diff --git a/src/gssapi_server.cpp b/src/gssapi_server.cpp
index f55db538..f0fb8ef9 100644
--- a/src/gssapi_server.cpp
+++ b/src/gssapi_server.cpp
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ int zmq::gssapi_server_t::receive_and_process_zap_reply ()
         goto error;
     }
 
+    //  Save user id
+    set_user_id (msg [5].data (), msg [5].size ());
+
     //  Process metadata frame
     rc = parse_metadata (static_cast <const unsigned char*> (msg [6].data ()),
                          msg [6].size (), true);