diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-py39-functional-scim-auth.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-py39-functional-scim-auth.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97fa6ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-py39-functional-scim-auth.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: test-py39-functional-scim-auth
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  test-scim-auth:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+
+      - name: Run keycloak container
+        run: |
+          ./ci/run_keycloak.sh
+
+      - name: Install Coldfront and plugin
+        run: |
+          ./ci/setup.sh
+
+      - name: Run SCIM authentication functional test
+        run: |
+          ./ci/run_functional_test_scim_auth.sh
diff --git a/ci/run_functional_test_scim_auth.sh b/ci/run_functional_test_scim_auth.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b1325fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/run_functional_test_scim_auth.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# For onbarding-tools
+export KEYCLOAK_USERNAME=admin
+export KEYCLOAK_PASSWORD=nomoresecret
+export KEYCLOAK_URL="http://localhost:8080"
+export OIDC_CLIENT_ID=coldfront
+export OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=nomoresecret
+export HORIZON_URL="http://foo"
+
+# For coldfront oidc plugin
+export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="local_settings"
+export PLUGIN_AUTH_OIDC=True
+export OIDC_RP_CLIENT_ID="coldfront"
+export OIDC_RP_CLIENT_SECRET='nomoresecret'
+export OIDC_OP_AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:8080/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/auth"
+export OIDC_OP_TOKEN_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:8080/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token"
+export OIDC_OP_USER_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:8080/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/userinfo"
+export OIDC_RP_SIGN_ALGO='RS256'
+export OIDC_OP_JWKS_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:8080/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/certs"
+
+coldfront test coldfront_plugin_api.tests.functional.test_scim_auth
diff --git a/ci/run_keycloak.sh b/ci/run_keycloak.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..17e45b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/run_keycloak.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+set -xe
+
+sudo docker run -d --name keycloak \
+    -e KEYCLOAK_ADMIN=admin \
+    -e KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD=nomoresecret \
+    -p 8080:8080 \
+    -p 8443:8443 \
+    quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:latest start-dev
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/config.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/config.py
index 9764e28..3486c31 100644
--- a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/config.py
+++ b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/config.py
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
     "GROUP_ADAPTER": "coldfront_plugin_api.scim_v2.adapter_group.SCIMColdfrontGroup",
     "GROUP_FILTER_PARSER": "coldfront_plugin_api.scim_v2.filters.ColdfrontGroupFilterQuery",
     "GET_IS_AUTHENTICATED_PREDICATE": "coldfront_plugin_api.utils.is_user_superuser",
+    "AUTH_CHECK_MIDDLEWARE": "coldfront_plugin_api.scim_v2.auth_middleware.SCIMColdfrontAuthCheckMiddleware",
 }
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/scim_v2/auth_middleware.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/scim_v2/auth_middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2363691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/scim_v2/auth_middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import os
+import logging
+
+from django_scim.middleware import SCIMAuthCheckMiddleware
+from mozilla_django_oidc.contrib.drf import OIDCAuthentication
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class SCIMColdfrontAuthCheckMiddleware(SCIMAuthCheckMiddleware):
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        if not request.user or not request.user.is_authenticated:
+            # django-scim2 does not use by default the DRF backend of mozilla-django-oidc,
+            # and therefore does not support authentication with bearer tokens, only
+            # session cookies. We manually call `authenticate()` on the DRF backend if
+            # the user is not already authenticated, and if OIDC authentication is enabled.
+            if os.getenv("PLUGIN_AUTH_OIDC") == "True":
+                if user_tuple := OIDCAuthentication().authenticate(request):
+                    request.user = user_tuple[0]
+        return super().process_request(request)
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/base.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/base.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/base.py
rename to src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/base.py
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/functional/__init__.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/functional/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/functional/test_scim_auth.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/functional/test_scim_auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2e13da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/functional/test_scim_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import os
+
+from django.test import Client
+
+
+from coldfront_plugin_api.tests.functional import utils
+from coldfront_plugin_api.tests.base import TestBase
+
+
+class TestAuthOIDC(TestBase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        super().setUpClass()
+        self.kc_client = utils.UpdatedKeycloakClient()
+        # Only initialize Coldfront client if running in Github action
+        if os.getenv("CI") == "true":
+            self.kc_client.create_client(
+                "master",
+                "coldfront",
+                "nomoresecret",
+                ["http://foo/signup/oidc_redirect_uri"],
+            )
+            self.kc_client.create_user("master", "staff@email.com", "staff", "staff")
+            self.kc_client.create_user("master", "user@email.com", "user", "user")
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.staff_user = self.new_user("staff@email.com")
+        self.normal_user = self.new_user("user@email.com")
+
+        self.staff_user.is_staff = True
+        self.staff_user.save()
+
+    def test_oidc_authenticated(self):
+        # Test for both staff and normal authenticated users
+        def impersonate_and_get_endpoint(
+            user_to_impersonate, endpoint_url, expected_status_code
+        ):
+            user_token = self.kc_client.impersonate_access_token(user_to_impersonate)
+
+            cf_client = Client()
+            r = cf_client.get(
+                endpoint_url,
+                HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=f"Bearer {user_token}",
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(r.status_code, expected_status_code)
+
+        for endpoint_url in [
+            "/api/scim/v2/Users",
+            "/api/scim/v2/Groups",
+            "/api/allocations",
+        ]:
+            impersonate_and_get_endpoint(self.staff_user.username, endpoint_url, 200)
+            impersonate_and_get_endpoint(self.normal_user.username, endpoint_url, 403)
+
+    def test_oidc_unauthenticated(self):
+        # Test for unauthenticated user case
+        cf_client = Client()
+        for endpoint_url in [
+            "/api/scim/v2/Users",
+            "/api/scim/v2/Groups",
+            "/api/allocations",
+        ]:
+            r = cf_client.get(endpoint_url)
+            self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 401)
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/functional/utils.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/functional/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dd29ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/functional/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import urllib
+import requests
+
+from onboarding_tools.keycloak import KeycloakClient
+from onboarding_tools import settings
+
+
+class UpdatedKeycloakClient(KeycloakClient):
+    @staticmethod
+    def construct_url(realm, path):
+        return f"{settings.KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/{realm}/{path}"
+
+    @property
+    def url_base(self):
+        return f"{settings.KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def auth_endpoint(realm):
+        return f"{settings.KEYCLOAK_URL}/realms/{realm}/protocol/openid-connect/auth"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def token_endpoint(realm):
+        return f"{settings.KEYCLOAK_URL}/realms/{realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token"
+
+    def impersonate_access_token(self, user):
+        user_session = requests.session()
+        user_session.cookies.update(self.impersonate(user).cookies)
+        params = {
+            "response_mode": "fragment",
+            "response_type": "token",
+            "client_id": settings.OIDC_CLIENT_ID,
+            "client_secret": settings.OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET,
+            "redirect_uri": f"{settings.HORIZON_URL}/signup/oidc_redirect_uri",
+            "scope": "openid profile email",
+        }
+        response = user_session.get(
+            self.auth_endpoint("master"), params=params, allow_redirects=False
+        )
+        redirect = response.headers["Location"]
+        token = urllib.parse.parse_qs(redirect)["access_token"][0]
+        return token
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_fix_allocations.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_fix_allocations.py
index d5d6ed5..f31ecc2 100644
--- a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_fix_allocations.py
+++ b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_fix_allocations.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     AllocationUserStatusChoice,
 )
 from coldfront.core.project.models import ProjectUser
-from coldfront_plugin_api.tests.unit import base
+from coldfront_plugin_api.tests import base
 
