diff --git a/packages/app/src/apis.ts b/packages/app/src/apis.ts
index 8f5198bd5a..6a23de1edd 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/apis.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/apis.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ import {
   featureFlagsApiRef,
   FeatureFlags,
   GoogleAuth,
+  GithubAuth,
   oauthRequestApiRef,
   OAuthRequestManager,
   googleAuthApiRef,
+  githubAuthApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core';
 
 import {
@@ -64,6 +66,15 @@ builder.add(
   }),
 );
 
+builder.add(
+  githubAuthApiRef,
+  GithubAuth.create({
+    apiOrigin: 'http://localhost:7000',
+    basePath: '/auth/',
+    oauthRequestApi,
+  }),
+);
+
 builder.add(
   techRadarApiRef,
   new TechRadar({
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/GithubAuth.test.ts b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/GithubAuth.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c8e6ce9f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/GithubAuth.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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 GithubAuth from './GithubAuth';
+
+describe('GithubAuth', () => {
+  it('should get access token', async () => {
+    const getSession = jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValue({ accessToken: 'access-token' });
+    const githubAuth = new GithubAuth({ getSession } as any);
+
+    expect(await githubAuth.getAccessToken()).toBe('access-token');
+    expect(getSession).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/GithubAuth.ts b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/GithubAuth.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d75bceef97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/GithubAuth.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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 GithubIcon from '@material-ui/icons/AcUnit';
+import { DefaultAuthConnector } from '../../../../lib/AuthConnector';
+import { GithubSession } from './types';
+import { OAuthApi, AccessTokenOptions } from '../../../definitions/auth';
+import { OAuthRequestApi, AuthProvider } from '../../../definitions';
+import { SessionManager } from '../../../../lib/AuthSessionManager/types';
+import { StaticAuthSessionManager } from '../../../../lib/AuthSessionManager';
+
+type CreateOptions = {
+  // TODO(Rugvip): These two should be grabbed from global config when available, they're not unique to GithubAuth
+  apiOrigin: string;
+  basePath: string;
+
+  oauthRequestApi: OAuthRequestApi;
+
+  environment?: string;
+  provider?: AuthProvider & { id: string };
+};
+
+export type GithubAuthResponse = {
+  accessToken: string;
+  idToken: string;
+  scope: string;
+  expiresInSeconds: number;
+};
+
+const DEFAULT_PROVIDER = {
+  id: 'github',
+  title: 'Github',
+  icon: GithubIcon,
+};
+
+class GithubAuth implements OAuthApi {
+  static create({
+    apiOrigin,
+    basePath,
+    environment = 'dev',
+    provider = DEFAULT_PROVIDER,
+    oauthRequestApi,
+  }: CreateOptions) {
+    const connector = new DefaultAuthConnector({
+      apiOrigin,
+      basePath,
+      environment,
+      provider,
+      oauthRequestApi: oauthRequestApi,
+      sessionTransform(res: GithubAuthResponse): GithubSession {
+        return {
+          accessToken: res.accessToken,
+          scopes: GithubAuth.normalizeScope(res.scope),
+          expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + res.expiresInSeconds * 1000),
+        };
+      },
+    });
+
+    const sessionManager = new StaticAuthSessionManager({
+      connector,
+      defaultScopes: new Set(['user']),
+      sessionScopes: session => session.scopes,
+    });
+
+    return new GithubAuth(sessionManager);
+  }
+
+  constructor(private readonly sessionManager: SessionManager<GithubSession>) {}
+
+  async getAccessToken(scope?: string, options?: AccessTokenOptions) {
+    const normalizedScopes = GithubAuth.normalizeScope(scope);
+    const session = await this.sessionManager.getSession({
+      ...options,
+      scopes: normalizedScopes,
+    });
+    if (session) {
+      return session.accessToken;
+    }
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  async logout() {
+    await this.sessionManager.removeSession();
+  }
+
+  static normalizeScope(scope?: string): Set<string> {
+    if (!scope) {
+      return new Set();
+    }
+
+    const scopeList = Array.isArray(scope)
+      ? scope
+      : scope.split(/[\s|,]/).filter(Boolean);
+
+    return new Set(scopeList);
+  }
+}
+export default GithubAuth;
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/index.ts b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e1722f4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+export * from './types';
+export { default as GithubAuth } from './GithubAuth';
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/types.ts b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..282017b80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+export type GithubSession = {
+  accessToken: string;
+  scopes: Set<string>;
+  expiresAt: Date;
+};
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/index.ts b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/index.ts
index 5fa6644b2a..f13368b5c4 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/index.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
  */
 
 export * from './google';
+export * from './github';
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/index.ts b/packages/core-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/index.ts
index 426c514646..16a8d3c378 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/index.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
  */
 
