diff --git a/src/security.c b/src/security.c
index 802c188b..a019ada5 100644
--- a/src/security.c
+++ b/src/security.c
@@ -197,7 +197,15 @@ int mosquitto_acl_check(struct mosquitto_db *db, struct mosquitto *context, cons
 	if(!db->auth_plugin.lib){
 		return mosquitto_acl_check_default(db, context, topic, access);
 	}else{
-		return db->auth_plugin.acl_check(db->auth_plugin.user_data, context->id, context->username, topic, access);
+#ifdef WITH_BRIDGE
+		if(context->bridge){
+			return db->auth_plugin.acl_check(db->auth_plugin.user_data, context->id, context->bridge->local_username, topic, access);
+		}else{
+#endif
+			return db->auth_plugin.acl_check(db->auth_plugin.user_data, context->id, context->username, topic, access);
+#ifdef WITH_BRIDGE
+		}
+#endif
 	}
 }