diff --git a/apps/login/locales/de.json b/apps/login/locales/de.json
index ba0fce27..5e8756c8 100644
--- a/apps/login/locales/de.json
+++ b/apps/login/locales/de.json
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@
     "title": "Authentifizierungsmethode auswählen",
     "description": "Wählen Sie die Methode, mit der Sie sich authentifizieren möchten.",
     "noMethodsAvailable": "Keine Authentifizierungsmethoden verfügbar",
-    "allSetup": "Sie haben bereits einen Authentifikator eingerichtet!"
+    "allSetup": "Sie haben bereits einen Authentifikator eingerichtet!",
+    "linkWithIDP": "oder verknüpfe mit einem Identitätsanbieter"
   },
   "error": {
     "unknownContext": "Der Kontext des Benutzers konnte nicht ermittelt werden. Stellen Sie sicher, dass Sie zuerst den Benutzernamen eingeben oder einen loginName als Suchparameter angeben.",
diff --git a/apps/login/locales/en.json b/apps/login/locales/en.json
index 26530438..3101f222 100644
--- a/apps/login/locales/en.json
+++ b/apps/login/locales/en.json
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@
     "title": "Choose authentication method",
     "description": "Select the method you would like to authenticate",
     "noMethodsAvailable": "No authentication methods available",
-    "allSetup": "You have already setup an authenticator!"
+    "allSetup": "You have already setup an authenticator!",
+    "linkWithIDP": "or link with an Identity Provider"
   },
   "error": {
     "unknownContext": "Could not get the context of the user. Make sure to enter the username first or provide a loginName as searchParam.",
diff --git a/apps/login/locales/es.json b/apps/login/locales/es.json
index 35bbb938..5a9b6f63 100644
--- a/apps/login/locales/es.json
+++ b/apps/login/locales/es.json
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@
     "title": "Seleccionar método de autenticación",
     "description": "Selecciona el método con el que deseas autenticarte",
     "noMethodsAvailable": "No hay métodos de autenticación disponibles",
-    "allSetup": "¡Ya has configurado un autenticador!"
+    "allSetup": "¡Ya has configurado un autenticador!",
+    "linkWithIDP": "o vincúlalo con un proveedor de identidad"
   },
   "error": {
     "unknownContext": "No se pudo obtener el contexto del usuario. Asegúrate de ingresar primero el nombre de usuario o proporcionar un loginName como parámetro de búsqueda.",
diff --git a/apps/login/locales/it.json b/apps/login/locales/it.json
index 4e21e3dc..1423c43c 100644
--- a/apps/login/locales/it.json
+++ b/apps/login/locales/it.json
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@
     "title": "Seleziona metodo di autenticazione",
     "description": "Seleziona il metodo con cui desideri autenticarti",
     "noMethodsAvailable": "Nessun metodo di autenticazione disponibile",
-    "allSetup": "Hai già configurato un autenticatore!"
+    "allSetup": "Hai già configurato un autenticatore!",
+    "linkWithIDP": "o collega con un Identity Provider"
   },
   "error": {
     "unknownContext": "Impossibile ottenere il contesto dell'utente. Assicurati di inserire prima il nome utente o di fornire un loginName come parametro di ricerca.",
diff --git a/apps/login/locales/zh.json b/apps/login/locales/zh.json
index 818a8b44..acd03cc5 100644
--- a/apps/login/locales/zh.json
+++ b/apps/login/locales/zh.json
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@
     "title": "选择认证方式",
     "description": "选择您想使用的认证方法",
     "noMethodsAvailable": "没有可用的认证方法",
-    "allSetup": "您已经设置好了一个认证器！"
+    "allSetup": "您已经设置好了一个认证器！",
+    "linkWithIDP": "或将其与身份提供者关联"
   },
   "error": {
     "unknownContext": "无法获取用户的上下文。请先输入用户名或提供 loginName 作为搜索参数。",
diff --git a/apps/login/src/app/(login)/authenticator/set/page.tsx b/apps/login/src/app/(login)/authenticator/set/page.tsx
index 36294c8c..7203484d 100644
--- a/apps/login/src/app/(login)/authenticator/set/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/login/src/app/(login)/authenticator/set/page.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import { Alert } from "@/components/alert";
 import { BackButton } from "@/components/back-button";
 import { ChooseAuthenticatorToSetup } from "@/components/choose-authenticator-to-setup";
 import { DynamicTheme } from "@/components/dynamic-theme";
+import { SignInWithIdp } from "@/components/sign-in-with-idp";
 import { UserAvatar } from "@/components/user-avatar";
 import { getSessionCookieById } from "@/lib/cookies";
 import { loadMostRecentSession } from "@/lib/session";
 import {
+  getActiveIdentityProviders,
   getBrandingSettings,
   getLoginSettings,
   getSession,
@@ -86,13 +88,12 @@ export default async function Page(props: {
     sessionWithData.factors?.user?.organizationId,
   );
 
