diff --git a/federation/automatic_registration.go b/federation/automatic_registration.go
index eabc237..462fbf2 100644
--- a/federation/automatic_registration.go
+++ b/federation/automatic_registration.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -77,6 +78,20 @@ type AutomaticRegistrationConfig struct {
 	// been granted here. When false, that metadata is ignored entirely
 	// and CIBA stays disabled for every automatically-registered client.
 	AllowsCIBA bool
+
+	// AllowedClientAuthMethods restricts which token_endpoint_auth_method
+	// an automatically-registered client may declare in its own
+	// metadata. An RP whose metadata names a method outside this list
+	// fails to resolve at all, exactly like one with malformed metadata.
+	// Empty (the default) permits every storage.ClientAuthMethod this
+	// package can read from metadata — each is a FAPI 2.0-permitted,
+	// sender-proving method, so the RP choosing one is a mechanism
+	// detail, not a capability grant like AllowsCIBA. Set it when an
+	// operator wants federation RPs held to a narrower set than its
+	// statically registered clients (e.g. only
+	// storage.ClientAuthMethodPrivateKeyJWT, even though some static
+	// clients use mTLS). Every entry must be a valid ClientAuthMethod.
+	AllowedClientAuthMethods []storage.ClientAuthMethod
 }
 
 // cachedClient is one Relying Party's resolved registration, cached
@@ -121,7 +136,8 @@ type cachedClient struct {
 // ClientAuthMethodTLSClientAuth and its four SAN-typed siblings read
 // their own plain-string metadata parameter directly (RFC 8705 §2.1.2:
 // tls_client_auth_subject_dn/tls_client_auth_san_dns/_san_uri/_san_ip/
-// _san_email) — see registeredClientConfigFromMetadata. PAR/JAR-level
+// _san_email) — see registeredClientConfigFromMetadata — unless
+// AutomaticRegistrationConfig.AllowedClientAuthMethods narrows that set. PAR/JAR-level
 // enforcement of OpenID Federation 1.0 §12.1.1's own
 // aud/sub/jti Request Object rules is a request-handling concern, not a
 // client registration one — see storage.RegisteredClientConfig's own
@@ -164,6 +180,11 @@ func NewAutomaticClientRepository(underlying storage.ClientRepository, resolver
 	if cfg.MaxCacheAge <= 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("federation: config: max_cache_age must be positive")
 	}
+	for _, method := range cfg.AllowedClientAuthMethods {
+		if !method.IsValid() {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("federation: config: allowed_client_auth_methods: invalid client auth method %v", method)
+		}
+	}
 	if clock == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("federation: clock is required")
 	}
@@ -410,7 +431,8 @@ type relyingPartyMetadata struct {
 //
 // a.cfg supplies the operator-level capability grants (AllowedScopes,
 // AllowsClientCredentialsGrant, AllowsCIBA) that must never be inferred
-// from raw itself — see AutomaticRegistrationConfig's own doc comments
+// from raw itself, plus the AllowedClientAuthMethods restriction raw's
+// own token_endpoint_auth_method is checked against — see AutomaticRegistrationConfig's own doc comments
 // for why.
 func (a *AutomaticClientRepository) registeredClientConfigFromMetadata(ctx context.Context, id fapi.ClientID, raw json.RawMessage) (storage.RegisteredClientConfig, json.RawMessage, error) {
 	var m relyingPartyMetadata
@@ -428,6 +450,9 @@ func (a *AutomaticClientRepository) registeredClientConfigFromMetadata(ctx conte
 	if err != nil {
 		return storage.RegisteredClientConfig{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("token_endpoint_auth_method: %w", err)
 	}
+	if !a.allowsClientAuthMethod(authMethod) {
+		return storage.RegisteredClientConfig{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("token_endpoint_auth_method %q is not permitted by allowed_client_auth_methods", authMethod)
+	}
 
 	jwks := m.JWKS
 	if m.JWKSURI != "" {
@@ -549,6 +574,13 @@ func applyClientAuthMethodFields(cfg *storage.RegisteredClientConfig, authMethod
 	return nil
 }
 
