diff --git a/docs/auth.rst b/docs/auth.rst
index c1f7f8ad..dd2ca554 100644
--- a/docs/auth.rst
+++ b/docs/auth.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 
    .. autoclass:: GoogleMixin
       :members:
+   
+   .. autoclass:: GoogleOAuth2Mixin
+      :members:
 
    Facebook
    --------
diff --git a/docs/releases/next.rst b/docs/releases/next.rst
index 7bd7768b..f64a0289 100644
--- a/docs/releases/next.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/next.rst
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ In Progress
   arguments, just like `~.RequestHandler.clear_cookie`.
 * The embedded ``ca-certificats.crt`` file has been updated with the current
   Mozilla CA list.
+* `.GoogleOAuth2Mixin` has been added so that Google's OAuth2 only apps are able to get a context without OpenID (which uses OAuth 1).
diff --git a/tornado/auth.py b/tornado/auth.py
index 0cbfa7c0..5f8aec9e 100644
--- a/tornado/auth.py
+++ b/tornado/auth.py
@@ -548,7 +548,8 @@ class OAuth2Mixin(object):
     """
     @return_future
     def authorize_redirect(self, redirect_uri=None, client_id=None,
-                           client_secret=None, extra_params=None,
+                           client_secret=None, scope=None,
+                           response_type="code", extra_params=None,
                            callback=None):
         """Redirects the user to obtain OAuth authorization for this service.
 
@@ -566,10 +567,13 @@ class OAuth2Mixin(object):
         """
         args = {
             "redirect_uri": redirect_uri,
-            "client_id": client_id
+            "client_id": client_id,
+            "response_type": response_type
         }
         if extra_params:
             args.update(extra_params)
+        if scope:
+            args['scope'] = ' '.join(scope)
         self.redirect(
             url_concat(self._OAUTH_AUTHORIZE_URL, args))
         callback()
@@ -945,6 +949,67 @@ class GoogleMixin(OpenIdMixin, OAuthMixin):
         return OpenIdMixin.get_authenticated_user(self)
 
 
+class GoogleOAuth2Mixin(OAuth2Mixin):
+    """Google authentication using OAuth2."""
+    _OAUTH_AUTHORIZE_URL = "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth"
+    _OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN_URL = "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token"
+    _OAUTH_NO_CALLBACKS = False
+    _OAUTH_SETTINGS_KEY = 'google_oauth'
+
+    @_auth_return_future
+    def get_authenticated_user(self, redirect_uri, code, callback):
+        """Handles the login for the Google user, returning a user object.
+
+        Example usage::
+
+            class GoogleOAuth2LoginHandler(LoginHandler, tornado.auth.GoogleOAuth2Mixin):
+                @tornado.web.asynchronous
+                @tornado.gen.coroutine
+                def get(self):
+                    if self.get_argument("code", False):
+                        user = yield self.get_authenticated_user(
+                            redirect_uri='http://your.site.com/auth/google',
+                            code=self.get_argument("code"))
+                        # Save the user with e.g. set_secure_cookie
+                    else:
+                        yield self.authorize_redirect(
+                            redirect_uri='http://your.site.com/auth/google',
+                            client_id=self.settings["google_consumer_key"],
+                            scope=['openid', 'email'],
+                            response_type='code',
+                            extra_params={"approval_prompt": "auto"})
+        """
+        http = self.get_auth_http_client()
+        body = urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            "redirect_uri": redirect_uri,
+            "code": code,
+            "client_id": self.settings[self._OAUTH_SETTINGS_KEY]['key'],
+            "client_secret": self.settings[self._OAUTH_SETTINGS_KEY]['secret'],
+            "grant_type": "authorization_code",
+        })
+
+        http.fetch(self._OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN_URL,
+                  self.async_callback(self._on_access_token, callback),
+                  method="POST", headers={'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}, body=body)
+
+    def _on_access_token(self, future, response):
+        """Callback function for the exchange to the access token."""
+        if response.error:
+            future.set_exception(AuthError('Google auth error: %s' % str(response)))
+            return
+
+        args = escape.json_decode(response.body)
+        future.set_result(args)
+
+    def get_auth_http_client(self):
+        """Returns the `.AsyncHTTPClient` instance to be used for auth requests.
+
+        May be overridden by subclasses to use an HTTP client other than
+        the default.
+        """
+        return httpclient.AsyncHTTPClient()
+
+
 class FacebookMixin(object):
     """Facebook Connect authentication.