diff --git a/security/jwt/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/jwt/Jwt.java b/security/jwt/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/jwt/Jwt.java
index 881679f3a54..da8db8d77b5 100644
--- a/security/jwt/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/jwt/Jwt.java
+++ b/security/jwt/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/jwt/Jwt.java
@@ -951,6 +951,22 @@ public Errors validate(String issuer, String audience) {
         return validate(issuer, audience == null ? Set.of() : Set.of(audience));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validates all default values.
+     * Values validated: {@link #validate(String, Set, boolean)}
+     *
+     * @param issuer   validates that this JWT was issued by this issuer. Setting this to non-null value will make
+     *                 issuer claim mandatory
+     * @param audience validates that this JWT was issued for this audience. Setting this to non-null value will make
+     *                 audience claim mandatory
+     * @param checkAudience whether audience claim check is turned on. Validation will fail when {@code true}
+     *                      and audience claim is null
+     * @return errors instance to check for validation result
+     */
+    public Errors validate(String issuer, String audience, boolean checkAudience) {
+        return validate(issuer, audience == null ? Set.of() : Set.of(audience), checkAudience);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Validates all default values.
      * Values validated:
@@ -966,23 +982,43 @@ public Errors validate(String issuer, String audience) {
      *                 issuer claim mandatory
      * @param audience validates that this JWT was issued for this audience. Setting this to non-null value and with
      *                 any non-null value in the Set will make audience claim mandatory
+     * @param checkAudience whether audience claim check is configured as mandatory. Validation will fail when {@code true}
+     *                      and audience claim is null
      * @return errors instance to check for validation result
      */
-    public Errors validate(String issuer, Set<String> audience) {
+    public Errors validate(String issuer, Set<String> audience, boolean checkAudience) {
         List<Validator<Jwt>> validators = defaultTimeValidators();
         if (null != issuer) {
             addIssuerValidator(validators, issuer, true);
         }
-        if (null != audience) {
-            audience.stream()
-                    .filter(Objects::nonNull)
-                    .findAny()
-                    .ifPresent(it -> addAudienceValidator(validators, audience, true));
+        // Audience check is turned on
+        if (checkAudience) {
+            if (null != audience) {
+                audience.stream()
+                        .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+                        .findAny()
+                        .ifPresent(it -> addAudienceValidator(validators, audience, true));
+            }
         }
         addUserPrincipalValidator(validators);
         return validate(validators);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validates all default values.
+     * Audience claim check is not mandatory.
+     * Values validated: {@link #validate(String, Set, boolean)}
+     *
+     * @param issuer   validates that this JWT was issued by this issuer. Setting this to non-null value will make
+     *                 issuer claim mandatory
+     * @param audience validates that this JWT was issued for this audience. Setting this to non-null value and with
+     *                 any non-null value in the Set will make audience claim mandatory
+     * @return errors instance to check for validation result
+     */
+    public Errors validate(String issuer, Set<String> audience) {
+        return validate(issuer, audience, true);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds a validator that makes sure the {@link Jwt#userPrincipal()} is present.
      *
diff --git a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/BaseBuilder.java b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/BaseBuilder.java
index a22ce38cd09..3b5fa044310 100644
--- a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/BaseBuilder.java
+++ b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/BaseBuilder.java
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ abstract class BaseBuilder<B extends BaseBuilder<B, T>, T> implements Builder<B,
     private URI introspectUri;
     private String scopeAudience;
     private boolean useWellKnown = true;
-    // Whether audience claim is optional
+    // Whether audience claim is optional (turned off by default)
     private boolean optionalAudience = false;
+    // Whether to check audience claim (turned on by default)
+    private boolean checkAudience = true;
 
     BaseBuilder() {
     }
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ public B config(Config config) {
 
         config.get("client-timeout-millis").asLong().ifPresent(this::clientTimeoutMillis);
         config.get("optional-audience").asBoolean().ifPresent(this::optionalAudience);
+        config.get("check-audience").asBoolean().ifPresent(this::checkAudience);
         return identity();
     }
 
@@ -424,7 +427,7 @@ public B scopeAudience(String audience) {
     /**
      * Allow audience claim to be optional.
      *
-     * @param optional whether the audience claim is optional (true) or not (false)
+     * @param optional whether the audience claim is optional ({@code true}) or not ({@code false})
      * @return updated builder instance
      */
     @ConfiguredOption("false")
@@ -433,6 +436,18 @@ public B optionalAudience(boolean optional) {
         return identity();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Configure audience claim check.
+     *
+     * @param checkAudience whether the audience claim will be checked ({@code true}) or not ({@code false})
+     * @return updated builder instance
+     */
+    @ConfiguredOption("false")
+    public B checkAudience(boolean checkAudience) {
+        this.checkAudience = checkAudience;
+        return identity();
+    }
+
     private void clientTimeoutMillis(long millis) {
         this.clientTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(millis));
     }
@@ -473,6 +488,10 @@ String audience() {
         return audience;
     }
 
