diff --git a/lib/src/client.ts b/lib/src/client.ts
index 8a60a584..a074c45c 100755
--- a/lib/src/client.ts
+++ b/lib/src/client.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const DefaultConfig: Partial<AuthClientConfig<Config>> = {
     checkSessionInterval: 3,
     clientHost: origin,
     enableOIDCSessionManagement: false,
+    periodicTokenRefresh: false,
     sessionRefreshInterval: 300,
     storage: Storage.SessionStorage
 };
diff --git a/lib/src/helpers/spa-helper.ts b/lib/src/helpers/spa-helper.ts
index 6199e334..72b5de54 100644
--- a/lib/src/helpers/spa-helper.ts
+++ b/lib/src/helpers/spa-helper.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ export class SPAHelper<T extends MainThreadClientConfig | WebWorkerClientConfig>
           MainThreadClientConfig | WebWorkerClientConfig
         >
       ): Promise<void> {
+        const shouldRefreshAutomatically: boolean = (await this._dataLayer.getConfigData())?.periodicTokenRefresh ?? 
+            false;
+        
+        if (!shouldRefreshAutomatically) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         const sessionData = await this._dataLayer.getSessionData();
         if (sessionData.refresh_token) {
             // Refresh 10 seconds before the expiry time
diff --git a/lib/src/models/client-config.ts b/lib/src/models/client-config.ts
index 1278307e..2047e373 100644
--- a/lib/src/models/client-config.ts
+++ b/lib/src/models/client-config.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export interface SPAConfig {
     sessionRefreshInterval?: number;
     resourceServerURLs?: string[];
     authParams?: Record<string, string>
+    periodicTokenRefresh?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**