diff --git a/src/models/user.rs b/src/models/user.rs
index 6769c95..f14c121 100644
--- a/src/models/user.rs
+++ b/src/models/user.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ use pbkdf2::{PasswordHasher, Pbkdf2};
 #[diesel(sql_type = sql_types::Text)]
 pub struct HashedPassword(String);
 
+impl HashedPassword {
+    /// Returns the "session auth hash" for `axum-login`, just the hashed password as bytes
+    pub fn auth_hash(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.0.as_bytes()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<DB> FromSql<diesel::sql_types::Text, DB> for HashedPassword
 where
     DB: diesel::backend::Backend,