diff --git a/authentication/openshift.go b/authentication/openshift.go
index a1d7efa73..d4f48550a 100644
--- a/authentication/openshift.go
+++ b/authentication/openshift.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type openshiftAuthenticatorConfig struct {
 	ServiceAccount   string `json:"serviceAccount"`
 	RedirectURL      string `json:"redirectURL"`
 	CookieSecret     string `json:"cookieSecret"`
+	SSREnabled       bool   `json:"ssrEnabled"`
 	ServiceAccountCA []byte
 }
 
@@ -203,6 +204,10 @@ func newOpenshiftAuthenticator(c map[string]interface{}, tenant string,
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unable to initialize authenticator")
 	}
 
+	if config.SSREnabled {
+		authenticator = openshift.NewSelfSubjectReview(config.KubeConfigPath, logger)
+	}
+
 	var cipher *openshift.Cipher
 	if config.CookieSecret != "" {
 		cipher, err = openshift.NewCipher([]byte(config.CookieSecret))
diff --git a/authentication/openshift/selfsubjectreview.go b/authentication/openshift/selfsubjectreview.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cb6dd4f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/authentication/openshift/selfsubjectreview.go
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package openshift
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/go-kit/log"
+	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
+
+	authenticationv1 "k8s.io/api/authentication/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/authenticator"
+	k8suser "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+)
+
+// SelfSubjectReview is a struct that implements the Token and Request interfaces.
+type SelfSubjectReview struct {
+	logger log.Logger
+	// RemoteKubeConfigFile is the file to use to connect to a "normal" kube API server which hosts the
+	// TokenAccessReview.authentication.k8s.io endpoint for checking tokens.
+	RemoteKubeConfigFile string
+}
+
+// NewSelfSubjectReview creates a new instance of SelfSubjectReview.
+func NewSelfSubjectReview(kubeCfgFile string, logger log.Logger) authenticator.Request {
+	return &SelfSubjectReview{
+		logger:               logger,
+		RemoteKubeConfigFile: kubeCfgFile,
+	}
+}
+
+// AuthenticateRequest implements the authenticator.Request interface.
+func (s *SelfSubjectReview) AuthenticateRequest(req *http.Request) (*authenticator.Response, bool, error) {
+	authHeader := req.Header.Get("Authorization")
+	level.Debug(s.logger).Log("msg", "Extracting token from Authorization header", "header", authHeader)
+	if authHeader == "" {
+		return nil, false, nil
+	}
+
+	const bearerPrefix = "Bearer "
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(authHeader, bearerPrefix) {
+		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("invalid authorization header format")
+	}
+
+	token := strings.TrimPrefix(authHeader, bearerPrefix)
+	cfg, err := getConfig(s.RemoteKubeConfigFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false, err
+	}
+
+	cfg = rest.AnonymousClientConfig(cfg)
+	cfg.BearerToken = token
+	clientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false, err
+	}
+
+	ssr, err := clientset.AuthenticationV1().SelfSubjectReviews().Create(context.Background(), &authenticationv1.SelfSubjectReview{}, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false, err
+	}
+
+	level.Debug(s.logger).Log("msg", "SelfSubjectReview",
+		"username", ssr.Status.UserInfo.Username,
+		"uid", ssr.Status.UserInfo.UID,
+		"groups", fmt.Sprintf("%v", ssr.Status.UserInfo.Groups),
+		"extra", fmt.Sprintf("%v", ssr.Status.UserInfo.Extra))
+
+	extra := make(map[string][]string)
+	for k, v := range ssr.Status.UserInfo.Extra {
+		extra[k] = v
+	}
+	return &authenticator.Response{
+		User: &k8suser.DefaultInfo{
+			Name:   ssr.Status.UserInfo.Username,
+			UID:    ssr.Status.UserInfo.UID,
+			Groups: ssr.Status.UserInfo.Groups,
+			Extra:  extra,
+		},
+	}, true, nil
+}
+
+func getConfig(kubeconfig string) (*rest.Config, error) {
+	if len(kubeconfig) > 0 {
+		loader := &clientcmd.ClientConfigLoadingRules{ExplicitPath: kubeconfig}
+		return loadConfig(loader)
+	}
+	kubeconfigPath := os.Getenv(clientcmd.RecommendedConfigPathEnvVar)
+	if len(kubeconfigPath) == 0 {
+		return rest.InClusterConfig() //nolint:wrapcheck
+	}
+	loadingRules := clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules()
+	if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("HOME"); !ok {
+		u, err := user.Current()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get current user: %w", err)
+		}
+		p := path.Join(u.HomeDir, clientcmd.RecommendedHomeDir, clientcmd.RecommendedFileName)
+		loadingRules.Precedence = append(loadingRules.Precedence, p)
+	}
+	return loadConfig(loadingRules)
+}
+
+func loadConfig(loader clientcmd.ClientConfigLoader) (*rest.Config, error) {
+	return clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(loader, nil).ClientConfig() //nolint:wrapcheck
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7e8190d7c..5f5c6381e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241015192408-796eee8c2d53
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
+	k8s.io/api v0.30.5
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.5
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.30.5
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.5
@@ -188,7 +189,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.30.5 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.30.5 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 // indirect
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index af8794947..f0c9266a2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ type tenant struct {
 		ServiceAccount string `json:"serviceAccount"`
 		RedirectURL    string `json:"redirectURL"`
 		CookieSecret   string `json:"cookieSecret"`
+		SSREnabled     bool   `json:"ssrEnabled"`
 		config         map[string]interface{}
 	} `json:"openshift"`
 	Authenticator *struct {