diff --git a/angular-parse.js b/angular-parse.js
index 15e13b1..bca7a0c 100644
--- a/angular-parse.js
+++ b/angular-parse.js
@@ -141,12 +141,16 @@
           return auth._login(user);
         });
       },
-      login: function(username, password) {
+      login: function(username, password, callback) {
         return ParseUtils._request("GET", "/login", null, {
           username: username,
           password: password
         }).then(function(response) {
-          return auth._login(new ParseUser(response.data));
+          var user = new ParseUser(response.data);
+          if (callback != null && typeof callback == 'function') {
+            callback(user);
+          }
+          return auth._login(user);
         });
       },
       logout: function() {
diff --git a/src/angular-parse.coffee b/src/angular-parse.coffee
index 439967a..9a6d59f 100644
--- a/src/angular-parse.coffee
+++ b/src/angular-parse.coffee
@@ -102,13 +102,16 @@ module.factory 'ParseAuth', (persist, ParseUser, ParseUtils, $q) ->
       ).save().then (user) ->
         auth._login(user)
 
-    login: (username, password) ->
+    login: (username, password, callback) ->
       ParseUtils._request("GET", "/login", null, {
         username: username
         password: password
       })
         .then (response) ->
-          auth._login( new ParseUser(response.data))
+          user = new ParseUser(response.data);
+          if callback != null and typeof callback == 'function'
+            callback(user);
+          auth._login(user)
 
     logout: ->
       persist.remove ['PARSE_SESSION_TOKEN', 'PARSE_USER_INFO']