-  /* - TODO: Implement after https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8981  */
-
-  //   const identityProviders = await getActiveIdentityProviders(
-  //     sessionWithData.factors?.user?.organizationId,
-  //   ).then((resp) => {
-  //     return resp.identityProviders;
-  //   });
+  const identityProviders = await getActiveIdentityProviders(
+    sessionWithData.factors?.user?.organizationId,
+    true,
+  ).then((resp) => {
+    return resp.identityProviders;
+  });
 
   const params = new URLSearchParams({
     initial: "true", // defines that a code is not required and is therefore not shown in the UI
@@ -110,10 +111,6 @@ export default async function Page(props: {
     params.set("authRequestId", authRequestId);
   }
 
-  const host = process.env.VERCEL_URL
-    ? `https://${process.env.VERCEL_URL}`
-    : "http://localhost:3000";
-
   return (
     <DynamicTheme branding={branding}>
       <div className="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
@@ -136,21 +133,18 @@ export default async function Page(props: {
           ></ChooseAuthenticatorToSetup>
         )}
 
-        {/* - TODO: Implement after https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8981  */}
-
-        {/* <p className="ztdl-p text-center">
-          or sign in with an Identity Provider
-        </p>
+        <div className="py-3 flex flex-col">
+          <p className="ztdl-p text-center">{t("linkWithIDP")}</p>
+        </div>
 
         {loginSettings?.allowExternalIdp && identityProviders && (
           <SignInWithIdp
-            host={host}
             identityProviders={identityProviders}
             authRequestId={authRequestId}
             organization={sessionWithData.factors?.user?.organizationId}
             linkOnly={true} // tell the callback function to just link the IDP and not login, to get an error when user is already available
           ></SignInWithIdp>
-        )} */}
+        )}
 
         <div className="mt-8 flex w-full flex-row items-center">
           <BackButton />
diff --git a/apps/login/src/app/(login)/idp/[provider]/failure/page.tsx b/apps/login/src/app/(login)/idp/[provider]/failure/page.tsx
index a8bc6d9c..a3cc0ee8 100644
--- a/apps/login/src/app/(login)/idp/[provider]/failure/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/login/src/app/(login)/idp/[provider]/failure/page.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default async function Page(props: {
     <DynamicTheme branding={branding}>
       <div className="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
         <h1>{t("loginError.title")}</h1>
-        <div>{t("loginError.description")}</div>
+        <p className="ztdl-p">{t("loginError.description")}</p>
       </div>
     </DynamicTheme>
   );
diff --git a/apps/login/src/app/(login)/idp/[provider]/success/page.tsx b/apps/login/src/app/(login)/idp/[provider]/success/page.tsx
index c81d43de..0de29fd1 100644
--- a/apps/login/src/app/(login)/idp/[provider]/success/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/login/src/app/(login)/idp/[provider]/success/page.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-import { Alert, AlertType } from "@/components/alert";
 import { DynamicTheme } from "@/components/dynamic-theme";
 import { IdpSignin } from "@/components/idp-signin";
+import { linkingFailed } from "@/components/idps/pages/linking-failed";
+import { linkingSuccess } from "@/components/idps/pages/linking-success";
+import { loginFailed } from "@/components/idps/pages/login-failed";
+import { loginSuccess } from "@/components/idps/pages/login-success";
 import { idpTypeToIdentityProviderType, PROVIDER_MAPPING } from "@/lib/idp";
 import {
   addHuman,
@@ -15,7 +18,6 @@ import {
 import { create } from "@zitadel/client";
 import { AutoLinkingOption } from "@zitadel/proto/zitadel/idp/v2/idp_pb";
 import { OrganizationSchema } from "@zitadel/proto/zitadel/object/v2/object_pb";
-import { BrandingSettings } from "@zitadel/proto/zitadel/settings/v2/branding_settings_pb";
 import {
   AddHumanUserRequest,
   AddHumanUserRequestSchema,
@@ -24,75 +26,6 @@ import { getLocale, getTranslations } from "next-intl/server";
 
 const ORG_SUFFIX_REGEX = /(?<=@)(.+)/;
 
