diff --git a/packages/app-defaults/src/defaults/apis.ts b/packages/app-defaults/src/defaults/apis.ts
index 63ace7b4d5..97989dff91 100644
--- a/packages/app-defaults/src/defaults/apis.ts
+++ b/packages/app-defaults/src/defaults/apis.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
   FetchMiddlewares,
   VMwareCloudAuth,
   FrontendHostDiscovery,
+  OpenShiftAuth,
 } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
 
 import {
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ import {
   bitbucketServerAuthApiRef,
   atlassianAuthApiRef,
   vmwareCloudAuthApiRef,
+  openshiftAuthApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import {
   permissionApiRef,
@@ -275,6 +277,22 @@ export const apis = [
       });
     },
   }),
+  createApiFactory({
+    api: openshiftAuthApiRef,
+    deps: {
+      discoveryApi: discoveryApiRef,
+      oauthRequestApi: oauthRequestApiRef,
+      configApi: configApiRef,
+    },
+    factory: ({ discoveryApi, oauthRequestApi, configApi }) => {
+      return OpenShiftAuth.create({
+        configApi,
+        discoveryApi,
+        oauthRequestApi,
+        environment: configApi.getOptionalString('auth.environment'),
+      });
+    },
+  }),
   createApiFactory({
     api: permissionApiRef,
     deps: {