+    boolean checkAudience() {
+        return checkAudience;
+    }
+
     String serverType() {
         return serverType;
     }
diff --git a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfig.java b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfig.java
index 27bad2dd2f8..c3ab189c68d 100644
--- a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfig.java
+++ b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfig.java
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@
  *     <td>{@code false}</td>
  *     <td>Allow audience claim to be optional.</td>
  * </tr>
+ * <tr>
+ *     <td>{@code check-audience}</td>
+ *     <td>{@code true}</td>
+ *     <td>Turn audience claim check on when {@code true} or off when {@code false}.</td>
+ * </tr>
  * </table>
  */
 public final class OidcConfig extends TenantConfigImpl {
diff --git a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/TenantConfig.java b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/TenantConfig.java
index d9e9dbf9933..4291b1041d9 100644
--- a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/TenantConfig.java
+++ b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/TenantConfig.java
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ static Builder tenantBuilder() {
      */
     String audience();
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to validate audience token.
+     *
+     * @return audience
+     */
+    boolean checkAudience();
+
     /**
      * Audience URI of custom scopes.
      *
diff --git a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/TenantConfigImpl.java b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/TenantConfigImpl.java
index 104c4ff6c3d..3a637712071 100644
--- a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/TenantConfigImpl.java
+++ b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/TenantConfigImpl.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class TenantConfigImpl implements TenantConfig {
     private final boolean validateJwtWithJwk;
     private final String issuer;
     private final String audience;
+    private final boolean checkAudience;
     private final String realm;
     private final OidcConfig.ClientAuthentication tokenEndpointAuthentication;
     private final Duration clientTimeout;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ class TenantConfigImpl implements TenantConfig {
         this.validateJwtWithJwk = builder.validateJwtWithJwk();
         this.issuer = builder.issuer();
         this.audience = builder.audience();
+        this.checkAudience = builder.checkAudience();
         this.identityUri = builder.identityUri();
         this.realm = builder.realm();
         this.tokenEndpointUri = builder.tokenEndpointUri();
@@ -144,6 +146,11 @@ public String audience() {
         return audience;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean checkAudience() {
+        return checkAudience;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String scopeAudience() {
         return scopeAudience;
diff --git a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfigFromBuilderTest.java b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfigFromBuilderTest.java
index 72035441c73..0cfd048cba7 100644
--- a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfigFromBuilderTest.java
+++ b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfigFromBuilderTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 package io.helidon.security.providers.oidc.common;
 
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import io.helidon.common.http.Http;
 import io.helidon.config.Config;
 import io.helidon.config.ConfigSources;
@@ -44,11 +49,6 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertAll;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 /**
  * Unit test for {@link OidcConfig}.
  */
@@ -205,6 +205,17 @@ void testOptionalAudience() {
         assertThat(audience, nullValue());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testCheckAudience() {
+        OidcConfig config = OidcConfig.builder()
+                .identityUri(URI.create("http://localhost/identity"))
+                .clientSecret("top-secret")
+                .clientId("client-id")
+                .checkAudience(false)
+                .build();
+        assertThat(config.checkAudience(), is(false));
+    }
+
     // Stub the Builder class to be able to retrieve the cookie-encryption-password value
     private static class TestOidcConfigBuilder extends OidcConfig.Builder {
 
diff --git a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfigFromConfigTest.java b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfigFromConfigTest.java
index ba4a4c58fa7..0340ea0c8e1 100644
--- a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfigFromConfigTest.java
+++ b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/common/OidcConfigFromConfigTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.nullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 
@@ -51,4 +52,10 @@ void testOptionalAudience() {
         assertThat(audience, nullValue());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testDisabledAudience() {
+        OidcConfig oidcConfig = OidcConfig.create(config.get("security.oidc-disabled-aud"));
+        assertThat(oidcConfig.checkAudience(), is(false));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/resources/application.yaml b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/resources/application.yaml
index 19941db5684..561bc9c5b92 100644
--- a/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/security/providers/oidc-common/src/test/resources/application.yaml
@@ -36,3 +36,9 @@ security:
     client-id: "my-id"
     client-secret: "my-well-known-secret"
     optional-audience: true
+
+  oidc-disabled-aud:
+    identity-uri: "https://my.identity"
+    client-id: "my-id"
+    client-secret: "my-well-known-secret"
+    check-audience: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/security/providers/oidc/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/TenantAuthenticationHandler.java b/security/providers/oidc/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/TenantAuthenticationHandler.java
index d5afe1d4594..f9a6124043d 100644
--- a/security/providers/oidc/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/TenantAuthenticationHandler.java
+++ b/security/providers/oidc/src/main/java/io/helidon/security/providers/oidc/TenantAuthenticationHandler.java
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ private AuthenticationResponse processValidationResult(ProviderRequest providerR
                                                            Errors.Collector collector) {
         Jwt jwt = signedJwt.getJwt();
         Errors errors = collector.collect();
-        Errors validationErrors = jwt.validate(tenant.issuer(), tenantConfig.audience());
+        Errors validationErrors = jwt.validate(tenant.issuer(),
+                                               tenantConfig.audience(),
+                                               tenantConfig.checkAudience());
 
         if (errors.isValid() && validationErrors.isValid()) {