diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/BackOfficeUserManager.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/BackOfficeUserManager.cs
index cf6e9a737b..dfe59e1783 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/BackOfficeUserManager.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/BackOfficeUserManager.cs
@@ -201,12 +201,17 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Security
         /// </remarks>
         public async override Task<bool> CheckPasswordAsync(T user, string password)
         {
-            if (BackOfficeUserPasswordChecker == null)
+            if (BackOfficeUserPasswordChecker != null)
             {
-                //use the default behavior
-                return await base.CheckPasswordAsync(user, password);
+                var result = await BackOfficeUserPasswordChecker.CheckPasswordAsync(user, password);
+                //if the result indicates to not fallback to the default, then return true if the credentials are valid
+                if (result != BackOfficeUserPasswordCheckerResult.FallbackToDefaultChecker)
+                {
+                    return result == BackOfficeUserPasswordCheckerResult.ValidCredentials;
+                }
             }
-            return await BackOfficeUserPasswordChecker.CheckPasswordAsync(user, password);
+            //use the default behavior
+            return await base.CheckPasswordAsync(user, password);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/BackOfficeUserPasswordCheckerResult.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/BackOfficeUserPasswordCheckerResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ce843856a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/BackOfficeUserPasswordCheckerResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Security
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The result returned from the IBackOfficeUserPasswordChecker
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum BackOfficeUserPasswordCheckerResult
+    {
+        ValidCredentials,
+        InvalidCredentials,
+        FallbackToDefaultChecker
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/IBackOfficeUserPasswordChecker.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/IBackOfficeUserPasswordChecker.cs
index bd9abcdee2..6ee65e0fef 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/IBackOfficeUserPasswordChecker.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/IBackOfficeUserPasswordChecker.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Security
     /// </summary>
     public interface IBackOfficeUserPasswordChecker
     {
-        Task<bool> CheckPasswordAsync(BackOfficeIdentityUser user, string password);
+        Task<BackOfficeUserPasswordCheckerResult> CheckPasswordAsync(BackOfficeIdentityUser user, string password);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 54c7c44ff5..2f52df5629 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Security\BackOfficeCookieAuthenticationProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\BackOfficeSignInManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\BackOfficeUserManager.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Security\BackOfficeUserPasswordCheckerResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\BackOfficeUserStore.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\IBackOfficeUserPasswordChecker.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\MembershipPasswordHasher.cs" />