diff --git a/config-templates/authsources.php b/config-templates/authsources.php
index af52cfb6e748bbf5af1625dbc01060697f74f2a7..2eedc80fc85024b290715709d9b3661e63b1295a 100644
--- a/config-templates/authsources.php
+++ b/config-templates/authsources.php
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ $config = array(
 		'authtwitter:Twitter',
 		'key' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
 		'secret' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
+
+		// Forces the user to enter their credentials to ensure the correct users account is authorized.
+		// Details: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/oauth/authenticate
+		'force_login' => FALSE,
 	),
 	*/
 
diff --git a/modules/authtwitter/lib/Auth/Source/Twitter.php b/modules/authtwitter/lib/Auth/Source/Twitter.php
index 8ee8c7d97c92ccfeafd5f06596acac27637c45bd..72aa93283a6c0cb8b31800fc423d00777a24cab2 100644
--- a/modules/authtwitter/lib/Auth/Source/Twitter.php
+++ b/modules/authtwitter/lib/Auth/Source/Twitter.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class sspmod_authtwitter_Auth_Source_Twitter extends SimpleSAML_Auth_Source {
 
 	private $key;
 	private $secret;
+	private $force_login;
 
 
 	/**
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class sspmod_authtwitter_Auth_Source_Twitter extends SimpleSAML_Auth_Source {
 
 		$this->key = $configObject->getString('key');
 		$this->secret = $configObject->getString('secret');
+		$this->force_login = $configObject->getBoolean('force_login', FALSE);
 	}
 
 
@@ -69,7 +71,11 @@ class sspmod_authtwitter_Auth_Source_Twitter extends SimpleSAML_Auth_Source {
 		SimpleSAML_Auth_State::saveState($state, self::STAGE_INIT);
 
 		// Authorize the request token
-		$consumer->getAuthorizeRequest('https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authenticate', $requestToken);
+		$url = 'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authenticate';
+		if ($this->force_login) {
+			$url = SimpleSAML_Utilities::addURLparameter($url, array('force_login' => 'true'));
+		}
+		$consumer->getAuthorizeRequest($url, $requestToken);
 	}