diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
index 2d8d709cae..cde52b40d5 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ services:
     image: "docker.io/pulp/pulp-fixtures:latest"
     env:
       BASE_URL: "http://pulp-fixtures:8080"
+  - name: "saml2-idp"
+    image: "ghcr.io/pfrest/mock-saml2-idp:latest"
+    env:
+      SP_ENTITY_ID: "http://pulp"
+      SP_ACS_LOCATION: "http://pulp/saml/acs/"
 VARSYAML
 
 if [ "$TEST" = "s3" ]; then
diff --git a/ci_requirements.txt b/ci_requirements.txt
index 8b13789179..268d042d87 100644
--- a/ci_requirements.txt
+++ b/ci_requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-
+pulpcore[saml2]
diff --git a/pulpcore/app/settings.py b/pulpcore/app/settings.py
index a4411f50ea..1dd3eb94f2 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/settings.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/settings.py
@@ -594,6 +594,21 @@ def otel_middleware_hook(settings):
     return data
 
 
+def saml2_settings_hook(settings):
+    data = {"dynaconf_merge": True}
+    if "LOGIN_URL" not in settings:
+        data["LOGIN_URL"] = "/saml2/login/"
+    if "SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE" not in settings:
+        data["SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE"] = True
+    if "SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSE" not in settings:
+        data["SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSE"] = True
+    if "SAML_CONFIG" in settings:
+        data["INSTALLED_APPS"] = ["djangosaml2"]
+        data["MIDDLEWARE"] = ["djangosaml2.middleware.SamlSessionMiddleware"]
+        data["AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS"] = ["djangosaml2.backends.Saml2Backend"]
+    return data
+
+
 del preload_settings
 
 settings = DjangoDynaconf(
@@ -618,7 +633,7 @@ def otel_middleware_hook(settings):
         otel_metrics_dispatch_interval_validator,
         distributed_publication_retention_period_validator,
     ],
-    post_hooks=(otel_middleware_hook,),
+    post_hooks=(otel_middleware_hook, saml2_settings_hook),
 )
 
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/pulpcore/app/urls.py b/pulpcore/app/urls.py
index 4742339248..1402589cc9 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/urls.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/urls.py
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ class NoSchema(p.callback.cls):
         path("", include("social_django.urls", namespace=settings.SOCIAL_AUTH_URL_NAMESPACE))
     )
 
+if "djangosaml2" in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+    urlpatterns.append(path("saml2/", include("djangosaml2.urls")))
+
 #: The Pulp Platform v3 API router, which can be used to manually register ViewSets with the API.
 root_router = PulpDefaultRouter()
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f877214334..9ae66f9790 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ s3 = ["django-storages[boto3]==1.14.6"]
 google = ["django-storages[google]==1.14.6"]
 azure = ["django-storages[azure]==1.14.6"]
 prometheus = ["django-prometheus"]
+saml2 = ["djangosaml2>=1.12.0,<1.13"]
 kafka = [
   # Pinned because project warns "things might (and will) break with every update"
   "cloudevents==1.11.0",