diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java
index 151d0ef0c05..1b98a1219e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java
@@ -188,7 +188,17 @@ public Response deleteAuthenticationProvider( @PathParam("id") String id ) {
             + ( authSvc.getAuthenticationProviderIds().isEmpty() 
                             ? "WARNING: no enabled authentication providers left." : ""));
     }
-    
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("authenticatedUsers/{identifier}/")
+    public Response getAuthenticatedUser(@PathParam("identifier") String identifier) {
+        AuthenticatedUser authenticatedUser = authSvc.getAuthenticatedUser(identifier);
+        if (authenticatedUser != null) {
+            return okResponse(jsonForAuthUser(authenticatedUser));
+        }
+        return errorResponse(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST, "User " + identifier + " not found.");
+    }
+
     @DELETE
     @Path("authenticatedUsers/{identifier}/")
     public Response deleteAuthenticatedUser(@PathParam("identifier") String identifier) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
index 3445792472d..1957caa2eb3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.groups.impl.ipaddress.ip.IpAddressRange;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.groups.impl.shib.ShibGroup;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.providers.AuthenticationProviderRow;
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.users.AuthenticatedUser;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.users.User;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.util.DatasetFieldWalker;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -68,6 +69,18 @@ public static JsonObjectBuilder json( User u ) {
                            .add("Title", displayInfo.getTitle())
                            .add("email", displayInfo.getEmailAddress()));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @todo Rename this to just "json" to match the other methods once "json(
+     * Dataverse dv )" is reviewed since in calls the "json( User u )" version
+     * and we want to keep it that way rather than calling this method.
+     */
+    public static JsonObjectBuilder jsonForAuthUser(AuthenticatedUser authenticatedUser) {
+        return jsonObjectBuilder()
+                .add("identifier", authenticatedUser.getIdentifier())
+                .add("id", authenticatedUser.getId()
+                );
+    }
     
     public static JsonObjectBuilder json( RoleAssignment ra ) {
 		return jsonObjectBuilder()
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsersIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsersIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a24fd36e367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsersIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.api;
+
+import static com.jayway.restassured.RestAssured.given;
+import com.jayway.restassured.http.ContentType;
+import com.jayway.restassured.path.json.JsonPath;
+import com.jayway.restassured.response.Response;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import javax.json.Json;
+import javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class BuiltinUsersIT {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(BuiltinUsersIT.class.getCanonicalName());
+
+    private static final String builtinUserKey = "burrito";
+    private static final String idKey = "id";
+    private static final String usernameKey = "userName";
+    private static final String emailKey = "email";
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUserId() {
+
+        Response createUserResponse = createUser(getRandomUsername(), "firstName", "lastName");
+        createUserResponse.prettyPrint();
+        assertEquals(200, createUserResponse.getStatusCode());
+
+        JsonPath createdUser = JsonPath.from(createUserResponse.body().asString());
+        int userIdFromJsonCreateResponse = createdUser.getInt("data.user." + idKey);
+        String username = createdUser.getString("data.user." + usernameKey);
+
+        Response getUserResponse = getUserFromDatabase(username);
+        getUserResponse.prettyPrint();
+        assertEquals(200, getUserResponse.getStatusCode());
+
+        JsonPath getUserJson = JsonPath.from(getUserResponse.body().asString());
+        int userIdFromDatabase = getUserJson.getInt("data.id");
+
+        Response deleteUserResponse = deleteUser(username);
+        assertEquals(200, deleteUserResponse.getStatusCode());
+        deleteUserResponse.prettyPrint();
+
+        System.out.println(userIdFromDatabase + " was the id from the database");
+        System.out.println(userIdFromJsonCreateResponse + " was the id from JSON response on create");
+        /**
+         * This test is expected to pass on a clean, fresh database but for an
+         * unknown reason it fails when you load it up with a production
+         * database from dataverse.harvard.edu. Why? This is what
+         * https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/2418 is about.
+         */
+        assertEquals(userIdFromDatabase, userIdFromJsonCreateResponse);
+    }
+
+    private Response createUser(String username, String firstName, String lastName) {
+        String userAsJson = getUserAsJsonString(username, firstName, lastName);
+        String password = getPassword(userAsJson);
+        Response response = given()
+                .body(userAsJson)
+                .contentType(ContentType.JSON)
+                .post("/api/builtin-users?key=" + builtinUserKey + "&password=" + password);
+        return response;
+    }
+
+    private Response getUserFromDatabase(String username) {
+        Response getUserResponse = given()
+                .get("/api/admin/authenticatedUsers/" + username + "/");
+        return getUserResponse;
+    }
+
+    private static Response deleteUser(String username) {
+        Response deleteUserResponse = given()
+                .delete("/api/admin/authenticatedUsers/" + username + "/");
+        return deleteUserResponse;
+    }
+
+    private static String getRandomUsername() {
+        return UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
+    }
+
+    private static String getUserAsJsonString(String username, String firstName, String lastName) {
+        JsonObjectBuilder builder = Json.createObjectBuilder();
+        builder.add(usernameKey, username);
+        builder.add("firstName", firstName);
+        builder.add("lastName", lastName);
+        builder.add(emailKey, getEmailFromUserName(username));
+        String userAsJson = builder.build().toString();
+        logger.fine("User to create: " + userAsJson);
+        return userAsJson;
+    }
+
+    private static String getPassword(String jsonStr) {
+        String password = JsonPath.from(jsonStr).get(usernameKey);
+        return password;
+    }
+
+    private static String getEmailFromUserName(String username) {
+        return username + "@mailinator.com";
+    }
+
+}