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_groups.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_groups.py
index aeb88bb..d75eadd 100644
--- a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_groups.py
+++ b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_groups.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 import uuid
 
 from coldfront.core.resource import models as resource_models
+from coldfront_plugin_api.tests import base
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
 
-from coldfront_plugin_api.tests.unit import base, fakes
+from coldfront_plugin_api.tests.unit import fakes
 
 
 def get_payload_for_single_operation(operation, username):
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_users.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_users.py
index 8aa8457..1ad9bfe 100644
--- a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_users.py
+++ b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/tests/unit/test_users.py
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 
 from coldfront.core.resource import models as resource_models
 from coldfront.core.user.models import User
+from coldfront_plugin_api.tests import base
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
 
-from coldfront_plugin_api.tests.unit import base, fakes
+from coldfront_plugin_api.tests.unit import fakes
 
 
 class TestUsers(base.TestBase):
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/utils.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/utils.py
index 5c87148..e7a7ebb 100644
--- a/src/coldfront_plugin_api/utils.py
+++ b/src/coldfront_plugin_api/utils.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def is_user_superuser(user: User):
     As a temporary hack, this function will handle raising the appropriate 403 error if
     user is authenticated, but not superuser
     """
-    if user.is_authenticated and not user.is_superuser:
+    if user.is_authenticated and not (user.is_staff or user.is_superuser):
         raise PermissionDenied
     else:
         return user.is_authenticated
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 30f933e..ad83e35 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 git+https://github.com/nerc-project/coldfront-plugin-cloud@main#egg=coldfront_plugin_cloud
+git+https://github.com/CCI-MOC/onboarding-tools@master#egg=onboarding_tools