diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_credentials/azure_cli.py b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_credentials/azure_cli.py
index a94e001852ec..e443fc8fea53 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_credentials/azure_cli.py
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_credentials/azure_cli.py
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ class AzureCliCredential(object):
 
     This requires previously logging in to Azure via "az login", and will use the CLI's currently logged in identity.
     """
+    def __init__(self, tenant_id: str = ""):
+        object.__init__(self)
+
+        self.tenant_id = tenant_id
 
     def __enter__(self):
         return self
@@ -67,7 +71,8 @@ def get_token(self, *scopes, **kwargs): # pylint: disable=no-self-use
 
         resource = _scopes_to_resource(*scopes)
         command = COMMAND_LINE.format(resource)
-        tenant = resolve_tenant("", **kwargs)
+        tenant = resolve_tenant(default_tenant= self.tenant_id, **kwargs)
+
         if tenant:
             command += " --tenant " + tenant
         output = _run_command(command)
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/aio/_credentials/azure_cli.py b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/aio/_credentials/azure_cli.py
index 869cf5de69ae..33ee4f5cac96 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/aio/_credentials/azure_cli.py
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/aio/_credentials/azure_cli.py
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ class AzureCliCredential(AsyncContextManager):
 
     This requires previously logging in to Azure via "az login", and will use the CLI's currently logged in identity.
     """
+    def __init__(self, tenant_id: str = ""):
+        AsyncContextManager.__init__(self)
+
+        self.tenant_id = tenant_id
 
     @log_get_token_async
     async def get_token(self, *scopes: str, **kwargs: "Any") -> "AccessToken":
@@ -55,7 +59,8 @@ async def get_token(self, *scopes: str, **kwargs: "Any") -> "AccessToken":
 
         resource = _scopes_to_resource(*scopes)
         command = COMMAND_LINE.format(resource)
-        tenant = resolve_tenant("", **kwargs)
+        tenant = resolve_tenant(default_tenant= self.tenant_id, **kwargs)
+
         if tenant:
             command += " --tenant " + tenant
         output = await _run_command(command)
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/tests/test_cli_credential.py b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/tests/test_cli_credential.py
index 6eb71b97e722..1ed04ae3e0b8 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/tests/test_cli_credential.py
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/tests/test_cli_credential.py
@@ -152,6 +152,36 @@ def test_timeout():
             AzureCliCredential().get_token("scope")
 
 
+def test_multitenant_authentication_class():
+    default_tenant = "first-tenant"
+    first_token = "***"
+    second_tenant = "second-tenant"
+    second_token = first_token * 2
+
+    def fake_check_output(command_line, **_):
+        match = re.search("--tenant (.*)", command_line[-1])
+        tenant = match.groups()[0] if match else default_tenant
+        assert tenant in (default_tenant, second_tenant), 'unexpected tenant "{}"'.format(tenant)
+        return json.dumps(
+            {
+                "expiresOn": datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f"),
+                "accessToken": first_token if tenant == default_tenant else second_token,
+                "subscription": "some-guid",
+                "tenant": tenant,
+                "tokenType": "Bearer",
+            }
+        )
+
+    with mock.patch(CHECK_OUTPUT, fake_check_output):
+        token = AzureCliCredential().get_token("scope")
+        assert token.token == first_token
+
+        token = AzureCliCredential(tenant_id= default_tenant).get_token("scope")
+        assert token.token == first_token
+
+        token = AzureCliCredential(tenant_id= second_tenant).get_token("scope")
+        assert token.token == second_token
+        
 def test_multitenant_authentication():
     default_tenant = "first-tenant"
     first_token = "***"