diff --git a/plugins/authentication/RestfulAuthenticationCookie.class.php b/plugins/authentication/RestfulAuthenticationCookie.class.php
index da52694d..495fa53f 100644
--- a/plugins/authentication/RestfulAuthenticationCookie.class.php
+++ b/plugins/authentication/RestfulAuthenticationCookie.class.php
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@
 
 class RestfulAuthenticationCookie extends RestfulAuthenticationBase implements RestfulAuthenticationInterface {
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function applies(array $request = array(), $method = \RestfulInterface::GET) {
+    // Skip cookies auth if we have an access token.
+    if (variable_get('restful_prefer_access_token', FALSE) && isset($request['__application']['access_token'])) {
+      // The variable may be set if you want to be logged in both with a session
+      // cookie and with an access token, favoriting the access_token request
+      // see https://github.com/RESTful-Drupal/restful/issues/412.
+      return;
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Implements RestfulAuthenticationInterface::authenticate().
    */