 export { RefreshingAuthSessionManager } from './RefreshingAuthSessionManager';
+export { StaticAuthSessionManager } from './StaticAuthSessionManager';
 export * from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/package.json b/plugins/auth-backend/package.json
index 9cb8017f15..505240853d 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/package.json
@@ -16,21 +16,23 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.1.1-alpha.6",
+    "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.2",
+    "@types/passport": "^1.0.3",
+    "@types/passport-github2": "^1.2.4",
+    "@types/passport-google-oauth20": "^2.0.3",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
+    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^3.0.3",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.0",
     "helmet": "^3.22.0",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
-    "winston": "^3.2.1",
-    "yn": "^4.0.0",
     "passport": "^0.4.1",
+    "passport-github2": "^0.1.12",
     "passport-google-oauth20": "^2.0.0",
-    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
-    "@types/passport": "^1.0.3",
-    "@types/passport-google-oauth20": "^2.0.3",
-    "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.2"
+    "winston": "^3.2.1",
+    "yn": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.1.1-alpha.6",
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/OAuthProvider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/OAuthProvider.ts
index 822cd5b267..a2be783155 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/OAuthProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/OAuthProvider.ts
@@ -124,9 +124,15 @@ export const ensuresXRequestedWith = (req: express.Request) => {
 export class OAuthProvider implements AuthProviderRouteHandlers {
   private readonly provider: string;
   private readonly providerHandlers: OAuthProviderHandlers;
-  constructor(providerHandlers: OAuthProviderHandlers, provider: string) {
+  private readonly disableRefresh: boolean;
+  constructor(
+    providerHandlers: OAuthProviderHandlers,
+    provider: string,
+    disableRefresh?: boolean,
+  ) {
     this.provider = provider;
     this.providerHandlers = providerHandlers;
+    this.disableRefresh = disableRefresh ?? false;
   }
 
   async start(req: express.Request, res: express.Response): Promise<any> {
@@ -164,14 +170,16 @@ export class OAuthProvider implements AuthProviderRouteHandlers {
 
       const { user, info } = await this.providerHandlers.handler(req);
 
-      // throw error if missing refresh token
-      const { refreshToken } = info;
-      if (!refreshToken) {
-        throw new Error('Missing refresh token');
-      }
+      if (!this.disableRefresh) {
+        // throw error if missing refresh token
+        const { refreshToken } = info;
+        if (!refreshToken) {
+          throw new Error('Missing refresh token');
+        }
 
-      // set new refresh token
-      setRefreshTokenCookie(res, this.provider, refreshToken);
+        // set new refresh token
+        setRefreshTokenCookie(res, this.provider, refreshToken);
+      }
 
       // post message back to popup if successful
       return postMessageResponse(res, {
@@ -195,8 +203,10 @@ export class OAuthProvider implements AuthProviderRouteHandlers {
       return res.status(401).send('Invalid X-Requested-With header');
     }
 
-    // remove refresh token cookie before logout
-    removeRefreshTokenCookie(res, this.provider);
+    if (!this.disableRefresh) {
+      // remove refresh token cookie before logout
+      removeRefreshTokenCookie(res, this.provider);
+    }
     return res.send('logout!');
   }
 
@@ -205,6 +215,12 @@ export class OAuthProvider implements AuthProviderRouteHandlers {
       return res.status(401).send('Invalid X-Requested-With header');
     }
 
+    if (!this.providerHandlers.refresh || this.disableRefresh) {
+      return res.send(
+        `Refresh token not supported for provider: ${this.provider}`,
+      );
+    }
+
     try {
       const refreshToken = req.cookies[`${this.provider}-refresh-token`];
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/config.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/config.ts
index 45098afb89..8d04dc5a1f 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/config.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/config.ts
@@ -23,4 +23,13 @@ export const providers = [
       callbackURL: 'http://localhost:7000/auth/google/handler/frame',
     },
   },
+  {
+    provider: 'github',
+    options: {
+      clientID: process.env.AUTH_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID!,
+      clientSecret: process.env.AUTH_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET!,
+      callbackURL: 'http://localhost:7000/auth/github/handler/frame',
+    },
+    disableRefresh: true,
+  },
 ];
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/factories.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/factories.ts
index 0a1e639082..0c9f99e878 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/factories.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/factories.ts
@@ -14,21 +14,37 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { AuthProviderFactories, AuthProviderFactory } from './types';
+import {
+  AuthProviderFactories,
+  AuthProviderRouteHandlers,
+  AuthProviderConfig,
+} from './types';
 import { GoogleAuthProvider } from './google';
+import { GithubAuthProvider } from './github';
+import { OAuthProvider } from './OAuthProvider';
 
 export class ProviderFactories {
   private static readonly providerFactories: AuthProviderFactories = {
     google: GoogleAuthProvider,
+    github: GithubAuthProvider,
   };
 
