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diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm
index e82aa91..1f50ff5 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm
@@ -430,10 +430,21 @@ sub validate_session_id {
 sub session {
     my $c = shift;
 
-    $c->_session || $c->_load_session || do {
+    my $session = $c->_session || $c->_load_session || do {
         $c->create_session_id_if_needed;
         $c->initialize_session_data;
     };
+
+    if (@_) {
+      my $new_values = @_ > 1 ? { @_ } : $_[0];
+      croak('session takes a hash or hashref') unless ref $new_values;
+
+      for my $key (keys %$new_values) {
+        $session->{$key} = $new_values->{$key};
+      }
+    }
+
+    $session;
 }
 
 sub keep_flash {
@@ -683,6 +694,13 @@ requests.
 This method will automatically create a new session and session ID if none
 exists.
 
+You can also set session keys by passing a list of key/value pairs or a
+hashref.
+
+    $c->session->{foo} = "bar";      # This works.
+    $c->session(one => 1, two => 2); # And this.
+    $c->session({ answer => 42 });   # And this.
+
 =item session_expires
 
 =item session_expires $reset