diff --git a/docs/auth/service-to-service-auth.md b/docs/auth/service-to-service-auth.md
index c1d6643769..b9cc6151af 100644
--- a/docs/auth/service-to-service-auth.md
+++ b/docs/auth/service-to-service-auth.md
@@ -81,6 +81,38 @@ header:
 Authorization: Bearer eZv5o+fW3KnR3kVabMW4ZcDNLPl8nmMW
 ```
 
+## JWKS Token Auth
+
+This access method allows for external caller token authentication using configured JWKS.
+This is useful for callers that are authenticating to your instance of Backstage with
+third-party tools, such as Auth0.
+
+You can configure this access method by adding one or more entries of type `jwks`
+to the `backend.auth.externalAccess` app-config key:
+
+```yaml title="in e.g. app-config.production.yaml"
+backend:
+  auth:
+    externalAccess:
+      - type: jwks
+        options:
+          uri: https://example.com/.well-known/jwks.json
+          issuers:
+            - https://example.com
+          algorithms:
+            - RS256
+          audiences:
+            - example
+      - type: jwks
+        options:
+          uri: https://another-example.com/.well-known/jwks.json
+          issuers:
+            - https://example.com
+```
+
+The subject returned from the token verification will become part of the
+credentials object that the request recipients get.
+
 ## Legacy Tokens
 
 Plugins and backends that are _not_ on the new backend system use a legacy token
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/auth/external/ExternalTokenHandler.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/auth/external/ExternalTokenHandler.ts
index 588a1f1794..79ad8dd3c4 100644
--- a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/auth/external/ExternalTokenHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/auth/external/ExternalTokenHandler.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 import { LegacyTokenHandler } from './legacy';
 import { StaticTokenHandler } from './static';
 import { TokenHandler } from './types';
+import { JWKSHandler } from './jwks';
 
 const NEW_CONFIG_KEY = 'backend.auth.externalAccess';
 const OLD_CONFIG_KEY = 'backend.auth.keys';
@@ -40,9 +41,11 @@ export class ExternalTokenHandler {
 
     const staticHandler = new StaticTokenHandler();
     const legacyHandler = new LegacyTokenHandler();
+    const jwksHandler = new JWKSHandler();
     const handlers: Record<string, TokenHandler> = {
       static: staticHandler,
       legacy: legacyHandler,
+      jwks: jwksHandler,
     };
 
     // Load the new-style handlers
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/auth/external/jwks.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/auth/external/jwks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ca7d010b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/auth/external/jwks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { jwtVerify, createRemoteJWKSet } from 'jose';
+import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
+import { TokenHandler } from './types';
+
+/**
+ * Handles `type: jwks` access.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+export class JWKSHandler implements TokenHandler {
+  #entries: Array<{
+    algorithms: string[];
+    audiences: string[];
+    issuers: string[];
+    uri: string;
+  }> = [];
+
+  add(options: Config) {
+    const algorithms = options.getOptionalStringArray('algorithms') ?? [];
+    const issuers = options.getOptionalStringArray('issuers') ?? [];
+    const audiences = options.getOptionalStringArray('audiences') ?? [];
+    const uri = options.getString('uri');
+
+    if (!uri.match(/^\S+$/)) {
+      throw new Error('Illegal token, must be a set of non-space characters');
+    }
+
+    if (!issuers.every(issuer => issuer.match(/^\S+$/))) {
+      throw new Error('Illegal issuer, must be a set of non-space characters');
+    }
+
+    this.#entries.push({ algorithms, audiences, issuers, uri });
+  }
+
+  async verifyToken(token: string) {
+    // not sure if we would need to support multiple jwks entries, but implementing to match static/legacy token handlers
+    for (const entry of this.#entries) {
+      try {
+        const jwks = createRemoteJWKSet(new URL(entry.uri));
+        const {
+          payload: { sub },
+        } = await jwtVerify(token, jwks, {
+          algorithms: entry.algorithms,
+          issuer: entry.issuers,
+          audience: entry.audiences,
+        });
+
+        if (sub) {
+          return { subject: sub };
+        }
+      } catch {
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}