diff --git a/src/api/private/auth/auth.controller.ts b/src/api/private/auth/auth.controller.ts
index 84352b6cb..7f509a970 100644
--- a/src/api/private/auth/auth.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/auth/auth.controller.ts
@@ -75,11 +75,18 @@ export class AuthController {
   @Post('local/login')
   @OpenApi(201, 400, 401)
   login(
-    @Req() request: Request & { session: { user: string } },
+    @Req()
+    request: Request & {
+      session: {
+        authProvider: string;
+        user: string;
+      };
+    },
     @Body() loginDto: LoginDto,
   ): void {
     // There is no further testing needed as we only get to this point if LocalAuthGuard was successful
     request.session.user = loginDto.username;
+    request.session.authProvider = 'local';
   }
 
   @UseGuards(SessionGuard)
diff --git a/src/api/private/me/me.controller.ts b/src/api/private/me/me.controller.ts
index 9a93bff17..f8df2d8d4 100644
--- a/src/api/private/me/me.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/me/me.controller.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ import { SessionGuard } from '../../../identity/session.guard';
 import { ConsoleLoggerService } from '../../../logger/console-logger.service';
 import { MediaUploadDto } from '../../../media/media-upload.dto';
 import { MediaService } from '../../../media/media.service';
-import { FullUserInfoDto } from '../../../users/user-info.dto';
+import { UserLoginInfoDto } from '../../../users/user-info.dto';
 import { User } from '../../../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersService } from '../../../users/users.service';
 import { OpenApi } from '../../utils/openapi.decorator';
 import { RequestUser } from '../../utils/request-user.decorator';
+import { SessionAuthProvider } from '../../utils/session-authprovider.decorator';
 
 @UseGuards(SessionGuard)
 @OpenApi(401)
@@ -31,8 +32,11 @@ export class MeController {
 
   @Get()
   @OpenApi(200)
-  getMe(@RequestUser() user: User): FullUserInfoDto {
-    return this.userService.toFullUserDto(user);
+  getMe(
+    @RequestUser() user: User,
+    @SessionAuthProvider() authProvider: string,
+  ): UserInfoDto {
+    return this.userService.toUserLoginInfoDto(user, authProvider);
   }
 
   @Get('media')
diff --git a/src/api/utils/session-authprovider.decorator.ts b/src/api/utils/session-authprovider.decorator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6268b7470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/utils/session-authprovider.decorator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import {
+  createParamDecorator,
+  ExecutionContext,
+  InternalServerErrorException,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Request } from 'express';
+
+/**
+ * Extracts the auth provider identifier from a session inside a request
+ *
+ * Will throw an {@link InternalServerErrorException} if no identifier is present
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+export const SessionAuthProvider = createParamDecorator(
+  (data: unknown, ctx: ExecutionContext) => {
+    const request: Request & {
+      session: {
+        authProvider: string;
+      };
+    } = ctx.switchToHttp().getRequest();
+    if (!request.session?.authProvider) {
+      // We should have an auth provider here, otherwise something is wrong
+      throw new InternalServerErrorException(
+        'Session is missing an auth provider identifier',
+      );
+    }
+    return request.session.authProvider;
+  },
+);
diff --git a/src/users/user-info.dto.ts b/src/users/user-info.dto.ts
index 882a6d86c..29027128d 100644
--- a/src/users/user-info.dto.ts
+++ b/src/users/user-info.dto.ts
@@ -51,3 +51,12 @@ export class FullUserInfoDto extends UserInfoDto {
   @IsString()
   email: string;
 }
+
+export class UserLoginInfoDto extends UserInfoDto {
+  /**
+   * Identifier of the auth provider that was used to log in
+   */
+  @ApiProperty()
+  @IsString()
+  authProvider: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/users/users.service.ts b/src/users/users.service.ts
index 140388b91..ec7d875e2 100644
--- a/src/users/users.service.ts
+++ b/src/users/users.service.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
 
 import { AlreadyInDBError, NotInDBError } from '../errors/errors';
 import { ConsoleLoggerService } from '../logger/console-logger.service';
-import { FullUserInfoDto, UserInfoDto } from './user-info.dto';
+import {
+  FullUserInfoDto,
+  UserInfoDto,
+  UserLoginInfoDto,
+} from './user-info.dto';
 import { UserRelationEnum } from './user-relation.enum';
 import { User } from './user.entity';
 
@@ -131,4 +135,8 @@ export class UsersService {
       email: user.email ?? '',
     };
   }
+
+  toUserLoginInfoDto(user: User, authProvider: string): UserLoginInfoDto {
+    return { ...this.toUserDto(user), authProvider };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/private-api/me.e2e-spec.ts b/test/private-api/me.e2e-spec.ts
index f737afb56..1ba0b6dc5 100644
--- a/test/private-api/me.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/private-api/me.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import request from 'supertest';
 
 import { NotInDBError } from '../../src/errors/errors';
 import { Note } from '../../src/notes/note.entity';
-import { FullUserInfoDto } from '../../src/users/user-info.dto';
+import { UserLoginInfoDto } from '../../src/users/user-info.dto';
 import { User } from '../../src/users/user.entity';
 import { TestSetup, TestSetupBuilder } from '../test-setup';
 
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ describe('Me', () => {
   });
 
   it('GET /me', async () => {
-    const userInfo = testSetup.userService.toFullUserDto(user);
+    const userInfo = testSetup.userService.toUserLoginInfoDto(user, 'local');
     const response = await agent
       .get('/api/private/me')
       .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
       .expect(200);
-    const gotUser = response.body as FullUserInfoDto;
+    const gotUser = response.body as UserLoginInfoDto;
     expect(gotUser).toEqual(userInfo);
   });
 
diff --git a/test/private-api/register-and-login.e2e-spec.ts b/test/private-api/register-and-login.e2e-spec.ts
index 04972d390..79a75484a 100644
--- a/test/private-api/register-and-login.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/private-api/register-and-login.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ describe('Register and Login', () => {
     const profile = await session.get('/api/private/me').expect(200);
     expect(profile.body.username).toEqual(USERNAME);
     expect(profile.body.displayName).toEqual(DISPLAYNAME);
+    expect(profile.body.authProvider).toEqual('local');
 
     // logout again
     await session.delete('/api/private/auth/logout').expect(204);