diff --git a/auth/authorization_code.go b/auth/authorization_code.go
index 963884d0..f3f264bb 100644
--- a/auth/authorization_code.go
+++ b/auth/authorization_code.go
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ type AuthorizationCodeHandlerConfig struct {
 	// See [AuthorizationCodeFetcher] for details.
 	AuthorizationCodeFetcher AuthorizationCodeFetcher
 
+	// Scopes optionally restricts the requested scopes to this allowlist,
+	// intersecting it with the scopes discovered from metadata/challenge
+	// (preserving order). This lets a client drop an advertised scope it does
+	// not want — e.g. Gmail's gmail.metadata, which the Gmail API refuses to
+	// combine with the search "q" parameter even alongside gmail.readonly. An
+	// allowlist matching nothing is ignored so the flow never requests an empty
+	// set; offline_access is exempt.
+	Scopes []string
+
 	// RequestRefreshToken indicates that the client intends to use refresh
 	// tokens and is capable of storing them securely.
 	//
@@ -293,6 +302,12 @@ func (h *AuthorizationCodeHandler) Authorize(ctx context.Context, req *http.Requ
 		requestedScopes = prm.ScopesSupported
 	}
 
+	// Apply the configured allowlist before offline_access and the step-up
+	// union below so neither is affected.
+	if len(h.config.Scopes) > 0 {
+		requestedScopes = intersectScopes(requestedScopes, h.config.Scopes)
+	}
+
 	// SEP-2207: when the client desires refresh tokens and the Authorization
 	// Server advertises offline_access support, add it to the requested scopes.
 	if h.config.RequestRefreshToken &&
@@ -358,6 +373,22 @@ func scopesFromChallenges(cs []oauthex.Challenge) []string {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// intersectScopes returns the members of scopes also in allow, preserving order.
+// If nothing matches it returns scopes unchanged, so a bad allowlist cannot
+// leave the client requesting no scopes at all.
+func intersectScopes(scopes, allow []string) []string {
+	keep := make([]string, 0, len(scopes))
+	for _, s := range scopes {
+		if slices.Contains(allow, s) {
+			keep = append(keep, s)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(keep) == 0 {
+		return scopes
+	}
+	return keep
+}
+
 // errorFromChallenges returns the error from the given "WWW-Authenticate" header challenges.
 // It only looks at challenges with the "Bearer" scheme.
 func errorFromChallenges(cs []oauthex.Challenge) string {
diff --git a/auth/authorization_code_test.go b/auth/authorization_code_test.go
index 15ca69f0..f5a36b86 100644
--- a/auth/authorization_code_test.go
+++ b/auth/authorization_code_test.go
@@ -1222,6 +1222,123 @@ func TestAuthorize_OfflineAccessScope(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAuthorize_ScopesAllowlist(t *testing.T) {
+	// advertised is delivered via the WWW-Authenticate "scope" challenge, which
+	// the handler treats as the requested scopes before applying the allowlist.
+	const advertised = "gmail.metadata gmail.readonly gmail.compose"
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		allowlist  []string
+		wantScopes string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "FiltersToAllowlist",
+			allowlist:  []string{"gmail.compose", "gmail.readonly"},
+			wantScopes: "gmail.readonly gmail.compose",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "EmptyIntersectionFailsOpen",
+			allowlist:  []string{"drive.readonly"},
+			wantScopes: advertised,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "NoAllowlistLeavesScopesUnchanged",
+			allowlist:  nil,
+			wantScopes: advertised,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			authServer := oauthtest.NewFakeAuthorizationServer(oauthtest.Config{
+				RegistrationConfig: &oauthtest.RegistrationConfig{
+					PreregisteredClients: map[string]oauthtest.ClientInfo{
+						"test_client_id": {
+							Secret:       "test_client_secret",
+							RedirectURIs: []string{"http://localhost:12345/callback"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			})
+			authServer.Start(t)
+
+			resourceMux := http.NewServeMux()
+			resourceServer := httptest.NewServer(resourceMux)
+			t.Cleanup(resourceServer.Close)
+			resourceURL := resourceServer.URL + "/resource"
+			resourceMux.Handle("/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/resource", ProtectedResourceMetadataHandler(&oauthex.ProtectedResourceMetadata{
+				Resource:             resourceURL,
+				AuthorizationServers: []string{authServer.URL()},
+			}))
+
+			var capturedAuthURL string
+			handler, err := NewAuthorizationCodeHandler(&AuthorizationCodeHandlerConfig{
+				RedirectURL: "http://localhost:12345/callback",
+				PreregisteredClient: &oauthex.ClientCredentials{
+					ClientID:         "test_client_id",
+					ClientSecretAuth: &oauthex.ClientSecretAuth{ClientSecret: "test_client_secret"},
+				},
+				Scopes: tt.allowlist,
+				AuthorizationCodeFetcher: func(ctx context.Context, args *AuthorizationArgs) (*AuthorizationResult, error) {
+					capturedAuthURL = args.URL
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("stop after capturing URL")
+				},
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("NewAuthorizationCodeHandler failed: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, resourceURL, nil)
+			resp := &http.Response{
+				StatusCode: http.StatusUnauthorized,
+				Header:     make(http.Header),
+				Body:       http.NoBody,
+				Request:    req,
+			}
+			resp.Header.Set("WWW-Authenticate", fmt.Sprintf(
+				"Bearer resource_metadata=%s/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/resource, scope=%q",
+				resourceServer.URL, advertised))
+
+			handler.Authorize(context.Background(), req, resp)
+
+			if capturedAuthURL == "" {
+				t.Fatal("AuthorizationCodeFetcher was not called")
+			}
+			u, err := url.Parse(capturedAuthURL)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("failed to parse captured auth URL: %v", err)
+			}
+			// Compare as a set: UnionScopes (applied downstream) returns map keys,
+			// so the order of the requested scope parameter is not deterministic.
+			got := strings.Fields(u.Query().Get("scope"))
+			want := strings.Fields(tt.wantScopes)
+			slices.Sort(got)
+			slices.Sort(want)
+			if !slices.Equal(got, want) {
+				t.Errorf("requested scopes = %v, want %v (any order)", got, want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIntersectScopes(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		name          string
+		scopes, allow []string
+		want          []string
+	}{
+		{"filters and preserves scopes order", []string{"a", "b", "c"}, []string{"c", "a"}, []string{"a", "c"}},
+		{"empty intersection returns input unchanged", []string{"a", "b"}, []string{"z"}, []string{"a", "b"}},
+		{"empty allow returns input unchanged", []string{"a", "b"}, nil, []string{"a", "b"}},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := intersectScopes(tt.scopes, tt.allow); !slices.Equal(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("intersectScopes(%v, %v) = %v, want %v", tt.scopes, tt.allow, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // validConfig for test to create an AuthorizationCodeHandler using its constructor.
 // Values that are relevant to the test should be set explicitly.
 func validConfig() *AuthorizationCodeHandlerConfig {