diff --git a/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/MapSessionRepository.java b/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/MapSessionRepository.java
index 782888e1..ef1150f1 100644
--- a/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/MapSessionRepository.java
+++ b/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/MapSessionRepository.java
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ public class MapSessionRepository implements SessionRepository<Session> {
 		this.defaultMaxInactiveInterval = Integer.valueOf(defaultMaxInactiveInterval);
 	}
 
-	public void save(Session session) {
+	public Session save(Session session) {
 		this.sessions.put(session.getId(), new MapSession(session));
+		return session;
 	}
 
 	public Session getSession(String id) {
diff --git a/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/SessionRepository.java b/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/SessionRepository.java
index 3061b75f..7e9a1c36 100644
--- a/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/SessionRepository.java
+++ b/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/SessionRepository.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public interface SessionRepository<S extends Session> {
 	 *
 	 * @param session the {@link Session} to save
 	 */
-	void save(S session);
+	S save(S session);
 
 	/**
 	 * Gets the {@link Session} by the {@link Session#getId()} or null if no
diff --git a/spring-session-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/RedisOperationsSessionRepository.java b/spring-session-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/RedisOperationsSessionRepository.java
index 7ee2fb68..3958d92c 100644
--- a/spring-session-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/RedisOperationsSessionRepository.java
+++ b/spring-session-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/RedisOperationsSessionRepository.java
@@ -386,13 +386,14 @@ public class RedisOperationsSessionRepository implements
 		this.redisFlushMode = redisFlushMode;
 	}
 
-	public void save(RedisSession session) {
+	public RedisSession save(RedisSession session) {
 		session.saveDelta();
 		if (session.isNew()) {
 			String sessionCreatedKey = getSessionCreatedChannel(session.getId());
 			this.sessionRedisOperations.convertAndSend(sessionCreatedKey, session.delta);
 			session.setNew(false);
 		}
+		return session;
 	}
 
 	@Scheduled(cron = "${spring.session.cleanup.cron.expression:0 * * * * *}")
diff --git a/spring-session-hazelcast/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/hazelcast/HazelcastSessionRepository.java b/spring-session-hazelcast/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/hazelcast/HazelcastSessionRepository.java
index 4f3cb8c1..3abab3d3 100644
--- a/spring-session-hazelcast/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/hazelcast/HazelcastSessionRepository.java
+++ b/spring-session-hazelcast/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/hazelcast/HazelcastSessionRepository.java
@@ -202,12 +202,13 @@ public class HazelcastSessionRepository implements
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	public void save(HazelcastSession session) {
+	public HazelcastSession save(HazelcastSession session) {
 		if (session.isChanged()) {
 			this.sessions.put(session.getId(), session.getDelegate(),
 					session.getMaxInactiveInterval().getSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 			session.markUnchanged();
 		}
+		return session;
 	}
 
 	public HazelcastSession getSession(String id) {
diff --git a/spring-session-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/jdbc/JdbcOperationsSessionRepository.java b/spring-session-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/jdbc/JdbcOperationsSessionRepository.java
index 516e71a1..f3e18ea4 100644
--- a/spring-session-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/jdbc/JdbcOperationsSessionRepository.java
+++ b/spring-session-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/jdbc/JdbcOperationsSessionRepository.java
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ public class JdbcOperationsSessionRepository implements
 		return session;
 	}
 
-	public void save(final JdbcSession session) {
+	public JdbcSession save(final JdbcSession session) {
 		if (session.isNew()) {
 			this.transactionOperations.execute(new TransactionCallbackWithoutResult() {
 
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ public class JdbcOperationsSessionRepository implements
 			});
 		}
 		session.clearChangeFlags();
+		return session;
 	}
 
 	public JdbcSession getSession(final String id) {