diff --git a/client/transport/oauth.go b/client/transport/oauth.go
index f849a4854..ae184a22b 100644
--- a/client/transport/oauth.go
+++ b/client/transport/oauth.go
@@ -398,6 +398,36 @@ func (h *OAuthHandler) getServerMetadata(ctx context.Context) (*AuthServerMetada
 
 		// If we can't get the protected resource metadata, try OAuth Authorization Server discovery
 		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+			// RFC 9728 allows the server to advertise a protected resource metadata URL
+			// via the WWW-Authenticate header when direct discovery fails.
+			if resourceMetadataURL := extractResourceMetadataURL(resp.Header.Values("WWW-Authenticate")); resourceMetadataURL != "" {
+				protectedResource, err := h.fetchProtectedResourceFromURL(ctx, resourceMetadataURL)
+				if err == nil && len(protectedResource.AuthorizationServers) > 0 {
+					authServerURL := protectedResource.AuthorizationServers[0]
+					authMetadataURL, err := buildWellKnownURL(authServerURL, "oauth-authorization-server")
+					if err == nil {
+						h.fetchMetadataFromURL(ctx, authMetadataURL)
+						if h.serverMetadata != nil {
+							return
+						}
+					}
+
+					openidMetadataURL, err := buildWellKnownURL(authServerURL, "openid-configuration")
+					if err == nil {
+						h.fetchMetadataFromURL(ctx, openidMetadataURL)
+						if h.serverMetadata != nil {
+							return
+						}
+					}
+
+					metadata, err := h.getDefaultEndpoints(authServerURL)
+					if err == nil {
+						h.serverMetadata = metadata
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
 			authMetadataURL, err := buildWellKnownURL(baseURL, "oauth-authorization-server")
 			if err != nil {
 				h.metadataFetchErr = fmt.Errorf("failed to build authorization server metadata URL: %w", err)
@@ -495,6 +525,57 @@ func buildWellKnownURL(baseURL string, suffix string) (string, error) {
 	return root + "/.well-known/" + suffix + path, nil
 }
 
+func extractResourceMetadataURL(wwwAuthenticateHeaders []string) string {
+	for _, header := range wwwAuthenticateHeaders {
+		for _, param := range strings.Split(header, ",") {
+			param = strings.TrimSpace(param)
+			if param == "" {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			key, value, found := strings.Cut(param, "=")
+			if !found || !strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(key), "resource_metadata") {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			value = strings.TrimSpace(value)
+			value = strings.Trim(value, "\"")
+			if value != "" {
+				return value
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (h *OAuthHandler) fetchProtectedResourceFromURL(ctx context.Context, protectedResourceURL string) (*OAuthProtectedResource, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, protectedResourceURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create protected resource request: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set("MCP-Protocol-Version", "2025-03-26")
+
+	resp, err := h.httpClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to send protected resource request: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("protected resource request failed with status %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	var protectedResource OAuthProtectedResource
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&protectedResource); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode protected resource response: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return &protectedResource, nil
+}
+
 // fetchMetadataFromURL fetches and parses OAuth server metadata from a URL
 func (h *OAuthHandler) fetchMetadataFromURL(ctx context.Context, metadataURL string) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, metadataURL, nil)
diff --git a/client/transport/oauth_test.go b/client/transport/oauth_test.go
index 2ddca1636..cf444a692 100644
--- a/client/transport/oauth_test.go
+++ b/client/transport/oauth_test.go
@@ -987,6 +987,106 @@ func TestOAuthHandler_GetServerMetadata_PathAwareDiscovery(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, server.URL+"/oauth/googledrive/token", metadata.TokenEndpoint)
 }
 
+func TestOAuthHandler_GetServerMetadata_UsesResourceMetadataHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	protectedResourceRequested := false
+	headerResourceMetadataRequested := false
+	authServerRequested := false
+
+	var server *httptest.Server
+	server = httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource":
+			protectedResourceRequested = true
+			w.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", `Bearer error="invalid_request", resource_metadata="`+server.URL+`/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/googledrive"`)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
+		case "/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/googledrive":
+			headerResourceMetadataRequested = true
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(OAuthProtectedResource{
+				AuthorizationServers: []string{server.URL + "/oauth/googledrive"},
+			})
+		case "/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/oauth/googledrive":
+			authServerRequested = true
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(AuthServerMetadata{
+				Issuer:                server.URL + "/oauth/googledrive",
+				AuthorizationEndpoint: server.URL + "/oauth/googledrive/authorize",
+				TokenEndpoint:         server.URL + "/oauth/googledrive/token",
+				RegistrationEndpoint:  server.URL + "/oauth/googledrive/register",
+			})
+		default:
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	handler := NewOAuthHandler(OAuthConfig{
+		ClientID:    "test-client",
+		RedirectURI: "http://localhost/callback",
+		TokenStore:  NewMemoryTokenStore(),
+	})
+	handler.SetBaseURL(server.URL)
+
+	metadata, err := handler.GetServerMetadata(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, protectedResourceRequested)
+	assert.True(t, headerResourceMetadataRequested)
+	assert.True(t, authServerRequested)
+	assert.Equal(t, server.URL+"/oauth/googledrive", metadata.Issuer)
+	assert.Equal(t, server.URL+"/oauth/googledrive/authorize", metadata.AuthorizationEndpoint)
+	assert.Equal(t, server.URL+"/oauth/googledrive/token", metadata.TokenEndpoint)
+}
+
+func TestOAuthHandler_GetServerMetadata_UsesResourceMetadataHeaderWithWhitespace(t *testing.T) {
+	protectedResourceRequested := false
+	headerResourceMetadataRequested := false
+	authServerRequested := false
+
+	var server *httptest.Server
+	server = httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource":
+			protectedResourceRequested = true
+			w.Header().Add("WWW-Authenticate", `Bearer error="invalid_request", resource_metadata = "`+server.URL+`/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/googledrive"`)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
+		case "/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/googledrive":
+			headerResourceMetadataRequested = true
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(OAuthProtectedResource{
+				AuthorizationServers: []string{server.URL + "/oauth/googledrive"},
+			})
+		case "/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/oauth/googledrive":
+			authServerRequested = true
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(AuthServerMetadata{
+				Issuer:                server.URL + "/oauth/googledrive",
+				AuthorizationEndpoint: server.URL + "/oauth/googledrive/authorize",
+				TokenEndpoint:         server.URL + "/oauth/googledrive/token",
+				RegistrationEndpoint:  server.URL + "/oauth/googledrive/register",
+			})
+		default:
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	handler := NewOAuthHandler(OAuthConfig{
+		ClientID:    "test-client",
+		RedirectURI: "http://localhost/callback",
+		TokenStore:  NewMemoryTokenStore(),
+	})
+	handler.SetBaseURL(server.URL)
+
+	metadata, err := handler.GetServerMetadata(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, protectedResourceRequested)
+	assert.True(t, headerResourceMetadataRequested)
+	assert.True(t, authServerRequested)
+	assert.Equal(t, server.URL+"/oauth/googledrive", metadata.Issuer)
+	assert.Equal(t, server.URL+"/oauth/googledrive/authorize", metadata.AuthorizationEndpoint)
+	assert.Equal(t, server.URL+"/oauth/googledrive/token", metadata.TokenEndpoint)
+}
+
 // TestOAuthHandler_RefreshToken_GitHubErrorIn200Response tests that we properly detect
 // GitHub's non-spec-compliant behavior of returning HTTP 200 with error details in the JSON body
 func TestOAuthHandler_RefreshToken_GitHubErrorIn200Response(t *testing.T) {