diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f10467b..34dee639 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -218,6 +218,21 @@ export const getPosts = createAsyncThunk(
 )
 ```
 
+### Protect a route
+
+Secure a route component by using the withAuthenticationRequired higher-order component. If a user attempts to access this route without authentication, they will be redirected to the login page.
+
+```jsx
+import React from 'react';
+import { withAuthenticationRequired } from "react-oidc-context";
+
+const PrivateRoute = () => (<div>Private</div>);
+
+export default withAuthenticationRequired(PrivateRoute, {
+  onRedirecting: () => (<div>Redirecting to the login page...</div>)
+});
+```
+
 ### Adding event listeners
 
 The underlying [`UserManagerEvents`](https://authts.github.io/oidc-client-ts/classes/UserManagerEvents.html) instance can be imperatively managed with the `useAuth` hook.
diff --git a/docs/react-oidc-context.api.md b/docs/react-oidc-context.api.md
index 7bc5cab5..727c551e 100644
--- a/docs/react-oidc-context.api.md
+++ b/docs/react-oidc-context.api.md
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ export const useAuth: () => AuthContextProps;
 // @public
 export function withAuth<P>(Component: React_2.ComponentType<P>): React_2.ComponentType<Omit<P, keyof AuthContextProps>>;
 
+// @public
+export const withAuthenticationRequired: <P extends object>(Component: React_2.ComponentType<P>, options?: WithAuthenticationRequiredProps) => React_2.FC<P>;
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface WithAuthenticationRequiredProps {
+    onBeforeSignin?: () => Promise<void> | void;
+    OnRedirecting?: () => JSX.Element;
+    signinRedirectArgs?: SigninRedirectArgs;
+}
+
 // (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
 
 ```
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 99d806af..56718b02 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export type { AuthState } from "./AuthState";
 export * from "./useAuth";
 export { hasAuthParams } from "./utils";
 export * from "./withAuth";
+export * from "./withAuthenticationRequired";
diff --git a/src/withAuthenticationRequired.tsx b/src/withAuthenticationRequired.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6656b684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/withAuthenticationRequired.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import React from "react";
+import type { SigninRedirectArgs } from "oidc-client-ts";
+
+import { useAuth } from "./useAuth";
+import { hasAuthParams } from "./utils";
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface WithAuthenticationRequiredProps {
+    /**
+     * Show a message when redirected to the signin page.
+     */
+    OnRedirecting?: () => JSX.Element;
+
+    /**
+     * Allows executing logic before the user is redirected to the signin page.
+     */
+    onBeforeSignin?: () => Promise<void> | void;
+
+    /**
+     * Pass additional signin redirect arguments.
+     */
+    signinRedirectArgs?: SigninRedirectArgs;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A public higher-order component to protect accessing not public content. When you wrap your components in this higher-order
+ * component and an anonymous user visits your component, they will be redirected to the login page; after logging in, they
+ * will return to the page from which they were redirected.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export const withAuthenticationRequired = <P extends object>(
+    Component: React.ComponentType<P>,
+    options: WithAuthenticationRequiredProps = {},
+): React.FC<P> => {
+    const { OnRedirecting = (): JSX.Element => <></>, onBeforeSignin, signinRedirectArgs } = options;
+    const displayName = `withAuthenticationRequired(${Component.displayName || Component.name})`;
+    const C: React.FC<P> = (props) => {
+        const auth = useAuth();
+
+        React.useEffect(() => {
+            if (hasAuthParams() ||
+                auth.isLoading || auth.activeNavigator || auth.isAuthenticated) {
+                return;
+            }
+            void (async (): Promise<void> => {
+                onBeforeSignin && await onBeforeSignin();
+                await auth.signinRedirect(signinRedirectArgs);
+            })();
+        }, [
+            auth.isLoading,
+            auth.isAuthenticated,
+            onBeforeSignin,
+            signinRedirectArgs,
+        ]);
+
+        return auth.isAuthenticated ? <Component {...props} /> : OnRedirecting();
+    };
+
+    C.displayName = displayName;
+
+    return C;
+};
diff --git a/test/withAuthenticationRequired.test.tsx b/test/withAuthenticationRequired.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a0c7eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/withAuthenticationRequired.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { render, screen, waitFor, act } from "@testing-library/react";
+
+import { AuthProvider, withAuthenticationRequired, type AuthContextProps } from "../src";
+import * as useAuthModule from "../src/useAuth";
+
+const settingsStub = { authority: "authority", client_id: "client", redirect_uri: "redirect" };
+
+describe("withAuthenticationRequired", () => {
+    it("should block access to a private component when not authenticated", async () => {
+        // arrange
+        const useAuthMock = jest.spyOn(useAuthModule, "useAuth");
+        const authContext = { isLoading: false, isAuthenticated: false } as AuthContextProps;
+        const signinRedirectMock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+        authContext.signinRedirect = signinRedirectMock;
+        useAuthMock.mockReturnValue(authContext);
+
+        const MyComponent = (): JSX.Element => <>Private</>;
+        const WrappedComponent = withAuthenticationRequired(MyComponent);
+
+        // act
+        render(
+            <AuthProvider {...settingsStub}>