+// allowsClientAuthMethod reports whether method is permitted by
+// AutomaticRegistrationConfig.AllowedClientAuthMethods — every method
+// when that list is empty.
+func (a *AutomaticClientRepository) allowsClientAuthMethod(method storage.ClientAuthMethod) bool {
+	return len(a.cfg.AllowedClientAuthMethods) == 0 || slices.Contains(a.cfg.AllowedClientAuthMethods, method)
+}
+
 // applyBackchannelAuthenticationFields sets cfg's CIBA fields from m
 // when this repository allows CIBA and m actually advertises it — a
 // no-op otherwise. Split out of registeredClientConfigFromMetadata for
diff --git a/federation/automatic_registration_test.go b/federation/automatic_registration_test.go
index ffb9efd..4d7c85a 100644
--- a/federation/automatic_registration_test.go
+++ b/federation/automatic_registration_test.go
@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@ func TestNewAutomaticClientRepositoryRejectsInvalidConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg.MaxCacheAge = 0
 			return alwaysFailsRepository{}, resolver, f.fetcher, cfg, fixedClock{now: f.now}
 		},
+		"invalid allowed client auth method": func() (storage.ClientRepository, *federation.Resolver, *fapihttp.Client, federation.AutomaticRegistrationConfig, federation.Clock) {
+			cfg := validAutomaticRegistrationConfig()
+			cfg.AllowedClientAuthMethods = []storage.ClientAuthMethod{storage.ClientAuthMethod(255)}
+			return alwaysFailsRepository{}, resolver, f.fetcher, cfg, fixedClock{now: f.now}
+		},
 		"nil clock": func() (storage.ClientRepository, *federation.Resolver, *fapihttp.Client, federation.AutomaticRegistrationConfig, federation.Clock) {
 			return alwaysFailsRepository{}, resolver, f.fetcher, validAutomaticRegistrationConfig(), nil
 		},
@@ -427,6 +432,45 @@ func TestAutomaticClientRepositoryResolveClientAllowsCIBAWhenConfigured(t *testi
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAutomaticClientRepositoryResolveClientAllowedClientAuthMethods(t *testing.T) {
+	// rpMetadataBuilder's RP declares private_key_jwt.
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		allowed []storage.ClientAuthMethod
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		"empty permits every method": {allowed: nil},
+		"listed method permitted": {allowed: []storage.ClientAuthMethod{
+			storage.ClientAuthMethodSelfSignedTLSClientAuth, storage.ClientAuthMethodPrivateKeyJWT,
+		}},
+		"unlisted method rejected": {allowed: []storage.ClientAuthMethod{storage.ClientAuthMethodTLSClientAuth}, wantErr: true},
+	}
+	for name, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			f := setupAutomaticRegistrationFixture(t, rpMetadataBuilder(t))
+			cfg := validAutomaticRegistrationConfig()
+			cfg.AllowedClientAuthMethods = tc.allowed
+			repo, err := federation.NewAutomaticClientRepository(alwaysFailsRepository{}, f.newResolver(t), f.fetcher, cfg, fixedClock{now: f.now})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("NewAutomaticClientRepository: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			got, err := repo.ResolveClient(context.Background(), fapi.ClientID(f.rpID))
+			if tc.wantErr {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Fatalf("ResolveClient = nil error, want error (private_key_jwt not in AllowedClientAuthMethods)")
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ResolveClient: %v", err)
+			}
+			if got.ClientAuthMethod() != storage.ClientAuthMethodPrivateKeyJWT {
+				t.Errorf("ClientAuthMethod() = %v, want ClientAuthMethodPrivateKeyJWT", got.ClientAuthMethod())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAutomaticClientRepositoryResolveClientRejectsNonEntityID(t *testing.T) {
 	f := setupAutomaticRegistrationFixture(t, nil)
 	resolver := f.newResolver(t)
diff --git a/server/automatic_registration_test.go b/server/automatic_registration_test.go
index f3638fb..66bcc0e 100644
--- a/server/automatic_registration_test.go
+++ b/server/automatic_registration_test.go
@@ -307,6 +307,34 @@ func TestNewWiresAutomaticRegistrationIntoPushAuthorizationRequest(t *testing.T)
 	}
 }
 
