClassRef found in the Assertion.", ValidationError.WRONG_NUMBER_OF_CONTEXT_CLASSES);
+			}
+		}
+		return this.contextClass;
+	}
+
 	/**
      * Gets the Attributes from the AttributeStatement element.
      *
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/exception/ValidationError.java b/core/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/exception/ValidationError.java
index 7af9fac7..f3e7967e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/exception/ValidationError.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/exception/ValidationError.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class ValidationError extends SAMLException {
 	public static final int KEY_ALGORITHM_ERROR = 47;
 	public static final int MISSING_ENCRYPTED_ELEMENT = 48;
 	public static final int INVALID_ISSUE_INSTANT_FORMAT = 49;
+	public static final int WRONG_NUMBER_OF_CONTEXT_CLASSES = 50;
 
 	private int errorCode;
 
diff --git a/toolkit/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/Auth.java b/toolkit/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/Auth.java
index 9d8f29cb..8e83697f 100644
--- a/toolkit/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/Auth.java
+++ b/toolkit/src/main/java/com/onelogin/saml2/Auth.java
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ public class Auth {
 	 */
 	private String nameidSPNameQualifier;
 
+	/**
+	 * AuthnContextClassRef - extracted from the AuthnStatement of the SAML Response
+	 */
+	private String contextClass;
+
 	/**
 	 * SessionIndex. When the user is logged, this stored it from the AuthnStatement of the SAML Response
 	 */
@@ -1209,6 +1214,7 @@ public void processResponse(String requestId) throws Exception {
 				nameidFormat = samlResponse.getNameIdFormat();
 				nameidNameQualifier = samlResponse.getNameIdNameQualifier();
 				nameidSPNameQualifier = samlResponse.getNameIdSPNameQualifier();
+				contextClass = samlResponse.getContextClass();
 				authenticated = true;
 				attributes = samlResponse.getAttributes();
 				sessionIndex = samlResponse.getSessionIndex();
@@ -1442,6 +1448,11 @@ public final String getNameIdSPNameQualifier() {
 		return nameidSPNameQualifier;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return the context class (AuthnContextClassRef) of the assertion
+	 */
+	public String getContextClass() { return contextClass; }
+
 	/**
 	 * @return the SessionIndex of the assertion
 	 */
diff --git a/toolkit/src/test/java/com/onelogin/saml2/test/AuthTest.java b/toolkit/src/test/java/com/onelogin/saml2/test/AuthTest.java
index 53c82ef5..c9c44a43 100644
--- a/toolkit/src/test/java/com/onelogin/saml2/test/AuthTest.java
+++ b/toolkit/src/test/java/com/onelogin/saml2/test/AuthTest.java
@@ -528,9 +528,11 @@ public void testProcessResponse() throws Exception {
 		Auth auth = new Auth(settings, request, response);
 		assertFalse(auth.isAuthenticated());
 		assertTrue(auth.getErrors().isEmpty());
+		assertNull(auth.getContextClass());
 		auth.processResponse();
 		assertFalse(auth.isAuthenticated());
 		assertTrue(auth.getAttributes().isEmpty());
+		assertNull(auth.getContextClass());
 
 		samlResponseEncoded = Util.getFileAsString("data/responses/valid_response.xml.base64");
 		when(request.getParameterMap()).thenReturn(singletonMap("SAMLResponse", new String[]{samlResponseEncoded}));
@@ -564,6 +566,7 @@ public void testProcessResponse() throws Exception {
 		assertEquals(attrValues, auth2.getAttribute("uid"));
 		assertEquals(attrValues2, auth2.getAttribute("mail"));
 		assertEquals(attrValues3, auth2.getAttribute("eduPersonAffiliation"));
+		assertEquals("urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:Password", auth2.getContextClass());
 		assertEquals(keys, auth2.getAttributesName());
 	}