diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.js b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.js
index 14efdeef91..9f7a0a1087 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.js
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export default function getInitialState({
   databases,
   queries: queries_,
   requested_query: requestedQuery,
+  user,
 }) {
   /**
    * Before YYYY-MM-DD, the state for SQL Lab was stored exclusively in the
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ export default function getInitialState({
       tabHistory,
       tables,
       queriesLastUpdate: Date.now(),
+      user,
     },
     requestedQuery,
     messageToasts: getToastsFromPyFlashMessages(
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.test.ts b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e08443b059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/reducers/getInitialState.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import getInitialState from './getInitialState';
+
+const apiData = {
+  defaultDbId: 1,
+  common: {
+    conf: {
+      DEFAULT_SQLLAB_LIMIT: 1,
+    },
+  },
+  active_tab: null,
+  tab_state_ids: [],
+  databases: [],
+  queries: [],
+  requested_query: null,
+  user: {
+    userId: 1,
+    username: 'some name',
+  },
+};
+describe('getInitialState', () => {
+  it('should output the user that is passed in', () => {
+    expect(getInitialState(apiData).sqlLab.user.userId).toEqual(1);
+  });
+});