diff --git a/.changeset/famous-cities-stand.md b/.changeset/famous-cities-stand.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86ba727997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/famous-cities-stand.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-auth-node': patch
+---
+
+Added the `identity` property to `BackstageSignInResult`.
+
+The `prepareBackstageIdentityResponse` function will now also forward the `identity` to the response if present in the provided sign-in result.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-node/report.api.md b/plugins/auth-node/report.api.md
index f693683920..ad0d85030c 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-node/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/auth-node/report.api.md
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ export type AuthResolverCatalogUserQuery =
 
 // @public
 export type AuthResolverContext = {
-  issueToken(params: TokenParams): Promise<{
-    token: string;
-  }>;
+  issueToken(params: TokenParams): Promise<BackstageSignInResult>;
   findCatalogUser(query: AuthResolverCatalogUserQuery): Promise<{
     entity: Entity;
   }>;
@@ -126,6 +124,7 @@ export interface BackstageIdentityResponse extends BackstageSignInResult {
 
 // @public
 export interface BackstageSignInResult {
+  identity?: BackstageUserIdentity;
   token: string;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-node/src/identity/prepareBackstageIdentityResponse.test.ts b/plugins/auth-node/src/identity/prepareBackstageIdentityResponse.test.ts
index d37224a11d..5d6527eaa1 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-node/src/identity/prepareBackstageIdentityResponse.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-node/src/identity/prepareBackstageIdentityResponse.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,30 @@ describe('prepareBackstageIdentityResponse', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('uses the identity in the result if present', () => {
+    jest.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(5000);
+
+    const token = mkToken({ sub: 'k:ns/n', ent: ['k:ns/o'], exp: 1005 });
+    expect(
+      prepareBackstageIdentityResponse({
+        token,
+        identity: {
+          type: 'user',
+          userEntityRef: 'k:ns/other',
+          ownershipEntityRefs: ['k:ns/group1', 'k:ns/group2'],
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      token,
+      expiresInSeconds: 1000,
+      identity: {
+        type: 'user',
+        userEntityRef: 'k:ns/other',
+        ownershipEntityRefs: ['k:ns/group1', 'k:ns/group2'],
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should reject tokens without subject', () => {
     const token = mkToken({});
     expect(() =>
diff --git a/plugins/auth-node/src/identity/prepareBackstageIdentityResponse.ts b/plugins/auth-node/src/identity/prepareBackstageIdentityResponse.ts
index 33e9bafd0d..a1de4e365c 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-node/src/identity/prepareBackstageIdentityResponse.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-node/src/identity/prepareBackstageIdentityResponse.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function prepareBackstageIdentityResponse(
   return {
     ...result,
     expiresInSeconds: exp,
-    identity: {
+    identity: result.identity ?? {
       type: 'user',
       userEntityRef: sub,
       ownershipEntityRefs: ent,
diff --git a/plugins/auth-node/src/types.ts b/plugins/auth-node/src/types.ts
index abcc6a2185..a7202d7748 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-node/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-node/src/types.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ export interface BackstageSignInResult {
    * The token used to authenticate the user within Backstage.
    */
   token: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Identity information to pass to the client rather than using the
+   * information that's embeeded in the token.
+   */
+  identity?: BackstageUserIdentity;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ export type AuthResolverContext = {
   /**
    * Issues a Backstage token using the provided parameters.
    */
-  issueToken(params: TokenParams): Promise<{ token: string }>;
+  issueToken(params: TokenParams): Promise<BackstageSignInResult>;
 
   /**
    * Finds a single user in the catalog using the provided query.