diff --git a/src/claims.rs b/src/claims.rs
index a21fbc90..d77b4829 100644
--- a/src/claims.rs
+++ b/src/claims.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde::de::{value, Error, SeqAccess, Visitor};
+use serde::ser::SerializeSeq;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 
 /// Generic [JWT claims](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#page-8) with
 /// defined fields for registered and private claims.
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ pub struct RegisteredClaims {
     pub subject: Option<String>,
 
     #[serde(rename = "aud", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    pub audience: Option<String>,
+    pub audience: Option<StringOrVec>,
 
     #[serde(rename = "exp", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub expiration: Option<SecondsSinceEpoch>,
@@ -51,6 +53,76 @@ pub struct RegisteredClaims {
     pub json_web_token_id: Option<String>,
 }
 
+/// Struct to handle the `aud` field because the JWT spec says that
+/// it can be either a string or an array of strings.
+/// [Audience Claim Specificatgion](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.3).
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
+pub struct StringOrVec {
+    one: Option<String>,
+    multi: Option<Vec<String>>,
+}
+
+struct StringOrVecVisitor;
+
+impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for StringOrVecVisitor {
+    type Value = StringOrVec;
+
+    fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        formatter.write_str("a string or an array of strings")
+    }
+
+    fn visit_str<E>(self, value: &str) -> Result<StringOrVec, E>
+    where
+        E: Error,
+    {
+        Ok(StringOrVec {
+            one: Some(value.to_string()),
+            multi: None,
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn visit_seq<S>(self, seq: S) -> Result<StringOrVec, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: SeqAccess<'de>,
+    {
+        match Deserialize::deserialize(value::SeqAccessDeserializer::new(seq)) {
+            Ok(r) => Ok(StringOrVec {
+                one: None,
+                multi: Some(r),
+            }),
+            Err(e) => Err(e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for StringOrVec {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        deserializer.deserialize_any(StringOrVecVisitor)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for StringOrVec {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        if let Some(o) = &self.one {
+            serializer.serialize_str(&o)
+        } else if let Some(multi) = &self.multi {
+            let mut seq = serializer.serialize_seq(Some(multi.len()))?;
+            for e in multi {
+                seq.serialize_element(&e)?;
+            }
+            seq.end()
+        } else {
+            serializer.serialize_none()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::claims::Claims;
@@ -89,4 +161,39 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(claims, Claims::from_base64(&*enc)?);
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn aud_single() -> Result<(), Error> {
+        // {"iss": "mikkyang.com", "exp": 1302319100, "custom_claim": true, "aud": "test", "alg": "HS256" }
+        let payload = "eyJpc3MiOiJtaWtreWFuZy5jb20iLCJleHAiOjEzMDIzMTkxMDAsImN1c3RvbV9jbGFpbSI6dHJ1ZSwiYXVkIjoidGVzdCIsImFsZyI6IkhTMjU2In0";
+
+        let claims = Claims::from_base64(payload)?;
+
+        assert_ne!(claims.registered.audience, None);
+
+        let aud = &claims.registered.audience.unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(aud.one, Some("test".to_string()));
+        assert_eq!(aud.multi, None);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn aud_multi() -> Result<(), Error> {
+        // {"iss": "mikkyang.com", "exp": 1302319100, "custom_claim": true, "aud": ["test1", "test2"], "alg": "HS256" }
+        let payload = "eyJpc3MiOiJtaWtreWFuZy5jb20iLCJleHAiOjEzMDIzMTkxMDAsImN1c3RvbV9jbGFpbSI6dHJ1ZSwiYXVkIjpbInRlc3QxIiwidGVzdDIiXSwiYWxnIjoiSFMyNTYifQ";
+
+        let claims = Claims::from_base64(payload)?;
+
+        assert_ne!(claims.registered.audience, None);
+
+        let aud = &claims.registered.audience.unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(aud.one, None);
+        assert_eq!(aud.multi.as_ref().unwrap().len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(aud.multi.as_ref().unwrap()[0], "test1".to_string());
+        assert_eq!(aud.multi.as_ref().unwrap()[1], "test2".to_string());
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }