diff --git a/app/models/concerns/user/omniauthable.rb b/app/models/concerns/user/omniauthable.rb
index 10baa890d8..d1855c7283 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/user/omniauthable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/user/omniauthable.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module User::Omniauthable
       # Note that this may leave zombie accounts (with no associated identity) which
       # can be cleaned up at a later date.
       user   = signed_in_resource || identity.user
+      user ||= reattach_for_oauth(auth)
       user ||= create_for_oauth(auth)
 
       if identity.user.nil?
@@ -39,19 +40,33 @@ module User::Omniauthable
       user
     end
 
+    def reattach_for_oauth(auth)
+      # If allowed, check if a user exists with the provided email address,
+      # and return it if they does not have an associated identity with the
+      # current authentication provider.
+
+      # This can be used to provide a choice of alternative auth providers
+      # or provide smooth gradual transition between multiple auth providers,
+      # but this is discouraged because any insecure provider will put *all*
+      # local users at risk, regardless of which provider they registered with.
+
+      return unless ENV['ALLOW_UNSAFE_AUTH_PROVIDER_REATTACH'] == 'true'
+
+      email, email_is_verified = email_from_oauth(auth)
+      return unless email_is_verified
+
+      user = User.find_by(email: email)
+      return if user.nil? || Identity.exists?(provider: auth.provider, user_id: user.id)
+
+      user
+    end
+
     def create_for_oauth(auth)
-      # Check if the user exists with provided email. If no email was provided,
+      # Create a user for the given auth params. If no email was provided,
       # we assign a temporary email and ask the user to verify it on
       # the next step via Auth::SetupController.show
 
-      strategy          = Devise.omniauth_configs[auth.provider.to_sym].strategy
-      assume_verified   = strategy&.security&.assume_email_is_verified
-      email_is_verified = auth.info.verified || auth.info.verified_email || auth.info.email_verified || assume_verified
-      email             = auth.info.verified_email || auth.info.email
-
-      user = User.find_by(email: email) if email_is_verified
-
-      return user unless user.nil? && !Identity.exists?(provider: auth.provider, user_id: user.id)
+      email, email_is_verified = email_from_oauth(auth)
 
       user = User.new(user_params_from_auth(email, auth))
 
@@ -68,6 +83,15 @@ module User::Omniauthable
 
     private
 
+    def email_from_oauth(auth)
+      strategy          = Devise.omniauth_configs[auth.provider.to_sym].strategy
+      assume_verified   = strategy&.security&.assume_email_is_verified
+      email_is_verified = auth.info.verified || auth.info.verified_email || auth.info.email_verified || assume_verified
+      email             = auth.info.verified_email || auth.info.email
+
+      [email, email_is_verified]
+    end
+
     def user_params_from_auth(email, auth)
       {
         email: email || "#{TEMP_EMAIL_PREFIX}-#{auth.uid}-#{auth.provider}.com",