-async function loginFailed(branding?: BrandingSettings, error: string = "") {
-  const locale = getLocale();
-  const t = await getTranslations({ locale, namespace: "idp" });
-
-  return (
-    <DynamicTheme branding={branding}>
-      <div className="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
-        <h1>{t("loginError.title")}</h1>
-        <p className="ztdl-p">{t("loginError.description")}</p>
-        {error && (
-          <div className="w-full">
-            {<Alert type={AlertType.ALERT}>{error}</Alert>}
-          </div>
-        )}
-      </div>
-    </DynamicTheme>
-  );
-}
-
-async function loginSuccess(
-  userId: string,
-  idpIntent: { idpIntentId: string; idpIntentToken: string },
-  authRequestId?: string,
-  branding?: BrandingSettings,
-) {
-  const locale = getLocale();
-  const t = await getTranslations({ locale, namespace: "idp" });
-
-  return (
-    <DynamicTheme branding={branding}>
-      <div className="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
-        <h1>{t("loginSuccess.title")}</h1>
-        <p className="ztdl-p">{t("loginSuccess.description")}</p>
-
-        <IdpSignin
-          userId={userId}
-          idpIntent={idpIntent}
-          authRequestId={authRequestId}
-        />
-      </div>
-    </DynamicTheme>
-  );
-}
-
-async function linkingSuccess(
-  userId: string,
-  idpIntent: { idpIntentId: string; idpIntentToken: string },
-  authRequestId?: string,
-  branding?: BrandingSettings,
-) {
-  const locale = getLocale();
-  const t = await getTranslations({ locale, namespace: "idp" });
-
-  return (
-    <DynamicTheme branding={branding}>
-      <div className="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
-        <h1>{t("linkingSuccess.title")}</h1>
-        <p className="ztdl-p">{t("linkingSuccess.description")}</p>
-
-        <IdpSignin
-          userId={userId}
-          idpIntent={idpIntent}
-          authRequestId={authRequestId}
-        />
-      </div>
-    </DynamicTheme>
-  );
-}
-
 export default async function Page(props: {
   searchParams: Promise<Record<string | number | symbol, string | undefined>>;
   params: Promise<{ provider: string }>;
@@ -139,6 +72,39 @@ export default async function Page(props: {
 
   const providerType = idpTypeToIdentityProviderType(idp.type);
 
+  if (link) {
+    if (!options?.isLinkingAllowed) {
+      // linking was probably disallowed since the invitation was created
+      return linkingFailed(branding, "Linking is no longer allowed");
+    }
+
+    let idpLink;
+    try {
+      idpLink = await addIDPLink(
+        {
+          id: idpInformation.idpId,
+          userId: idpInformation.userId,
+          userName: idpInformation.userName,
+        },
+        userId,
+      );
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(error);
+      return linkingFailed(branding);
+    }
+
+    if (!idpLink) {
+      return linkingFailed(branding);
+    } else {
+      return linkingSuccess(
+        userId,
+        { idpIntentId: id, idpIntentToken: token },
+        authRequestId,
+        branding,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   // search for potential user via username, then link
   if (options?.isLinkingAllowed) {
     let foundUser;
@@ -166,31 +132,24 @@ export default async function Page(props: {
     }
 
     if (foundUser) {
-      const idpLink = await addIDPLink(
-        {
-          id: idpInformation.idpId,
-          userId: idpInformation.userId,
-          userName: idpInformation.userName,
-        },
-        foundUser.userId,
-      ).catch((error) => {
-        return (
-          <DynamicTheme branding={branding}>
-            <div className="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
-              <h1>{t("linkingError.title")}</h1>
-              <div className="w-full">
-                {
-                  <Alert type={AlertType.ALERT}>
-                    {t("linkingError.description")}
-                  </Alert>
-                }
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          </DynamicTheme>
+      let idpLink;
+      try {
+        idpLink = await addIDPLink(
+          {
+            id: idpInformation.idpId,
+            userId: idpInformation.userId,
+            userName: idpInformation.userName,
+          },
+          foundUser.userId,
         );
-      });
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(error);
+        return linkingFailed(branding);
+      }
 
