diff --git a/src/fastmcp/utilities/mcp_config.py b/src/fastmcp/utilities/mcp_config.py
index 5a2990980..6b4b80b4e 100644
--- a/src/fastmcp/utilities/mcp_config.py
+++ b/src/fastmcp/utilities/mcp_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Annotated, Any, Literal
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from pydantic import AnyUrl, Field
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ class RemoteMCPServer(FastMCPBaseModel):
     url: str
     headers: dict[str, str] = Field(default_factory=dict)
     transport: Literal["streamable-http", "sse", "http"] | None = None
+    auth: Annotated[
+        str | Literal["oauth"] | None,
+        Field(
+            description='Either a string representing a Bearer token or the literal "oauth" to use OAuth authentication.'
+        ),
+    ] = None
 
     def to_transport(self) -> StreamableHttpTransport | SSETransport:
         from fastmcp.client.transports import SSETransport, StreamableHttpTransport
@@ -66,9 +72,11 @@ class RemoteMCPServer(FastMCPBaseModel):
             transport = self.transport
 
         if transport == "sse":
-            return SSETransport(self.url, headers=self.headers)
+            return SSETransport(self.url, headers=self.headers, auth=self.auth)
         else:
-            return StreamableHttpTransport(self.url, headers=self.headers)
+            return StreamableHttpTransport(
+                self.url, headers=self.headers, auth=self.auth
+            )
 
 
 class MCPConfig(FastMCPBaseModel):
diff --git a/tests/utilities/test_mcp_config.py b/tests/utilities/test_mcp_config.py
index ec334153d..f5dee613d 100644
--- a/tests/utilities/test_mcp_config.py
+++ b/tests/utilities/test_mcp_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import inspect
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from fastmcp.client.auth.bearer import BearerAuth
+from fastmcp.client.auth.oauth import OAuthClientProvider
 from fastmcp.client.client import Client
 from fastmcp.client.transports import (
     SSETransport,
@@ -136,3 +138,60 @@ async def test_multi_client(tmp_path: Path):
         result_2 = await client.call_tool("test_2_add", {"a": 1, "b": 2})
         assert result_1[0].text == "3"  # type: ignore[attr-dict]
         assert result_2[0].text == "3"  # type: ignore[attr-dict]
+
+
+async def test_remote_config_default_no_auth():
+    config = {
+        "mcpServers": {
+            "test_server": {
+                "url": "http://localhost:8000",
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    client = Client(config)
+    assert isinstance(client.transport.transport, StreamableHttpTransport)
+    assert client.transport.transport.auth is None
+
+
+async def test_remote_config_with_auth_token():
+    config = {
+        "mcpServers": {
+            "test_server": {
+                "url": "http://localhost:8000",
+                "auth": "test_token",
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    client = Client(config)
+    assert isinstance(client.transport.transport, StreamableHttpTransport)
+    assert isinstance(client.transport.transport.auth, BearerAuth)
+    assert client.transport.transport.auth.token.get_secret_value() == "test_token"
+
+
+async def test_remote_config_sse_with_auth_token():
+    config = {
+        "mcpServers": {
+            "test_server": {
+                "url": "http://localhost:8000/sse",
+                "auth": "test_token",
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    client = Client(config)
+    assert isinstance(client.transport.transport, SSETransport)
+    assert isinstance(client.transport.transport.auth, BearerAuth)
+    assert client.transport.transport.auth.token.get_secret_value() == "test_token"
+
+
+async def test_remote_config_with_oauth_literal():
+    config = {
+        "mcpServers": {
+            "test_server": {
+                "url": "http://localhost:8000",
+                "auth": "oauth",
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    client = Client(config)
+    assert isinstance(client.transport.transport, StreamableHttpTransport)
+    assert isinstance(client.transport.transport.auth, OAuthClientProvider)