diff --git a/http/api_handler.go b/http/api_handler.go
index 14fb0869f9..dd8489235d 100644
--- a/http/api_handler.go
+++ b/http/api_handler.go
@@ -70,10 +70,8 @@ type APIBackend struct {
 // NewAPIHandler constructs all api handlers beneath it and returns an APIHandler
 func NewAPIHandler(b *APIBackend) *APIHandler {
 	h := &APIHandler{}
-	h.SessionHandler = NewSessionHandler()
-	h.SessionHandler.BasicAuthService = b.BasicAuthService
-	h.SessionHandler.SessionService = b.SessionService
-	h.SessionHandler.Logger = b.Logger.With(zap.String("handler", "basicAuth"))
+	sessionBackend := NewSessionBackend(b)
+	h.SessionHandler = NewSessionHandler(sessionBackend)
 
 	h.BucketHandler = NewBucketHandler(b.UserResourceMappingService, b.LabelService, b.UserService)
 	h.BucketHandler.BucketService = b.BucketService
diff --git a/http/session_handler.go b/http/session_handler.go
index 6a644865a0..1368a6276b 100644
--- a/http/session_handler.go
+++ b/http/session_handler.go
@@ -9,6 +9,24 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
+// SessionBackend is all services and associated parameters required to construct
+// the SessionHandler.
+type SessionBackend struct {
+	Logger *zap.Logger
+
+	BasicAuthService platform.BasicAuthService
+	SessionService   platform.SessionService
+}
+
+func NewSessionBackend(b *APIBackend) *SessionBackend {
+	return &SessionBackend{
+		Logger: b.Logger.With(zap.String("handler", "session")),
+
+		BasicAuthService: b.BasicAuthService,
+		SessionService:   b.SessionService,
+	}
+}
+
 // SessionHandler represents an HTTP API handler for authorizations.
 type SessionHandler struct {
 	*httprouter.Router
@@ -19,9 +37,13 @@ type SessionHandler struct {
 }
 
 // NewSessionHandler returns a new instance of SessionHandler.
-func NewSessionHandler() *SessionHandler {
+func NewSessionHandler(b *SessionBackend) *SessionHandler {
 	h := &SessionHandler{
 		Router: NewRouter(),
+		Logger: b.Logger,
+
+		BasicAuthService: b.BasicAuthService,
+		SessionService:   b.SessionService,
 	}
 
 	h.HandlerFunc("POST", "/api/v2/signin", h.handleSignin)
diff --git a/http/session_test.go b/http/session_test.go
index 98d476f03c..fc9a3d3793 100644
--- a/http/session_test.go
+++ b/http/session_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package http_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
@@ -12,6 +13,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/platform/mock"
 )
 
+// NewMockSessionBackend returns a SessionBackend with mock services.
+func NewMockSessionBackend() *platformhttp.SessionBackend {
+	return &platformhttp.SessionBackend{
+		Logger: zap.NewNop().With(zap.String("handler", "session")),
+
+		SessionService:   mock.NewSessionService(),
+		BasicAuthService: mock.NewBasicAuthService("", ""),
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBasicAuthHandler_handleSignin(t *testing.T) {
 	type fields struct {
 		BasicAuthService platform.BasicAuthService
@@ -65,9 +76,10 @@ func TestBasicAuthHandler_handleSignin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			h := platformhttp.NewSessionHandler()
-			h.BasicAuthService = tt.fields.BasicAuthService
-			h.SessionService = tt.fields.SessionService
+			b := NewMockSessionBackend()
+			b.BasicAuthService = tt.fields.BasicAuthService
+			b.SessionService = tt.fields.SessionService
+			h := platformhttp.NewSessionHandler(b)
 
 			w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 			r := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "http://localhost:9999/api/v2/signin", nil)