diff --git a/src/modules/Elsa.Persistence.EFCore/Modules/Identity/ShellFeature.cs b/src/modules/Elsa.Persistence.EFCore/Modules/Identity/ShellFeature.cs
index a09f2658b..ed132caf7 100644
--- a/src/modules/Elsa.Persistence.EFCore/Modules/Identity/ShellFeature.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Elsa.Persistence.EFCore/Modules/Identity/ShellFeature.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public abstract class EFCoreIdentityPersistenceShellFeatureBase : PersistenceShe
 {
     protected override void OnConfiguring(IServiceCollection services)
     {
+        services.AddExternalAuthenticationEntityFrameworkCore();
         services.AddScoped<IUserStore, EFCoreUserStore>();
         services.AddScoped<IApplicationStore, EFCoreApplicationStore>();
         services.AddScoped<IRoleStore, EFCoreRoleStore>();
diff --git a/test/integration/Elsa.ExternalAuthentication.IntegrationTests/Persistence/ExternalAuthenticationPersistenceRegistrationTests.cs b/test/integration/Elsa.ExternalAuthentication.IntegrationTests/Persistence/ExternalAuthenticationPersistenceRegistrationTests.cs
index 0077a0235..92fdb3088 100644
--- a/test/integration/Elsa.ExternalAuthentication.IntegrationTests/Persistence/ExternalAuthenticationPersistenceRegistrationTests.cs
+++ b/test/integration/Elsa.ExternalAuthentication.IntegrationTests/Persistence/ExternalAuthenticationPersistenceRegistrationTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using Elsa.ExternalAuthentication.Contracts;
 using Elsa.ExternalAuthentication.Services;
+using Elsa.Persistence.EFCore.Modules.ExternalAuthentication;
+using Elsa.Persistence.EFCore.Sqlite.ShellFeatures.Identity;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Elsa.ExternalAuthentication.IntegrationTests.Persistence;
@@ -17,4 +19,22 @@ public class ExternalAuthenticationPersistenceRegistrationTests
         Assert.IsType<HmacExternalAuthenticationHandleHasher>(
             serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IExternalAuthenticationHandleHasher>());
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SqliteIdentityShellFeatureUsesEntityFrameworkCoreForExternalAuthentication()
+    {
+        var services = new ServiceCollection();
+        services.AddExternalAuthenticationServices();
+
+        var feature = new SqliteIdentityPersistenceShellFeature
+        {
+            ConnectionString = "Data Source=:memory:"
+        };
+        feature.ConfigureServices(services);
+
+        var registration = services.Last(x => x.ServiceType == typeof(IIdentityProviderConnectionStore));
+
+        Assert.Equal(typeof(EFCoreIdentityProviderConnectionStore), registration.ImplementationType);
+        Assert.Equal(ServiceLifetime.Scoped, registration.Lifetime);
+    }
 }