diff --git a/lib/livebook/session.ex b/lib/livebook/session.ex
index d4a97a7cb..b454dbdb9 100644
--- a/lib/livebook/session.ex
+++ b/lib/livebook/session.ex
@@ -3010,7 +3010,7 @@ defmodule Livebook.Session do
     {type, _module, _key} = Livebook.Config.identity_provider()
 
     user
-    |> Map.take([:id, :name, :email])
+    |> Map.take([:id, :name, :email, :payload])
     |> Map.put(:source, type)
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/livebook/users/user.ex b/lib/livebook/users/user.ex
index 824fcbdd7..6c941894c 100644
--- a/lib/livebook/users/user.ex
+++ b/lib/livebook/users/user.ex
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ defmodule Livebook.Users.User do
           id: id(),
           name: String.t() | nil,
           email: String.t() | nil,
+          payload: map() | nil,
           hex_color: hex_color()
         }
 
diff --git a/test/livebook/session_test.exs b/test/livebook/session_test.exs
index e57077154..0888b27cf 100644
--- a/test/livebook/session_test.exs
+++ b/test/livebook/session_test.exs
@@ -1493,7 +1493,8 @@ defmodule Livebook.SessionTest do
                     source: :session,
                     id: "1234",
                     name: "Jake Peralta",
-                    email: "jperalta@example.com"
+                    email: "jperalta@example.com",
+                    payload: nil
                   }
                 }}