-  public static getProviderFactory(providerId: string): AuthProviderFactory {
+  public static getProviderFactory(
+    config: AuthProviderConfig,
+  ): AuthProviderRouteHandlers {
+    const providerId = config.provider;
     const ProviderImpl = ProviderFactories.providerFactories[providerId];
     if (!ProviderImpl) {
       throw Error(
         `Provider Implementation missing for : ${providerId} auth provider`,
       );
     }
-    return ProviderImpl;
+    const providerInstance = new ProviderImpl(config);
+    const oauthProvider = new OAuthProvider(
+      providerInstance,
+      providerId,
+      config.disableRefresh,
+    );
+    return oauthProvider;
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/index.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3a48d35e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+export { GithubAuthProvider } from './provider';
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4445e98451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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 express from 'express';
+import { Strategy as GithubStrategy } from 'passport-github2';
+import {
+  executeFrameHandlerStrategy,
+  executeRedirectStrategy,
+} from '../PassportStrategyHelper';
+import {
+  OAuthProviderHandlers,
+  AuthProviderConfig,
+  RedirectInfo,
+  AuthInfoBase,
+  AuthInfoPrivate,
+} from '../types';
+
+export class GithubAuthProvider implements OAuthProviderHandlers {
+  private readonly providerConfig: AuthProviderConfig;
+  private readonly _strategy: GithubStrategy;
+
+  constructor(providerConfig: AuthProviderConfig) {
+    this.providerConfig = providerConfig;
+    this._strategy = new GithubStrategy(
+      { ...this.providerConfig.options },
+      (accessToken: any, _: any, params: any, profile: any, done: any) => {
+        done(undefined, {
+          profile,
+          accessToken,
+          scope: params.scope,
+          expiresInSeconds: params.expires_in,
+        });
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  async start(req: express.Request, options: any): Promise<RedirectInfo> {
+    return await executeRedirectStrategy(req, this._strategy, options);
+  }
+
+  async handler(
+    req: express.Request,
+  ): Promise<{ user: AuthInfoBase; info: AuthInfoPrivate }> {
+    return await executeFrameHandlerStrategy(req, this._strategy);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/index.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/index.ts
index 59dd116fa6..cfbabbbad1 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import { AuthProviderRouteHandlers, AuthProviderConfig } from './types';
 import { ProviderFactories } from './factories';
-import { OAuthProvider } from './OAuthProvider';
 
 export const defaultRouter = (provider: AuthProviderRouteHandlers) => {
   const router = Router();
@@ -32,10 +31,7 @@ export const defaultRouter = (provider: AuthProviderRouteHandlers) => {
 
 export const makeProvider = (config: AuthProviderConfig) => {
   const providerId = config.provider;
-  const ProviderImpl = ProviderFactories.getProviderFactory(providerId);
-  const providerInstance = new ProviderImpl(config);
-
-  const oauthProvider = new OAuthProvider(providerInstance, providerId);
+  const oauthProvider = ProviderFactories.getProviderFactory(config);
   const providerRouter = defaultRouter(oauthProvider);
   return { providerId, providerRouter };
 };
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/types.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/types.ts
index dcbe6ad1de..dc83c19dd0 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/types.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ import passport from 'passport';
 export type AuthProviderConfig = {
   provider: string;
   options: any;
+  disableRefresh?: boolean;
 };
 
 export interface OAuthProviderHandlers {
   start(req: express.Request, options: any): Promise<any>;
   handler(req: express.Request): Promise<any>;
-  refresh(refreshToken: string, scope: string): Promise<any>;
+  refresh?(refreshToken: string, scope: string): Promise<any>;
   logout?(): Promise<any>;
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b322cb1da4..760f1421b7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3785,6 +3785,15 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/parse-json/-/parse-json-4.0.0.tgz#2f8bb441434d163b35fb8ffdccd7138927ffb8c0"
   integrity sha512-//oorEZjL6sbPcKUaCdIGlIUeH26mgzimjBB77G6XRgnDl/L5wOnpyBGRe/Mmf5CVW3PwEBE1NjiMZ/ssFh4wA==
 
+"@types/passport-github2@^1.2.4":
+  version "1.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/passport-github2/-/passport-github2-1.2.4.tgz#f56c386d1fe6435e359430e57adc1747a627bd86"
+  integrity sha512-dtGtA0Uyzk6ne3SrgQi/I1ClClLE3i7JmSiMaJgkGH8v1nbE9JdBpG7QWJ1XPlLdcf7EvoPdHmkWN2+Kln9y8g==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/express" "*"
+    "@types/passport" "*"
+    "@types/passport-oauth2" "*"
+
 "@types/passport-google-oauth20@^2.0.3":
   version "2.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/passport-google-oauth20/-/passport-google-oauth20-2.0.3.tgz#f554ff6d39f395acff3f1d762e54462194dac8da"
@@ -14045,6 +14054,13 @@ pascalcase@^0.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/pascalcase/-/pascalcase-0.1.1.tgz#b363e55e8006ca6fe21784d2db22bd15d7917f14"
   integrity sha1-s2PlXoAGym/iF4TS2yK9FdeRfxQ=
 
+passport-github2@^0.1.12:
+  version "0.1.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/passport-github2/-/passport-github2-0.1.12.tgz#a72ebff4fa52a35bc2c71122dcf470d1116f772c"
+  integrity sha512-3nPUCc7ttF/3HSP/k9sAXjz3SkGv5Nki84I05kSQPo01Jqq1NzJACgMblCK0fGcv9pKCG/KXU3AJRDGLqHLoIw==
+  dependencies:
+    passport-oauth2 "1.x.x"
+
 passport-google-oauth20@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/passport-google-oauth20/-/passport-google-oauth20-2.0.0.tgz#0d241b2d21ebd3dc7f2b60669ec4d587e3a674ef"