diff --git a/extensions/common/iam/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/iam/oauth2/identity/Oauth2ServiceImpl.java b/extensions/common/iam/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/iam/oauth2/identity/Oauth2ServiceImpl.java
index 6c0eb800e38..aef504d9170 100644
--- a/extensions/common/iam/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/iam/oauth2/identity/Oauth2ServiceImpl.java
+++ b/extensions/common/iam/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/iam/oauth2/identity/Oauth2ServiceImpl.java
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ private Oauth2CredentialsRequest createRequest(TokenParameters parameters, Strin
                 .url(tokenUrl)
                 .clientAssertion(assertion)
                 .scope(parameters.getStringClaim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.SCOPE))
+                .resource(parameters.getStringClaim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.AUDIENCE))
                 .grantType(GRANT_TYPE)
                 .build();
     }
diff --git a/spi/common/oauth2-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/iam/oauth2/spi/client/Oauth2CredentialsRequest.java b/spi/common/oauth2-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/iam/oauth2/spi/client/Oauth2CredentialsRequest.java
index 19e02050842..124340299a9 100644
--- a/spi/common/oauth2-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/iam/oauth2/spi/client/Oauth2CredentialsRequest.java
+++ b/spi/common/oauth2-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/iam/oauth2/spi/client/Oauth2CredentialsRequest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public abstract class Oauth2CredentialsRequest {
 
     private static final String GRANT_TYPE = "grant_type";
     private static final String SCOPE = "scope";
+    private static final String RESOURCE = "resource";
 
     protected String url;
     protected final Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
@@ -80,6 +81,10 @@ public B params(Map<String, String> params) {
             return self();
         }
 
+        public B resource(String targetedAudience) {
+            return param(RESOURCE, targetedAudience);
+        }
+
         public abstract B self();
 
         protected T build() {
@@ -87,5 +92,6 @@ protected T build() {
             Objects.requireNonNull(request.params.get(GRANT_TYPE), GRANT_TYPE);
             return request;
         }
+
     }
 }