diff --git a/oauthenticator/oauth2.py b/oauthenticator/oauth2.py
index 793643a0..f3f55551 100644
--- a/oauthenticator/oauth2.py
+++ b/oauthenticator/oauth2.py
@@ -483,6 +483,36 @@ def _logout_redirect_url_default(self):
         """,
     )
 
+    allowed_scopes = List(
+        Unicode(),
+        config=True,
+        help="""
+        Allow users who have been granted *all* these scopes to log in.
+
+        We request all the scopes listed in the 'scope' config, but only a
+        subset of these may be granted by the authorization server. This may
+        happen if the user does not have permissions to access a requested
+        scope, or has chosen to not give consent for a particular scope. If the
+        scopes listed in this config are not granted, the user will not be
+        allowed to log in.
+
+        The granted scopes will be part of the access token (fetched from self.token_url).
+        See https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-3.3 for more
+        information.
+
+        See the OAuth documentation of your OAuth provider for various options.
+        """,
+    )
+
+    @validate('allowed_scopes')
+    def _allowed_scopes_validation(self, proposal):
+        # allowed scopes must be a subset of requested scopes
+        if set(proposal.value) - set(self.scope):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Allowed scopes must be a subset of requested scopes. {self.scope} is requested but {proposal.value} is allowed"
+            )
+        return proposal.value
+
     extra_authorize_params = Dict(
         config=True,
         help="""
@@ -1060,6 +1090,8 @@ async def check_allowed(self, username, auth_model):
         """
         Returns True for users allowed to be authorized
 
+        If a user must be *disallowed*, raises a 403 exception.
+
         Overrides Authenticator.check_allowed that is called from
         `Authenticator.get_authenticated_user` after
         `OAuthenticator.authenticate` has been called, and therefore also after
@@ -1074,6 +1106,15 @@ async def check_allowed(self, username, auth_model):
         if auth_model is None:
             return True
 
+        # Allow users who have been granted specific scopes that grant them entry
+        if self.allowed_scopes:
+            granted_scopes = auth_model.get('auth_state', {}).get('scope', [])
+            missing_scopes = set(self.allowed_scopes) - set(granted_scopes)
+            if not missing_scopes:
+                message = f"Granting access to user {username}, as they had {self.allowed_scopes}"
+                self.log.info(message)
+                return True
+
         if self.allow_all:
             return True
 
diff --git a/oauthenticator/tests/mocks.py b/oauthenticator/tests/mocks.py
index 15d2bd3f..efeac575 100644
--- a/oauthenticator/tests/mocks.py
+++ b/oauthenticator/tests/mocks.py
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ def setup_oauth_mock(
     access_token_path,
     user_path=None,
     token_type='Bearer',
+    token_request_style='post',
+    scope="",
 ):
     """setup the mock client for OAuth
 
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ def setup_oauth_mock(
         access_token_path (str): The path for the access token request (e.g. /access_token)
         user_path (str): The path for requesting  (e.g. /user)
         token_type (str): the token_type field for the provider
+        scope (str): The scope field returned by the provider
     """
 
     client.oauth_codes = oauth_codes = {}
@@ -161,6 +164,8 @@ def access_token(request):
             'access_token': token,
             'token_type': token_type,
         }
+        if scope:
+            model['scope'] = scope
         if 'id_token' in user:
             model['id_token'] = user['id_token']
         return model
@@ -172,6 +177,7 @@ def get_user(request):
             token = auth_header.split(None, 1)[1]
         else:
             query = parse_qs(urlparse(request.url).query)
+
             if 'access_token' in query:
                 token = query['access_token'][0]
             else:
diff --git a/oauthenticator/tests/test_generic.py b/oauthenticator/tests/test_generic.py
index a23a4723..07e6752a 100644
--- a/oauthenticator/tests/test_generic.py
+++ b/oauthenticator/tests/test_generic.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import json
+import re
 from functools import partial
 
 import jwt
-from pytest import fixture, mark
+from pytest import fixture, mark, raises
 from traitlets.config import Config
 
 from ..generic import GenericOAuthenticator
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ def generic_client(client):
         host='generic.horse',
         access_token_path='/oauth/access_token',
         user_path='/oauth/userinfo',
+        scope='basic',
     )
     return client
 
@@ -293,6 +295,37 @@ async def test_generic_data(get_authenticator, generic_client):
     assert auth_model
 
 
+@mark.parametrize(
+    ["allowed_scopes", "allowed"], [(["advanced"], False), (["basic"], True)]
+)
+async def test_allowed_scopes(
+    get_authenticator, generic_client, allowed_scopes, allowed
+):
+    c = Config()
+    c.GenericOAuthenticator.allowed_scopes = allowed_scopes
+    c.GenericOAuthenticator.scope = list(allowed_scopes)
+    authenticator = get_authenticator(config=c)
+
+    handled_user_model = user_model("user1")
+    handler = generic_client.handler_for_user(handled_user_model)
+    auth_model = await authenticator.authenticate(handler)
+    assert allowed == await authenticator.check_allowed(auth_model["name"], auth_model)
+
+
+async def test_allowed_scopes_validation_scope_subset(get_authenticator):
+    c = Config()
+    # Test that if we require more scopes than we request, validation fails
+    c.GenericOAuthenticator.allowed_scopes = ["a", "b"]
+    c.GenericOAuthenticator.scope = ["a"]
+    with raises(
+        ValueError,
+        match=re.escape(
+            "Allowed scopes must be a subset of requested scopes. ['a'] is requested but ['a', 'b'] is allowed"
+        ),
+    ):
+        get_authenticator(config=c)
+
+
 async def test_generic_callable_username_key(get_authenticator, generic_client):
     c = Config()
     c.GenericOAuthenticator.allow_all = True