diff --git a/src/app-check/app-check.module.ts b/src/app-check/app-check.module.ts
index b68f848bc..14860e3f1 100644
--- a/src/app-check/app-check.module.ts
+++ b/src/app-check/app-check.module.ts
@@ -16,19 +16,39 @@ import { registerVersion } from 'firebase/app';
 import { AppCheck as FirebaseAppCheck } from 'firebase/app-check';
 import { APP_CHECK_PROVIDER_NAME, AppCheck, AppCheckInstances } from './app-check';
 
-export const PROVIDED_APP_CHECK_INSTANCES = new InjectionToken<AppCheck[]>('angularfire2.app-check-instances');
+export const PROVIDED_APP_CHECK_INSTANCES = new InjectionToken<(AppCheck|undefined)[]>('angularfire2.app-check-instances');
 
-export function defaultAppCheckInstanceFactory(provided: FirebaseAppCheck[]|undefined, defaultApp: FirebaseApp) {
-  const defaultAppCheck = ɵgetDefaultInstanceOf<FirebaseAppCheck>(APP_CHECK_PROVIDER_NAME, provided, defaultApp);
+/**
+ * Set to `true` in a server-only config to run `provideAppCheck` during server rendering.
+ * By default App Check is skipped there, and `AppCheck` injects as `null`.
+ */
+export const APP_CHECK_ON_SERVER = new InjectionToken<boolean>('angularfire2.app-check-on-server', {
+  providedIn: 'root',
+  factory: () => false,
+});
+
+export function defaultAppCheckInstanceFactory(provided: (FirebaseAppCheck|undefined)[]|undefined, defaultApp: FirebaseApp) {
+  // A skipped server render leaves an undefined entry, which ɵgetDefaultInstanceOf cannot read.
+  const providedAppChecks = provided?.filter((appCheck): appCheck is FirebaseAppCheck => !!appCheck);
+  const defaultAppCheck = ɵgetDefaultInstanceOf<FirebaseAppCheck>(APP_CHECK_PROVIDER_NAME, providedAppChecks, defaultApp);
   return defaultAppCheck && new AppCheck(defaultAppCheck);
 }
 
 const LOCALHOSTS = ['localhost', '0.0.0.0', '127.0.0.1'];
 const isLocalhost = typeof window !== 'undefined' && LOCALHOSTS.includes(window.location.hostname);
 
+let warnedServerSkip = false;
+
 export function appCheckInstanceFactory(fn: (injector: Injector) => FirebaseAppCheck) {
    return (zone: NgZone, injector: Injector, platformId: unknown) => {
-    // Node should use admin token provider, browser devmode and localhost should use debug token
+    if (isPlatformServer(platformId) && !injector.get(APP_CHECK_ON_SERVER)) {
+      if (isDevMode() && !warnedServerSkip) {
+        warnedServerSkip = true;
+        console.warn("AngularFire skips App Check during server rendering, so server-side Firebase requests carry no App Check token. To run App Check there, provide APP_CHECK_ON_SERVER as true in your server config. Find more at https://github.com/angular/angularfire/blob/main/docs/app-check.md");
+      }
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    // Browser dev mode and localhost use the debug token
     if (!isPlatformServer(platformId) && (isDevMode() || isLocalhost)) {
       globalThis.FIREBASE_APPCHECK_DEBUG_TOKEN ??= true;
     }
diff --git a/src/app-check/app-check.spec.ts b/src/app-check/app-check.spec.ts
index b51e91e0e..dd88f1e13 100644
--- a/src/app-check/app-check.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app-check/app-check.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { PLATFORM_ID } from '@angular/core';
 import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { FirebaseApp, getApp, initializeApp, provideFirebaseApp } from '@angular/fire/app';
+import { APP_CHECK_ON_SERVER, AppCheck, CustomProvider, initializeAppCheck, provideAppCheck } from '@angular/fire/app-check';
 import { Auth, connectAuthEmulator, getAuth, provideAuth } from '@angular/fire/auth';
 import { COMMON_CONFIG } from '../test-config';
 import { rando } from '../utils';
@@ -37,3 +39,74 @@ describe('Auth', () => {
   });
 
 });
+
+describe('AppCheck', () => {
+  let appName: string;
+  let setupCalls: number;
+
+  const provideTestAppCheck = () => provideAppCheck(() => {
+    setupCalls++;
+    return initializeAppCheck(getApp(appName), {
+      provider: new CustomProvider({ getToken: () => Promise.resolve({ token: 'test-token', expireTimeMillis: Date.now() + 3_600_000 }) }),
+    });
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    appName = rando();
+    setupCalls = 0;
+  });
+
+  it('should skip App Check during server rendering by default', () => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [
+        { provide: PLATFORM_ID, useValue: 'server' },
+        provideFirebaseApp(() => initializeApp(COMMON_CONFIG, appName)),
+        provideTestAppCheck(),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(TestBed.inject(AppCheck)).toBeNull();
+    expect(setupCalls).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should skip every App Check setup during server rendering when provided more than once', () => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [
+        { provide: PLATFORM_ID, useValue: 'server' },
+        provideFirebaseApp(() => initializeApp(COMMON_CONFIG, appName)),
+        provideTestAppCheck(),
+        provideTestAppCheck(),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(TestBed.inject(AppCheck)).toBeNull();
+    expect(setupCalls).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should run App Check during server rendering when APP_CHECK_ON_SERVER is true', () => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [
+        { provide: PLATFORM_ID, useValue: 'server' },
+        { provide: APP_CHECK_ON_SERVER, useValue: true },
+        provideFirebaseApp(() => initializeApp(COMMON_CONFIG, appName)),
+        provideTestAppCheck(),
+      ],
+    });
+    const appCheck = TestBed.inject(AppCheck);
+    expect(setupCalls).toBe(1);
+    expect(appCheck).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(appCheck.app).toEqual(TestBed.inject(FirebaseApp));
+  });
+
+  it('should run App Check in the browser', () => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [
+        provideFirebaseApp(() => initializeApp(COMMON_CONFIG, appName)),
+        provideTestAppCheck(),
+      ],
+    });
+    const appCheck = TestBed.inject(AppCheck);
+    expect(setupCalls).toBe(1);
+    expect(appCheck).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(appCheck.app).toEqual(TestBed.inject(FirebaseApp));
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app-check/public_api.ts b/src/app-check/public_api.ts
index bab774cf3..c5704ef08 100644
--- a/src/app-check/public_api.ts
+++ b/src/app-check/public_api.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export { AppCheck, appCheckInstance$, AppCheckInstances } from './app-check';
-export { provideAppCheck, AppCheckModule } from './app-check.module';
+export { provideAppCheck, AppCheckModule, APP_CHECK_ON_SERVER } from './app-check.module';
 export * from './firebase';