diff --git a/aleksis/core/settings.py b/aleksis/core/settings.py
index 302ae8c9c57e19b02d6bc28c7d7cbb8956f66926..4bb8a5355edc9b50e8e6e150b9454ba138be5b69 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/settings.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/settings.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "favicon",
     "django_filters",
     "oauth2_provider",
+    "rest_framework",
 ]
 
 merge_app_settings("INSTALLED_APPS", INSTALLED_APPS, True)
@@ -270,25 +271,42 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = []
 
 # Configuration for OAuth2 provider
 
-oidc_enabled = _settings.get("oauth2.oidc.enabled", False)
+OAUTH2_PROVIDER = {
+    "SCOPES": {
+        "read": "Read anything the resource owner can read",
+        "write": "Write anything the resource owner can write",
+    }
+}
+merge_app_settings("OAUTH2_SCOPES", OAUTH2_PROVIDER["SCOPES"], True)
 
-if oidc_enabled:
+if _settings.get("oauth2.oidc.enabled", False):
     with open(_settings.get("oauth2.oidc.rsa_key", "/etc/aleksis/oidc.pem"), "r") as f:
         oid_rsa_key = f.read()
 
-    OAUTH2_PROVIDER = {
-        "OAUTH2_VALIDATOR_CLASS": "aleksis.core.util.auth_helpers.CustomOAuth2Validator",
-        "OIDC_ENABLED": oidc_enabled,
-        "OIDC_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY": oid_rsa_key,
-        #        "OIDC_ISS_ENDPOINT": _settings.get("oauth2.oidc.issuer_name", "example.com"),
-        "SCOPES": {
+    OAUTH2_PROVIDER.update(
+        {
+            "OAUTH2_VALIDATOR_CLASS": "aleksis.core.util.auth_helpers.CustomOAuth2Validator",
+            "OIDC_ENABLED": True,
+            "OIDC_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY": oid_rsa_key,
+            #        "OIDC_ISS_ENDPOINT": _settings.get("oauth2.oidc.issuer_name", "example.com"),
+        }
+    )
+    OAUTH2_PROVIDER["SCOPES"].update(
+        {
             "openid": "OpenID Connect scope",
             "profile": "Profile scope",
             "phone": "Phone scope",
             "email": "Email scope",
             "address": "Address scope",
-        },
-    }
+        }
+    )
+
+# Configuration for REST framework
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    "DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": [
+        "oauth2_provider.contrib.rest_framework.OAuth2Authentication",
+    ]
+}
 
 if _settings.get("ldap.uri", None):
     # LDAP dependencies are not necessarily installed, so import them here
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 39968896fc96a41ef5702cb84fa58ff3283bc705..5f351704bceee4cb17d06dea76573df4227ed09d 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1189,6 +1189,17 @@ python-versions = "*"
 django = "*"
 six = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "djangorestframework"
+version = "3.12.4"
+description = "Web APIs for Django, made easy."
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+django = ">=2.2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "docutils"
 version = "0.16"
@@ -2592,7 +2603,7 @@ s3 = ["boto3", "django-storages"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.7"
-content-hash = "d5a493b473e4d884266797986af002cd2c44271946df31b3523a5bd25311ceda"
+content-hash = "5e42e1c85454cda6f947a1205ea9ce3fe374e791a93715a5d18bd462cf031a56"
 
 [metadata.files]
 alabaster = [
@@ -3061,6 +3072,10 @@ django-widget-tweaks = [
 django-yarnpkg = [
     {file = "django-yarnpkg-6.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aa059347b246c6f242401581d2c129bdcb45aa726be59fe2f288762a9843348a"},
 ]
+djangorestframework = [
+    {file = "djangorestframework-3.12.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6d1d59f623a5ad0509fe0d6bfe93cbdfe17b8116ebc8eda86d45f6e16e819aaf"},
+    {file = "djangorestframework-3.12.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f747949a8ddac876e879190df194b925c177cdeb725a099db1460872f7c0a7f2"},
+]
 docutils = [
     {file = "docutils-0.16-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0c5b78adfbf7762415433f5515cd5c9e762339e23369dbe8000d84a4bf4ab3af"},
     {file = "docutils-0.16.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c2de3a60e9e7d07be26b7f2b00ca0309c207e06c100f9cc2a94931fc75a478fc"},
@@ -3086,7 +3101,6 @@ flake8-bandit = [
 ]
 flake8-black = [
     {file = "flake8-black-0.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f26651bc10db786c03f4093414f7c9ea982ed8a244cec323c984feeffdf4c118"},
-    {file = "flake8_black-0.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:941514149cb8b489cb17a4bb1cf18d84375db3b34381bb018de83509437931a0"},
 ]
 flake8-builtins = [
     {file = "flake8-builtins-1.5.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:09998853b2405e98e61d2ff3027c47033adbdc17f9fe44ca58443d876eb00f3b"},
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 mccabe = [
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b5d24d7e844e23779a94c2c374579d1c873c49ad..8e13e62c2b7a1144132071ad36e0fe0b683d5f5a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ django-redis = "^4.12.1"
 django-storages = {version = "^1.11.1", optional = true}
 boto3 = {version = "^1.17.33", optional = true}
 django-cleanup = "^5.1.0"
+djangorestframework = "^3.12.4"
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 ldap = ["django-auth-ldap"]