diff --git a/src/client/auth.test.ts b/src/client/auth.test.ts
index 8155e134..28adbe41 100644
--- a/src/client/auth.test.ts
+++ b/src/client/auth.test.ts
@@ -1476,5 +1476,63 @@ describe("OAuth Authorization", () => {
       expect(body.get("grant_type")).toBe("refresh_token");
       expect(body.get("refresh_token")).toBe("refresh123");
     });
+
+    it("fetches AS metadata with path from serverUrl when PRM returns external AS", async () => {
+      // Mock PRM discovery that returns an external AS
+      mockFetch.mockImplementation((url) => {
+        const urlString = url.toString();
+
+        if (urlString === "https://my.resource.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource") {
+          return Promise.resolve({
+            ok: true,
+            status: 200,
+            json: async () => ({
+              resource: "https://my.resource.com/",
+              authorization_servers: ["https://auth.example.com/"],
+            }),
+          });
+        } else if (urlString === "https://auth.example.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/path/name") {
+          // Path-aware discovery on AS with path from serverUrl
+          return Promise.resolve({
+            ok: true,
+            status: 200,
+            json: async () => ({
+              issuer: "https://auth.example.com",
+              authorization_endpoint: "https://auth.example.com/authorize",
+              token_endpoint: "https://auth.example.com/token",
+              response_types_supported: ["code"],
+              code_challenge_methods_supported: ["S256"],
+            }),
+          });
+        }
+
+        return Promise.resolve({ ok: false, status: 404 });
+      });
+
+      // Mock provider methods
+      (mockProvider.clientInformation as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({
+        client_id: "test-client",
+        client_secret: "test-secret",
+      });
+      (mockProvider.tokens as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      (mockProvider.saveCodeVerifier as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      (mockProvider.redirectToAuthorization as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+      // Call auth with serverUrl that has a path
+      const result = await auth(mockProvider, {
+        serverUrl: "https://my.resource.com/path/name",
+      });
+
+      expect(result).toBe("REDIRECT");
+
+      // Verify the correct URLs were fetched
+      const calls = mockFetch.mock.calls;
+      
+      // First call should be to PRM
+      expect(calls[0][0].toString()).toBe("https://my.resource.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource");
+      
+      // Second call should be to AS metadata with the path from serverUrl
+      expect(calls[1][0].toString()).toBe("https://auth.example.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/path/name");
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/client/auth.ts b/src/client/auth.ts
index 71101a42..e84bbe18 100644
--- a/src/client/auth.ts
+++ b/src/client/auth.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ export async function auth(
 
   const resource: URL | undefined = await selectResourceURL(serverUrl, provider, resourceMetadata);
 
-  const metadata = await discoverOAuthMetadata(authorizationServerUrl);
+  const metadata = await discoverOAuthMetadata(serverUrl, {
+    authorizationServerUrl
+  });
 
   // Handle client registration if needed
   let clientInformation = await Promise.resolve(provider.clientInformation());
@@ -354,15 +356,27 @@ function shouldAttemptFallback(response: Response | undefined, pathname: string)
  * return `undefined`. Any other errors will be thrown as exceptions.
  */
 export async function discoverOAuthMetadata(
-  authorizationServerUrl: string | URL,
-  opts?: { protocolVersion?: string },
+  issuer: string | URL,
+  {
+    authorizationServerUrl
+  }: {
+    authorizationServerUrl?: string | URL
+  } = {},
 ): Promise<OAuthMetadata | undefined> {
-  const issuer = new URL(authorizationServerUrl);
-  const protocolVersion = opts?.protocolVersion ?? LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION;
+  if (typeof issuer === 'string') {
+    issuer = new URL(issuer);
+  }
+  if (!authorizationServerUrl) {
+    authorizationServerUrl = issuer;
+  }
+  if (typeof authorizationServerUrl === 'string') {
+    authorizationServerUrl = new URL(authorizationServerUrl);
+  }
+  protocolVersion ??= LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION;
 
   // Try path-aware discovery first (RFC 8414 compliant)
   const wellKnownPath = buildWellKnownPath(issuer.pathname);
-  const pathAwareUrl = new URL(wellKnownPath, issuer);
+  const pathAwareUrl = new URL(wellKnownPath, authorizationServerUrl);
   let response = await tryMetadataDiscovery(pathAwareUrl, protocolVersion);
 
   // If path-aware discovery fails with 404, try fallback to root discovery