+// TestNewWiresAutomaticRegistrationAllowedClientAuthMethods proves
+// server.New passes AutomaticRegistrationConfig.AllowedClientAuthMethods
+// through to the federation repository: the fixture RP declares
+// private_key_jwt, so an allowlist excluding it makes the RP
+// unresolvable and its PAR request fails client authentication.
+func TestNewWiresAutomaticRegistrationAllowedClientAuthMethods(t *testing.T) {
+	f := setupAutomaticRegistrationFixture(t, testRedirectURI)
+	srv := newAutomaticRegistrationTestServer(t, f, func(cfg *server.Config, deps *server.Dependencies) {
+		cfg.AutomaticRegistration.AllowedClientAuthMethods = []storage.ClientAuthMethod{storage.ClientAuthMethodTLSClientAuth}
+	})
+
+	assertion, err := clientassertion.CreateAssertion(clientassertion.AssertionRequest{
+		Signer: f.rpOIDCKey, Algorithm: fapi.ES256, KeyID: "rp-oidc",
+		ClientID: f.rpID, Audience: testIssuer,
+		Now: f.now, Lifetime: 30 * time.Second,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CreateAssertion: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = srv.PushAuthorizationRequest(context.Background(), server.PushAuthorizationRequest{
+		HTTP: server.FormRequest{Parameters: plainFormParameters(t, assertion, nil)},
+	})
+	if code := serverErrorCode(t, err); code != server.ErrorInvalidClient {
+		t.Fatalf("error code = %q, want %q", code, server.ErrorInvalidClient)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestNewWiresAutomaticRegistrationRequestObjectFederationRules proves
 // server.New applies OpenID Federation 1.0 §12.1.1's stricter Request
 // Object rules (via
@@ -423,6 +451,20 @@ func TestNewWiresAutomaticRegistrationIntoClientCredentialsGrant(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("RequestClientCredentialsToken (both switches set) = %v, want nil error", err)
 		}
 	})
+
+	t.Run("rejected when the RP's auth method is not in AllowedClientAuthMethods", func(t *testing.T) {
+		srv := newAutomaticRegistrationTestServer(t, f, func(cfg *server.Config, deps *server.Dependencies) {
+			cfg.ClientCredentialsGrant = true
+			cfg.AutomaticRegistration.AllowsClientCredentialsGrant = true
+			cfg.AutomaticRegistration.AllowedClientAuthMethods = []storage.ClientAuthMethod{storage.ClientAuthMethodTLSClientAuth}
+		})
+		_, err := srv.RequestClientCredentialsToken(context.Background(), server.ClientCredentialsTokenRequest{
+			HTTP: server.FormRequest{Parameters: params}, DPoPProofs: dpopProofs,
+		})
+		if code := serverErrorCode(t, err); code != server.ErrorInvalidClient {
+			t.Fatalf("error code = %q, want %q", code, server.ErrorInvalidClient)
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 // TestNewWiresAutomaticRegistrationIntoBeginBackchannelAuthentication
diff --git a/server/config.go b/server/config.go
index 15844a4..8c97fd7 100644
--- a/server/config.go
+++ b/server/config.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	fapi "github.com/idfoundry/fapigo"
 	"github.com/idfoundry/fapigo/extension"
 	"github.com/idfoundry/fapigo/federation"
+	"github.com/idfoundry/fapigo/storage"
 )
 
 // Profile selects which FAPI 2.0 security profile this server enforces.
@@ -498,6 +499,13 @@ type AutomaticRegistrationConfig struct {
 	// why this is a config-level switch, never inferred from an RP's own
 	// metadata.
 	AllowsCIBA bool
+
+	// AllowedClientAuthMethods restricts which token_endpoint_auth_method
+	// an automatically-registered client may declare — see
+	// federation.AutomaticRegistrationConfig.AllowedClientAuthMethods.
+	// Empty (the default) permits every method. Statically registered
+	// clients are unaffected.
+	AllowedClientAuthMethods []storage.ClientAuthMethod
 }
 
 // FederationConfig configures this server's OpenID Federation 1.0
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 0005182..ba62a0b 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func New(cfg Config, deps Dependencies) (*Server, error) {
 			MaxCacheAge:                  cfg.AutomaticRegistration.MaxCacheAge,
 			AllowsClientCredentialsGrant: cfg.AutomaticRegistration.AllowsClientCredentialsGrant,
 			AllowsCIBA:                   cfg.AutomaticRegistration.AllowsCIBA,
+			AllowedClientAuthMethods:     cfg.AutomaticRegistration.AllowedClientAuthMethods,
 		}, deps.Clock)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("server: config: automatic_registration: %w", err)