+                <WrappedComponent />
+            </AuthProvider>,
+        );
+
+        // assert
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(signinRedirectMock).toHaveBeenCalled(),
+        );
+        expect(screen.queryByText("Private")).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it("should allow access to a private component when authenticated", async () => {
+        // arrange
+        const useAuthMock = jest.spyOn(useAuthModule, "useAuth");
+        const authContext = { isLoading: false, isAuthenticated: true } as AuthContextProps;
+        const signinRedirectMock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+        authContext.signinRedirect = signinRedirectMock;
+        useAuthMock.mockReturnValue(authContext);
+
+        const MyComponent = (): JSX.Element => <>Private</>;
+        const WrappedComponent = withAuthenticationRequired(MyComponent);
+
+        // act
+        act(() => {
+            render(
+                <AuthProvider {...settingsStub}>
+                    <WrappedComponent />
+                </AuthProvider>,
+            );
+        });
+
+        // assert
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(signinRedirectMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled(),
+        );
+        await screen.findByText("Private");
+    });
+
+    it("should show a custom redirecting message when not authenticated", async () => {
+        // arrange
+        const useAuthMock = jest.spyOn(useAuthModule, "useAuth");
+        const authContext = { isLoading: false, isAuthenticated: false } as AuthContextProps;
+        const signinRedirectMock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+        authContext.signinRedirect = signinRedirectMock;
+        useAuthMock.mockReturnValue(authContext);
+
+        const MyComponent = (): JSX.Element => <>Private</>;
+        const OnRedirecting = (): JSX.Element => <>Redirecting</>;
+        const WrappedComponent = withAuthenticationRequired(MyComponent, {
+            OnRedirecting,
+        });
+
+        // act
+        act(() => {
+            render(
+                <AuthProvider {...settingsStub}>
+                    <WrappedComponent />
+                </AuthProvider>,
+            );
+        });
+
+        // assert
+        await screen.findByText("Redirecting");
+    });
+
+    it("should call onBeforeSignin before signinRedirect", async () => {
+        // arrange
+        const useAuthMock = jest.spyOn(useAuthModule, "useAuth");
+        const authContext = { isLoading: false, isAuthenticated: false } as AuthContextProps;
+        const signinRedirectMock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+        authContext.signinRedirect = signinRedirectMock;
+        useAuthMock.mockReturnValue(authContext);
+
+        const MyComponent = (): JSX.Element => <>Private</>;
+        const onBeforeSigninMock = jest.fn();
+        const WrappedComponent = withAuthenticationRequired(MyComponent, {
+            onBeforeSignin: onBeforeSigninMock,
+        });
+
+        // act
+        render(
+            <AuthProvider {...settingsStub}>
+                <WrappedComponent />
+            </AuthProvider>,
+        );
+
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(onBeforeSigninMock).toHaveBeenCalled(),
+        );
+
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(signinRedirectMock).toHaveBeenCalled(),
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("should pass additional options on to signinRedirect", async () => {
+        // arrange
+        const useAuthMock = jest.spyOn(useAuthModule, "useAuth");
+        const authContext = { isLoading: false, isAuthenticated: false } as AuthContextProps;
+        const signinRedirectMock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+        authContext.signinRedirect = signinRedirectMock;
+        useAuthMock.mockReturnValue(authContext);
+
+        const MyComponent = (): JSX.Element => <>Private</>;
+        const WrappedComponent = withAuthenticationRequired(MyComponent, {
+            signinRedirectArgs: {
+                redirect_uri: "foo",
+            },
+        });
+
+        // act
+        render(
+            <AuthProvider {...settingsStub}>
+                <WrappedComponent />
+            </AuthProvider>,
+        );
+
+        // assert
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(signinRedirectMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                expect.objectContaining({
+                    redirect_uri: "foo",
+                }),
+            ),
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("should call signinRedirect only once even if parent state changes", async () => {
+        // arrange
+        const useAuthMock = jest.spyOn(useAuthModule, "useAuth");
+        const authContext = { isLoading: false, isAuthenticated: false } as AuthContextProps;
+        const signinRedirectMock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+        authContext.signinRedirect = signinRedirectMock;
+        useAuthMock.mockReturnValue(authContext);
+
+        const MyComponent = (): JSX.Element => <>Private</>;
+        const WrappedComponent = withAuthenticationRequired(MyComponent);
+        const App = ({ foo }: { foo: number }): JSX.Element => (
+            <div>
+                {foo}
+                <AuthProvider {...settingsStub}>
+                    <WrappedComponent />
+                </AuthProvider>
+            </div>
+        );
+
+        // act
+        const { rerender } = render(<App foo={1} />);
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(signinRedirectMock).toHaveBeenCalled(),
+        );
+        signinRedirectMock.mockClear();
+        rerender(<App foo={2} />);
+
+        // assert
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(signinRedirectMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled(),
+        );
+    });
+});