diff --git a/app/routes/auth/login.tsx b/app/routes/auth/login.tsx
index 107fd48..d7fa760 100644
--- a/app/routes/auth/login.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/auth/login.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import Input from '~/components/Input';
 import type { Key } from '~/types';
 import { pull } from '~/utils/headscale';
 import { noContext } from '~/utils/log';
+import { oidcEnabled } from '~/utils/oidc';
 import { commitSession, getSession } from '~/utils/sessions.server';
 import type { AppContext } from '~server/context/app';
 
@@ -33,12 +34,12 @@ export async function loader({
 
 	// Only set if OIDC is properly enabled anyways
 	const ctx = context.context;
-	if (ctx.oidc?.disable_api_key_login) {
+	if (oidcEnabled() && ctx.oidc?.disable_api_key_login) {
 		return redirect('/oidc/start');
 	}
 
 	return {
-		oidc: ctx.oidc?.issuer,
+		oidc: oidcEnabled(),
 		apiKey: !ctx.oidc?.disable_api_key_login,
 	};
 }
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ export default function Page() {
 						</Button>
 					</Form>
 				) : undefined}
-				{data.oidc ? (
+				{data.oidc === true ? (
 					<Form method="POST">
 						{!data.apiKey ? (
 							<Card.Text className="mb-6">
diff --git a/app/utils/oidc.ts b/app/utils/oidc.ts
index 8a69023..2b662c8 100644
--- a/app/utils/oidc.ts
+++ b/app/utils/oidc.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import * as client from 'openid-client';
-import log from '~/utils/log';
 import type { AppContext } from '~server/context/app';
+import log from '~server/utils/log';
 
 type OidcConfig = NonNullable<AppContext['context']['oidc']>;
 declare global {
 	const __PREFIX__: string;
+	const __oidc_context: {
+		valid: boolean;
+		secret: string;
+	};
 }
 
 // We try our best to infer the callback URI of our Headplane instance
@@ -35,6 +40,57 @@ export function getRedirectUri(req: Request) {
 	return url.href;
 }
 
+let oidcSecret: string | undefined = undefined;
+export function getOidcSecret() {
+	return oidcSecret;
+}
+
+async function resolveClientSecret(oidc: OidcConfig) {
+	if (!oidc.client_secret && !oidc.client_secret_path) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (oidc.client_secret_path) {
+		// We need to interpolate environment variables into the path
+		// Path formatting can be like ${ENV_NAME}/path/to/secret
+		let path = oidc.client_secret_path;
+		const matches = path.match(/\${(.*?)}/g);
+
+		if (matches) {
+			for (const match of matches) {
+				const env = match.slice(2, -1);
+				const value = process.env[env];
+				if (!value) {
+					log.error('CFGX', 'Environment variable %s is not set', env);
+					return;
+				}
+
+				log.debug('CFGX', 'Interpolating %s with %s', match, value);
+				path = path.replace(match, value);
+			}
+		}
+
+		try {
+			log.debug('CFGX', 'Reading client secret from %s', path);
+			const secret = await readFile(path, 'utf-8');
+			if (secret.trim().length === 0) {
+				log.error('CFGX', 'Empty OIDC client secret');
+				return;
+			}
+
+			oidcSecret = secret;
+		} catch (error) {
+			log.error('CFGX', 'Failed to read client secret from %s', path);
+			log.error('CFGX', 'Error: %s', error);
+			log.debug('CFGX', 'Error details: %o', error);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (oidc.client_secret) {
+		oidcSecret = oidc.client_secret;
+	}
+}
+
 function clientAuthMethod(
 	method: string,
 ): (secret: string) => client.ClientAuth {
@@ -55,7 +111,7 @@ export async function beginAuthFlow(oidc: OidcConfig, redirect_uri: string) {
 		new URL(oidc.issuer),
 		oidc.client_id,
 		oidc.client_secret,
-		clientAuthMethod(oidc.token_endpoint_auth_method)(oidc.client_secret),
+		clientAuthMethod(oidc.token_endpoint_auth_method)(__oidc_context.secret),
 	);
 
 	const codeVerifier = client.randomPKCECodeVerifier();
@@ -97,7 +153,7 @@ export async function finishAuthFlow(oidc: OidcConfig, options: FlowOptions) {
 		new URL(oidc.issuer),
 		oidc.client_id,
 		oidc.client_secret,
-		clientAuthMethod(oidc.token_endpoint_auth_method)(oidc.client_secret),
+		clientAuthMethod(oidc.token_endpoint_auth_method)(__oidc_context.secret),
 	);
 
 	let subject: string;
@@ -203,13 +259,27 @@ export function formatError(error: unknown) {
 	};
 }
 
