diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/auth/managers/base_auth_manager.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/auth/managers/base_auth_manager.py
index 4aa03243605a5..629d9862164d7 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/auth/managers/base_auth_manager.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/auth/managers/base_auth_manager.py
@@ -464,6 +464,15 @@ def get_extra_menu_items(self, *, user: T) -> list[ExtraMenuItem]:
         """
         return []
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_db_manager() -> str | None:
+        """
+        Specify the DB manager path needed to run the auth manager.
+
+        This is optional and not all auth managers require a DB manager.
+        """
+        return None
+
     @classmethod
     @cache
     def _get_token_signer(
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/utils/db_manager.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/utils/db_manager.py
index 46c4323dde539..f18528c33fc60 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/utils/db_manager.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/utils/db_manager.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy import inspect
 
 from airflow import settings
+from airflow.api_fastapi.app import create_auth_manager
 from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import LoggingMixin
@@ -144,6 +145,12 @@ def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         self._managers: list[BaseDBManager] = []
         managers = conf.get("database", "external_db_managers").split(",")
+
+        # Add DB manager specified by auth manager (if any)
+        auth_manager_db_manager = create_auth_manager().get_db_manager()
+        if auth_manager_db_manager and auth_manager_db_manager not in managers:
+            managers.append(auth_manager_db_manager)
+
         for module in managers:
             manager = import_string(module)
             self._managers.append(manager)
diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/auth/managers/test_base_auth_manager.py b/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/auth/managers/test_base_auth_manager.py
index 8b7c5d1f8cc55..741c4962f3467 100644
--- a/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/auth/managers/test_base_auth_manager.py
+++ b/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/auth/managers/test_base_auth_manager.py
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ def test_get_url_logout_return_none(self, auth_manager):
     def test_get_extra_menu_items_return_empty_list(self, auth_manager):
         assert auth_manager.get_extra_menu_items(user=BaseAuthManagerUserTest(name="test")) == []
 
+    def test_get_db_manager_return_none(self, auth_manager):
+        assert auth_manager.get_db_manager() is None
+
     @patch.object(EmptyAuthManager, "filter_authorized_menu_items")
     def test_get_authorized_menu_items(self, mock_filter_authorized_menu_items, auth_manager):
         user = BaseAuthManagerUserTest(name="test")
diff --git a/providers/fab/src/airflow/providers/fab/auth_manager/fab_auth_manager.py b/providers/fab/src/airflow/providers/fab/auth_manager/fab_auth_manager.py
index aa99ceda24c55..f0c4eefab776b 100644
--- a/providers/fab/src/airflow/providers/fab/auth_manager/fab_auth_manager.py
+++ b/providers/fab/src/airflow/providers/fab/auth_manager/fab_auth_manager.py
@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@ def get_extra_menu_items(self, *, user: User) -> list[ExtraMenuItem]:
             if self._is_authorized(method="MENU", resource_type=item["resource_type"], user=user)
         ]
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_db_manager() -> str | None:
+        return "airflow.providers.fab.auth_manager.models.db.FABDBManager"
+
     def _is_authorized(
         self,
         *,
diff --git a/providers/fab/tests/unit/fab/auth_manager/test_fab_auth_manager.py b/providers/fab/tests/unit/fab/auth_manager/test_fab_auth_manager.py
index 4e740bae0581c..d6db61c4492e4 100644
--- a/providers/fab/tests/unit/fab/auth_manager/test_fab_auth_manager.py
+++ b/providers/fab/tests/unit/fab/auth_manager/test_fab_auth_manager.py
@@ -629,3 +629,7 @@ def test_get_extra_menu_items(self, _, auth_manager_with_appbuilder, flask_app):
         result = auth_manager_with_appbuilder.get_extra_menu_items(user=Mock())
         assert len(result) == 5
         assert all(item.href.startswith(AUTH_MANAGER_FASTAPI_APP_PREFIX) for item in result)
+
+    def test_get_db_manager(self, auth_manager):
+        result = auth_manager.get_db_manager()
+        assert result == "airflow.providers.fab.auth_manager.models.db.FABDBManager"