diff --git a/src/microdot/auth.py b/src/microdot/auth.py
index 2d8f14a..ce00824 100644
--- a/src/microdot/auth.py
+++ b/src/microdot/auth.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from time import time
 from microdot import abort, redirect
 from microdot.microdot import urlencode, invoke_handler
 
@@ -120,10 +121,34 @@ class LoginAuth(BaseAuth):
     def _get_session(self, request):
         return request.app._session.get(request)
 
+    def _update_remember_cookie(self, request, days, user_id=None):
+        remember_payload = request.app._session.encode({
+            'user_id': user_id,
+            'days': days,
+            'exp': time() + days * 24 * 60 * 60
+        })
+
+        @request.after_request
+        async def _set_remember_cookie(request, response):
+            response.set_cookie('_remember', remember_payload,
+                                max_age=days * 24 * 60 * 60)
+            return response
+
     def _get_auth(self, request):
         session = self._get_session(request)
-        if session and 'user_id' in session:
-            return (session['user_id'],)
+        if session and '_user_id' in session:
+            return (session['_user_id'],)
+        if '_remember' in request.cookies:
+            remember_payload = request.app._session.decode(
+                request.cookies['_remember'])
+            user_id = remember_payload.get('user_id')
+            if user_id:
+                self._update_remember_cookie(
+                    request, remember_payload.get('_days', 30), user_id)
+                session['_user_id'] = user_id
+                session['_fresh'] = False
+                session.save()
+                return (user_id,)
 
     async def _authenticate(self, request, user_id):
         return await invoke_handler(self.user_callback, user_id)
@@ -132,16 +157,78 @@ class LoginAuth(BaseAuth):
         return '', 302, {'Location': self.login_url + '?next=' + urlencode(
             request.url)}
 
-    async def login_user(self, request, user, redirect_url='/'):
+    async def login_user(self, request, user, remember=False,
+                         redirect_url='/'):
+        """Log a user in.
+
+        :param request: the request object
+        :param user: the user object
+        :param remember: if the user's logged in state should be remembered
+                         with a cookie after the session ends. Set to the
+                         number of days the remember cookie should last, or to
+                         ``True`` to use a default duration of 30 days.
+        :param redirect_url: the URL to redirect to after login
+
+        This call marks the user as logged in by storing their user ID in the
+        user session. The application must call this method to log a user in
+        after their credentials have been validated.
+
+        The method returns a redirect response, either to the URL the user
+        originally intended to visit, or if there is no original URL to the URL
+        specified by the `redirect_url`.
+        """
         session = self._get_session(request)
-        session['user_id'] = await invoke_handler(self.user_id_callback, user)
+        session['_user_id'] = await invoke_handler(self.user_id_callback, user)
+        session['_fresh'] = True
         session.save()
+
+        if remember:
+            days = 30 if remember is True else int(remember)
+            self._update_remember_cookie(request, days, session['_user_id'])
+
         next_url = request.args.get('next', redirect_url)
         if not next_url.startswith('/'):
             next_url = redirect_url
         return redirect(next_url)
 
     async def logout_user(self, request):
+        """Log a user out.
+
+        :param request: the request object
+
+        This call removes information about the user's log in from the user
+        session. If a remember cookie exists, it is removed as well.
+        """
         session = self._get_session(request)
-        session.pop('user_id', None)
+        session.pop('_user_id', None)
+        session.pop('_fresh', None)
         session.save()
+        if '_remember' in request.cookies:
+            self._update_remember_cookie(request, 0)
+
+    def __call__(self, f):
+        """Decorator to protect a route with authentication.
+
+        If the user is not logged in, Microdot will redirect to the login page
+        first. The decorated route will only run after successful login by the
+        user. If the user is already logged in, the route will run immediately.
+        """
+        return super().__call__(f)
+
+    def fresh(self, f):
+        """Decorator to protect a route with "fresh" authentication.
+
+        This decorator prevents the route from running when the login session
+        is not fresh. A fresh session is a session that has been created from
+        direct user interaction with the login page, as opposite to a session
+        that was restored from a "remember me" cookie.
+        """
+        base_wrapper = super().__call__(f)
+
+        async def wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):
+            session = self._get_session(request)
+            if session.get('_fresh'):
+                return await base_wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            return await invoke_handler(self.error_callback, request)
+
+        return wrapper