diff --git a/kong/plugins/oidc/handler.lua b/kong/plugins/oidc/handler.lua
index 07f05af5..53bd2c7f 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/oidc/handler.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/oidc/handler.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ local utils = require("kong.plugins.oidc.utils")
 local filter = require("kong.plugins.oidc.filter")
 local session = require("kong.plugins.oidc.session")
 
+local singletons = require "kong.singletons"
+local constants = require "kong.constants"
+local responses = require "kong.tools.responses"
+
 OidcHandler.PRIORITY = 1000
 
 
@@ -13,6 +17,13 @@ end
 
 function OidcHandler:access(config)
   OidcHandler.super.access(self)
+
+  if ngx.ctx.authenticated_credential and config.anonymous ~= "" then
+    -- we're already authenticated, and we're configured for using anonymous,
+    -- hence we're in a logical OR between auth methods and we're already done.
+    return
+  end
+
   local oidcConfig = utils.get_options(config, ngx)
 
   if filter.shouldProcessRequest(oidcConfig) then
@@ -58,7 +69,20 @@ function make_oidc(oidcConfig)
       ngx.log(ngx.DEBUG, "Entering recovery page: " .. oidcConfig.recovery_page_path)
       ngx.redirect(oidcConfig.recovery_page_path)
     end
-    utils.exit(500, err, ngx.HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
+    if oidcConfig.anonymous ~= "" then
+      -- get anonymous user
+      local consumer_cache_key = singletons.db.consumers:cache_key(oidcConfig.anonymous)
+      local consumer, err      = singletons.cache:get(consumer_cache_key, nil,
+                                                      load_consumer_into_memory,
+                                                      oidcConfig.anonymous, true)
+      if err then
+        return responses.send_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR(err)
+      end
+      set_consumer(consumer, nil, nil)
+
+    else
+      utils.exit(500, err, ngx.HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
+    end
   end
   return res
 end
@@ -69,7 +93,21 @@ function introspect(oidcConfig)
     if err then
       if oidcConfig.bearer_only == "yes" then
         ngx.header["WWW-Authenticate"] = 'Bearer realm="' .. oidcConfig.realm .. '",error="' .. err .. '"'
-        utils.exit(ngx.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED, err, ngx.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED)
+        if oidcConfig.anonymous ~= "" then
+          -- get anonymous user
+          local consumer_cache_key = singletons.db.consumers:cache_key(oidcConfig.anonymous)
+          local consumer, err      = singletons.cache:get(consumer_cache_key, nil,
+                                                          load_consumer_into_memory,
+                                                          oidcConfig.anonymous, true)
+          if err then
+            return responses.send_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR(err)
+          end
+          set_consumer(consumer, nil, nil)
+    
+        else
+          utils.exit(ngx.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED, err, ngx.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED)
+        end
+        
       end
       return nil
     end
@@ -79,5 +117,23 @@ function introspect(oidcConfig)
   return nil
 end
 
+-- TESTING
+
+local function set_consumer(consumer, credential, token)
+  ngx_set_header(constants.HEADERS.CONSUMER_ID, consumer.id)
+  ngx_set_header(constants.HEADERS.CONSUMER_CUSTOM_ID, consumer.custom_id)
+  ngx_set_header(constants.HEADERS.CONSUMER_USERNAME, consumer.username)
+  ngx.ctx.authenticated_consumer = consumer
+  if credential then
+    ngx_set_header("x-authenticated-scope", token.scope)
+    ngx_set_header("x-authenticated-userid", token.authenticated_userid)
+    ngx.ctx.authenticated_credential = credential
+    ngx_set_header(constants.HEADERS.ANONYMOUS, nil) -- in case of auth plugins concatenation
+  else
+    ngx_set_header(constants.HEADERS.ANONYMOUS, true)
+  end
+
+end
+
 
 return OidcHandler
diff --git a/kong/plugins/oidc/schema.lua b/kong/plugins/oidc/schema.lua
index ffb55b37..177b46b4 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/oidc/schema.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/oidc/schema.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 return {
   no_consumer = true,
   fields = {
+    anonymous = { type = "string", uuid = true, legacy = true },
     client_id = { type = "string", required = true },
     client_secret = { type = "string", required = true },
     discovery = { type = "string", required = true, default = "https://.well-known/openid-configuration" },
diff --git a/kong/plugins/oidc/utils.lua b/kong/plugins/oidc/utils.lua
index 3686bbf6..fee13016 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/oidc/utils.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/oidc/utils.lua
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ end
 
 function M.get_options(config, ngx)
   return {
+    anonymous = config.anonymous,
     client_id = config.client_id,
     client_secret = config.client_secret,
     discovery = config.discovery,