diff --git a/oauth2/oauth2-resource-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/server/resource/authentication/JwtBearerTokenAuthenticationConverter.java b/oauth2/oauth2-resource-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/server/resource/authentication/JwtBearerTokenAuthenticationConverter.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.security.oauth2.server.resource.authentication;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.DefaultOAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.OAuth2AccessToken;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.jwt.Jwt;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link Converter} that takes a {@link Jwt} and converts it into a {@link BearerTokenAuthentication}.
+ *
+ * In the process, it will attempt to parse either the "scope" or "scp" attribute, whichever it finds first.
+ *
+ * It's not intended that this implementation be configured since it is simply an adapter. If you are using,
+ * for example, a custom {@link JwtGrantedAuthoritiesConverter}, then it's recommended that you simply
+ * create your own {@link Converter} that delegates to your custom {@link JwtGrantedAuthoritiesConverter}
+ * and instantiates the appropriate {@link BearerTokenAuthentication}.
+ *
+ * @author Josh Cummings
+ * @since 5.2
+ */
+public final class JwtBearerTokenAuthenticationConverter implements Converter<Jwt, AbstractAuthenticationToken> {
+	private final JwtAuthenticationConverter jwtAuthenticationConverter = new JwtAuthenticationConverter();
+
+	@Override
+	public AbstractAuthenticationToken convert(Jwt jwt) {
+		OAuth2AccessToken accessToken = new OAuth2AccessToken(
+				OAuth2AccessToken.TokenType.BEARER, jwt.getTokenValue(), jwt.getIssuedAt(), jwt.getExpiresAt());
+		Map<String, Object> attributes = jwt.getClaims();
+
+		AbstractAuthenticationToken token = this.jwtAuthenticationConverter.convert(jwt);
+		Collection<GrantedAuthority> authorities = token.getAuthorities();
+
+		OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal principal = new DefaultOAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal(attributes, authorities);
+		return new BearerTokenAuthentication(principal, accessToken, authorities);
+	}
+}
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.security.oauth2.server.resource.authentication;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.jwt.Jwt;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link JwtBearerTokenAuthenticationConverter}
+ *
+ * @author Josh Cummings
+ */
+public class JwtBearerTokenAuthenticationConverterTests {
+	private final JwtBearerTokenAuthenticationConverter converter =
+			new JwtBearerTokenAuthenticationConverter();
+
+	@Test
+	public void convertWhenJwtThenBearerTokenAuthentication() {
+		Jwt jwt = Jwt.withTokenValue("token-value")
+				.claim("claim", "value")
+				.header("header", "value")
+				.build();
+
+		AbstractAuthenticationToken token = this.converter.convert(jwt);
+
+		assertThat(token).isInstanceOf(BearerTokenAuthentication.class);
+		BearerTokenAuthentication bearerToken = (BearerTokenAuthentication) token;
+		assertThat(bearerToken.getToken().getTokenValue()).isEqualTo("token-value");
+		assertThat(bearerToken.getTokenAttributes()).containsOnlyKeys("claim");
+		assertThat(bearerToken.getAuthorities()).isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void convertWhenJwtWithScopeAttributeThenBearerTokenAuthentication() {
+		Jwt jwt = Jwt.withTokenValue("token-value")
+				.claim("scope", "message:read message:write")
+				.header("header", "value")
+				.build();
+
+		AbstractAuthenticationToken token = this.converter.convert(jwt);
+
+		assertThat(token).isInstanceOf(BearerTokenAuthentication.class);
+		BearerTokenAuthentication bearerToken = (BearerTokenAuthentication) token;
+		assertThat(bearerToken.getAuthorities())
+				.containsExactly(new SimpleGrantedAuthority("SCOPE_message:read"),
+						new SimpleGrantedAuthority("SCOPE_message:write"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void convertWhenJwtWithScpAttributeThenBearerTokenAuthentication() {
+		Jwt jwt = Jwt.withTokenValue("token-value")
+				.claim("scp", Arrays.asList("message:read", "message:write"))
+				.header("header", "value")
+				.build();
+
+		AbstractAuthenticationToken token = this.converter.convert(jwt);
+
+		assertThat(token).isInstanceOf(BearerTokenAuthentication.class);
+		BearerTokenAuthentication bearerToken = (BearerTokenAuthentication) token;
+		assertThat(bearerToken.getAuthorities())
+				.containsExactly(new SimpleGrantedAuthority("SCOPE_message:read"),
+						new SimpleGrantedAuthority("SCOPE_message:write"));
+	}
+}