diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/CLICommand.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/CLICommand.java
index a007752b47085b5c3d80ca3133051cd278eb1d6f..bd20963eebba186d69f9e0259b93220439884ef8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/CLICommand.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/CLICommand.java
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ public abstract class CLICommand implements ExtensionPoint, Cloneable {
         Authentication old = sc.getAuthentication();
 
         CliAuthenticator authenticator = Jenkins.getInstance().getSecurityRealm().createCliAuthenticator(this);
+        sc.setAuthentication(getTransportAuthentication());
         new ClassParser().parse(authenticator,p);
 
         try {