diff --git a/backend/src/app/auth/oidc.clj b/backend/src/app/auth/oidc.clj
index 41e3c6355e..5330efc098 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/auth/oidc.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/auth/oidc.clj
@@ -424,8 +424,12 @@
         code   (get params :code)
         state  (tokens/verify props {:token state :iss :oauth})
         tdata  (fetch-access-token cfg code)
-        info   (or (get-user-info cfg tdata)
-                   (fetch-user-info cfg tdata))
+        info   (case (cf/get :oidc-user-info-source)
+                 :token (get-user-info cfg tdata)
+                 :userinfo (fetch-user-info cfg tdata)
+                 (or (get-user-info cfg tdata)
+                     (fetch-user-info cfg tdata)))
+
         info   (process-user-info provider tdata info)]
 
     (l/trace :hint "user info" :info info)
diff --git a/backend/src/app/config.clj b/backend/src/app/config.clj
index d2cfc2cfb8..ed98060d2b 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/config.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/config.clj
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
 (s/def ::google-client-id ::us/string)
 (s/def ::google-client-secret ::us/string)
 (s/def ::oidc-client-id ::us/string)
+(s/def ::oidc-user-info-source ::us/keyword)
 (s/def ::oidc-client-secret ::us/string)
 (s/def ::oidc-base-uri ::us/string)
 (s/def ::oidc-token-uri ::us/string)
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@
                    ::google-client-secret
                    ::oidc-client-id
                    ::oidc-client-secret
+                   ::oidc-user-info-source
                    ::oidc-base-uri
                    ::oidc-token-uri
                    ::oidc-auth-uri