diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c42037cf4..fe9125bac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 - ✨(backend) support creating subdoc from file #1987
 - ✨(buildpack) add PaaS deployment support, tested with Scalingo #2293
+- 🔧(backend) allow configuring settings OIDC_OP_USER_ENDPOINT_FORMAT
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/docs/env.md b/docs/env.md
index 8eb347b86..7577e4ffe 100644
--- a/docs/env.md
+++ b/docs/env.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ These are the environment variables you can set for the `impress-backend` contai
 | OIDC_OP_LOGOUT_ENDPOINT                         | Logout endpoint for OIDC                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                         |
 | OIDC_OP_TOKEN_ENDPOINT                          | Token endpoint for OIDC                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                         |
 | OIDC_OP_USER_ENDPOINT                           | User endpoint for OIDC                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                         |
+| OIDC_OP_USER_ENDPOINT_FORMAT                    | user endpoint format. Values can be `AUTO`, `JSON` or `JWT`| `AUTO` |                                                                         |
 | OIDC_REDIRECT_ALLOWED_HOSTS                     | Allowed hosts for OIDC redirect url                                                                                                                                        | []                                                                      |
 | OIDC_REDIRECT_REQUIRE_HTTPS                     | Require https for OIDC redirect url                                                                                                                                        | false                                                                   |
 | OIDC_RP_CLIENT_ID                               | Client id used for OIDC                                                                                                                                                    | impress                                                                 |
diff --git a/src/backend/impress/settings.py b/src/backend/impress/settings.py
index a2f4554a3..9b07e0740 100755
--- a/src/backend/impress/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/impress/settings.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from configurations import Configuration, values
 from corsheaders.defaults import default_headers
 from csp.constants import NONE
 from lasuite.configuration.values import SecretFileValue
+from lasuite.oidc_login.enums import OIDCUserEndpointFormat
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import ignore_logger
 
@@ -614,6 +615,12 @@ class Base(Configuration):
     OIDC_OP_USER_ENDPOINT = values.Value(
         None, environ_name="OIDC_OP_USER_ENDPOINT", environ_prefix=None
     )
+    OIDC_OP_USER_ENDPOINT_FORMAT = values.Value(
+        OIDCUserEndpointFormat.AUTO.name,
+        environ_name="OIDC_OP_USER_ENDPOINT_FORMAT",
+        eviron_prefix=None,
+        choices=[e.name for e in OIDCUserEndpointFormat],
+    )
     OIDC_OP_LOGOUT_ENDPOINT = values.Value(
         None, environ_name="OIDC_OP_LOGOUT_ENDPOINT", environ_prefix=None
     )