diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/login/_spring/loginContext.xml b/src/main/java/org/olat/login/_spring/loginContext.xml
index a42df098e251d186ed8459b6f54c12508575813e..1db16d14b0902b9a790070b456f99ef08f7659b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/login/_spring/loginContext.xml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/login/_spring/loginContext.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	<bean id="OAuthAuthenticationProvider" class="org.olat.login.oauth.OAuthAuthenticationProvider" >
 		<constructor-arg index="0" value="OAuth"/>
 		<constructor-arg index="1" value="org.olat.login.oauth.ui.OAuthAuthenticationController"/>
-		<constructor-arg index="2" value="false"/>
+		<constructor-arg index="2" value="${oauth.default}"/>
 		<constructor-arg index="3" value="o_icon_provider_oauth"/>
 	</bean>
 	
diff --git a/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties b/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties
index 136268cb71e303e619cefd021d9ddb433d30da43..34131c397233d5e7bdc6966613b25c724009a9b0 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties
@@ -822,6 +822,9 @@ olatprovider.default=true
 # if you change this all current users will no longer be able to login!
 default.auth.provider.identifier=OLAT
 
+# Oauth / social providers as default
+oauth.default=false
+
 shibboleth.enable=false
 #enable and or set the generic shib login provider on the loginpage active and or default
 shibbolethGeneric.enable=false