+export function oidcEnabled() {
+	return __oidc_valid;
+}
+
 export async function testOidc(oidc: OidcConfig) {
+	await resolveClientSecret(oidc);
+	if (!oidcSecret) {
+		log.debug(
+			'OIDC',
+			'Cannot validate OIDC configuration without a client secret',
+		);
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	log.debug('OIDC', 'Discovering OIDC configuration from %s', oidc.issuer);
+	const secret = await resolveClientSecret(oidc);
 	const config = await client.discovery(
 		new URL(oidc.issuer),
 		oidc.client_id,
 		oidc.client_secret,
-		clientAuthMethod(oidc.token_endpoint_auth_method)(oidc.client_secret),
+		clientAuthMethod(oidc.token_endpoint_auth_method)(oidcSecret),
 	);
 
 	const meta = config.serverMetadata();
@@ -240,13 +310,9 @@ export async function testOidc(oidc: OidcConfig) {
 				'OIDC server does not support %s',
 				oidc.token_endpoint_auth_method,
 			);
+
 			return false;
 		}
-	} else {
-		log.warn(
-			'OIDC',
-			'OIDC server does not advertise token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported',
-		);
 	}
 
 	log.debug('OIDC', 'OIDC configuration is valid');
diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index 4aeff9c..df4ac7a 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,15 @@ integration:
 oidc:
     issuer: "https://accounts.google.com"
     client_id: "your-client-id"
+
+    # The client secret for the OIDC client
+    # Either this or `client_secret_path` must be set for OIDC to work
     client_secret: "<your-client-secret>"
+    # You can alternatively set `client_secret_path` to read the secret from disk.
+    # The path specified can resolve environment variables, making integration
+    # with systemd's `LoadCredential` straightforward:
+    # client_secret_path: "${CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY}/oidc_client_secret"
+
     disable_api_key_login: false
     token_endpoint_auth_method: "client_secret_post"
 
diff --git a/server/context/loader.ts b/server/context/loader.ts
index 91fcadf..f97b703 100644
--- a/server/context/loader.ts
+++ b/server/context/loader.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { env } from 'node:process';
 import { type } from 'arktype';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import { parseDocument } from 'yaml';
-import { testOidc } from '~/utils/oidc';
+import { getOidcSecret, testOidc } from '~/utils/oidc';
 import log, { hpServer_loadLogger } from '~server/utils/log';
 import mutex from '~server/utils/mutex';
 import { HeadplaneConfig, coalesceConfig, validateConfig } from './parser';
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ declare namespace globalThis {
 		config_strict?: boolean;
 	};
 
+	let __oidc_context: {
+		valid: boolean;
+		secret: string;
+	};
+
 	let __integration_context: HeadplaneConfig['integration'];
 }
 
@@ -113,8 +118,27 @@ export async function hp_loadConfig() {
 		process.exit(1);
 	}
 
-	if (config.oidc?.strict_validation) {
-		testOidc(config.oidc);
+	// OIDC Related Checks
+	if (config.oidc) {
+		if (!config.oidc.client_secret && !config.oidc.client_secret_path) {
+			log.error('CFGX', 'OIDC configuration is missing a secret, disabling');
+			log.error(
+				'CFGX',
+				'Please specify either `oidc.client_secret` or `oidc.client_secret_path`',
+			);
+		}
+
+		if (config.oidc?.strict_validation) {
+			const result = await testOidc(config.oidc);
+			if (!result) {
+				log.error('CFGX', 'OIDC configuration failed validation, disabling');
+			}
+
+			globalThis.__oidc_context = {
+				valid: result,
+				secret: getOidcSecret() ?? '',
+			};
+		}
 	}
 
 	globalThis.__cookie_context = {
diff --git a/server/context/parser.ts b/server/context/parser.ts
index 303c6e7..b324990 100644
--- a/server/context/parser.ts
+++ b/server/context/parser.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ const serverConfig = type({
 const oidcConfig = type({
 	issuer: 'string.url',
 	client_id: 'string',
-	client_secret: 'string',
+	client_secret: 'string?',
+	client_secret_path: 'string?',
 	token_endpoint_auth_method:
 		'"client_secret_basic" | "client_secret_post" | "client_secret_jwt"',
 	redirect_uri: 'string.url?',