-      if (idpLink) {
+      if (!idpLink) {
+        return linkingFailed(branding);
+      } else {
         return linkingSuccess(
           foundUser.userId,
           { idpIntentId: id, idpIntentToken: token },
diff --git a/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/linking-failed.tsx b/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/linking-failed.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4016a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/linking-failed.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { BrandingSettings } from "@zitadel/proto/zitadel/settings/v2/branding_settings_pb";
+import { getLocale, getTranslations } from "next-intl/server";
+import { Alert, AlertType } from "../../alert";
+import { DynamicTheme } from "../../dynamic-theme";
+
+export async function linkingFailed(
+  branding?: BrandingSettings,
+  error?: string,
+) {
+  const locale = getLocale();
+  const t = await getTranslations({ locale, namespace: "idp" });
+
+  return (
+    <DynamicTheme branding={branding}>
+      <div className="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
+        <h1>{t("linkingError.title")}</h1>
+        <p className="ztdl-p">{t("linkingError.description")}</p>
+        {error && (
+          <div className="w-full">
+            {<Alert type={AlertType.ALERT}>{error}</Alert>}
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </DynamicTheme>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/linking-success.tsx b/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/linking-success.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66098ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/linking-success.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { BrandingSettings } from "@zitadel/proto/zitadel/settings/v2/branding_settings_pb";
+import { getLocale, getTranslations } from "next-intl/server";
+import { DynamicTheme } from "../../dynamic-theme";
+import { IdpSignin } from "../../idp-signin";
+
+export async function linkingSuccess(
+  userId: string,
+  idpIntent: { idpIntentId: string; idpIntentToken: string },
+  authRequestId?: string,
+  branding?: BrandingSettings,
+) {
+  const locale = getLocale();
+  const t = await getTranslations({ locale, namespace: "idp" });
+
+  return (
+    <DynamicTheme branding={branding}>
+      <div className="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
+        <h1>{t("linkingSuccess.title")}</h1>
+        <p className="ztdl-p">{t("linkingSuccess.description")}</p>
+
+        <IdpSignin
+          userId={userId}
+          idpIntent={idpIntent}
+          authRequestId={authRequestId}
+        />
+      </div>
+    </DynamicTheme>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/login-failed.tsx b/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/login-failed.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4187af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/login-failed.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { BrandingSettings } from "@zitadel/proto/zitadel/settings/v2/branding_settings_pb";
+import { getLocale, getTranslations } from "next-intl/server";
+import { Alert, AlertType } from "../../alert";
+import { DynamicTheme } from "../../dynamic-theme";
+
+export async function loginFailed(branding?: BrandingSettings, error?: string) {
+  const locale = getLocale();
+  const t = await getTranslations({ locale, namespace: "idp" });
+
+  return (
+    <DynamicTheme branding={branding}>
+      <div className="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
+        <h1>{t("loginError.title")}</h1>
+        <p className="ztdl-p">{t("loginError.description")}</p>
+        {error && (
+          <div className="w-full">
+            {<Alert type={AlertType.ALERT}>{error}</Alert>}
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </DynamicTheme>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/login-success.tsx b/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/login-success.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a9a3719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/login/src/components/idps/pages/login-success.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { BrandingSettings } from "@zitadel/proto/zitadel/settings/v2/branding_settings_pb";
+import { getLocale, getTranslations } from "next-intl/server";
+import { DynamicTheme } from "../../dynamic-theme";
+import { IdpSignin } from "../../idp-signin";
+
+export async function loginSuccess(
+  userId: string,
+  idpIntent: { idpIntentId: string; idpIntentToken: string },
+  authRequestId?: string,
+  branding?: BrandingSettings,
+) {
+  const locale = getLocale();
+  const t = await getTranslations({ locale, namespace: "idp" });
+
+  return (
+    <DynamicTheme branding={branding}>
+      <div className="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
+        <h1>{t("loginSuccess.title")}</h1>
+        <p className="ztdl-p">{t("loginSuccess.description")}</p>
+
+        <IdpSignin
+          userId={userId}
+          idpIntent={idpIntent}
+          authRequestId={authRequestId}
+        />
+      </div>
+    </DynamicTheme>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/login/src/components/sign-in-with-idp.tsx b/apps/login/src/components/sign-in-with-idp.tsx
index fd675b62..972f501c 100644
--- a/apps/login/src/components/sign-in-with-idp.tsx
+++ b/apps/login/src/components/sign-in-with-idp.tsx
@@ -70,11 +70,7 @@ export function SignInWithIdp({
   const renderIDPButton = (idp: IdentityProvider) => {
     const { id, name, type } = idp;
     const onClick = () => startFlow(id, idpTypeToSlug(type));
-    /* - TODO: Implement after https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8981  */
 
-    //   .filter((idp) =>
-    //     linkOnly ? idp.config?.options.isLinkingAllowed : true,
-    //   )
     const components: Partial<
       Record<
         IdentityProviderType,
diff --git a/apps/login/src/lib/zitadel.ts b/apps/login/src/lib/zitadel.ts
index ac4d6181..e2484b64 100644
--- a/apps/login/src/lib/zitadel.ts
+++ b/apps/login/src/lib/zitadel.ts
@@ -678,11 +678,15 @@ export async function verifyU2FRegistration(
   return userService.verifyU2FRegistration(request, {});
 }
 
-export async function getActiveIdentityProviders(orgId?: string) {
-  return settingsService.getActiveIdentityProviders(
-    { ctx: makeReqCtx(orgId) },
-    {},
-  );
+export async function getActiveIdentityProviders(
+  orgId?: string,
+  linking_allowed?: boolean,
+) {
+  const props: any = { ctx: makeReqCtx(orgId) };
+  if (linking_allowed) {
+    props.linkingAllowed = linking_allowed;
+  }
+  return settingsService.getActiveIdentityProviders(props, {});
 }
 
 /**