diff --git a/.changeset/pretty-plums-grab.md b/.changeset/pretty-plums-grab.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5f540fa73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pretty-plums-grab.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@modelcontextprotocol/server': patch
+---
+
+Allow `buildOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata` callers to provide issuer-only authorization server metadata.
diff --git a/packages/server/src/index.ts b/packages/server/src/index.ts
index d2263d5829..dafd073da1 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/index.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export type { HostHeaderValidationResult } from './server/middleware/hostHeaderV
 export { hostHeaderValidationResponse, localhostAllowedHostnames, validateHostHeader } from './server/middleware/hostHeaderValidation';
 // OAuth discovery documents (RFC 9728 / RFC 8414) for web-standard hosts; the
 // Express metadata router in @modelcontextprotocol/express adapts the same core.
-export type { AuthMetadataOptions } from './server/middleware/oauthMetadata';
+export type { AuthMetadataOptions, OAuthProtectedResourceMetadataOptions } from './server/middleware/oauthMetadata';
 export {
     buildOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata,
     getOAuthProtectedResourceMetadataUrl,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/middleware/oauthMetadata.ts b/packages/server/src/server/middleware/oauthMetadata.ts
index fa5ac5f455..b8c8aea93d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/middleware/oauthMetadata.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/middleware/oauthMetadata.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ import type { OAuthMetadata, OAuthProtectedResourceMetadata } from '@modelcontex
 import { OAuthError, OAuthErrorCode } from '@modelcontextprotocol/core-internal';
 
 /**
- * Options for {@link oauthMetadataResponse} and
- * {@link buildOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata}.
+ * Options for {@link buildOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata}. The RFC 9728
+ * Protected Resource Metadata document only needs to advertise the issuer of
+ * the Authorization Server, so callers that do not also serve AS metadata do
+ * not need to construct a full RFC 8414 metadata document.
  */
-export interface AuthMetadataOptions {
+export interface OAuthProtectedResourceMetadataOptions {
     /**
-     * Authorization Server metadata (RFC 8414) for the AS this MCP server
-     * relies on. Served at `/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server` so
-     * legacy clients that probe the resource origin still discover the AS.
+     * Authorization Server issuer this MCP server relies on.
      */
-    oauthMetadata: OAuthMetadata;
+    oauthMetadata: Pick<OAuthMetadata, 'issuer'>;
 
     /**
      * The public URL of this MCP server, used as the `resource` value in the
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ export interface AuthMetadataOptions {
     dangerouslyAllowInsecureIssuerUrl?: boolean;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Options for {@link oauthMetadataResponse}. This includes the full
+ * Authorization Server metadata (RFC 8414), because the response helper serves
+ * it at `/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server` so legacy clients that probe
+ * the resource origin still discover the AS.
+ */
+export interface AuthMetadataOptions extends OAuthProtectedResourceMetadataOptions {
+    oauthMetadata: OAuthMetadata;
+}
+
 function checkIssuerUrl(issuer: URL, allowInsecure: boolean | undefined): void {
     // RFC 8414 technically does not permit a localhost HTTPS exemption, but it is necessary for local testing.
     if (issuer.protocol !== 'https:' && issuer.hostname !== 'localhost' && issuer.hostname !== '127.0.0.1' && !allowInsecure) {
@@ -59,15 +69,15 @@ function checkIssuerUrl(issuer: URL, allowInsecure: boolean | undefined): void {
 
 /**
  * Derive the RFC 9728 Protected Resource Metadata document from
- * {@link AuthMetadataOptions}, validating the Authorization Server issuer URL
- * (HTTPS required outside localhost) in the process.
+ * {@link OAuthProtectedResourceMetadataOptions}, validating the Authorization
+ * Server issuer URL (HTTPS required outside localhost) in the process.
  *
  * `oauthMetadataResponse` and the Express `mcpAuthMetadataRouter` both build
  * on this; use it directly when serving the document through your own
  * routing — or call it once at startup to fail fast on a misconfigured
  * issuer before any request arrives.
  */
-export function buildOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata(options: AuthMetadataOptions): OAuthProtectedResourceMetadata {
+export function buildOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata(options: OAuthProtectedResourceMetadataOptions): OAuthProtectedResourceMetadata {
     checkIssuerUrl(new URL(options.oauthMetadata.issuer), options.dangerouslyAllowInsecureIssuerUrl);
     return {
         resource: options.resourceServerUrl.href,
diff --git a/packages/server/test/server/oauthMetadata.test.ts b/packages/server/test/server/oauthMetadata.test.ts
index fe3b3c4e20..fdf49ccf23 100644
--- a/packages/server/test/server/oauthMetadata.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/test/server/oauthMetadata.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { OAuthMetadata } from '@modelcontextprotocol/core-internal';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
-import type { AuthMetadataOptions } from '../../src/server/middleware/oauthMetadata';
+import type { AuthMetadataOptions, OAuthProtectedResourceMetadataOptions } from '../../src/server/middleware/oauthMetadata';
 import {
     buildOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata,
     getOAuthProtectedResourceMetadataUrl,
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ describe('buildOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    it('accepts issuer-only authorization server metadata', () => {
+        const prmOptions: OAuthProtectedResourceMetadataOptions = {
+            oauthMetadata: { issuer: 'https://auth.example.com/' },
+            resourceServerUrl: new URL('https://api.example.com/mcp')
+        };
+
+        expect(buildOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata(prmOptions)).toMatchObject({
+            resource: 'https://api.example.com/mcp',
+            authorization_servers: ['https://auth.example.com/']
+        });
+    });
+
     it('rejects a non-HTTPS issuer', () => {
         expect(() =>
             buildOAuthProtectedResourceMetadata({ ...options, oauthMetadata: { ...oauthMetadata, issuer: 'http://auth.example.com/' } })