diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b7e9b8f721..f7ff525918e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Should be refactored and removed once on Java EE 8 -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr353</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <!-- required by org.swordapp.server.sword2-server -->
             <groupId>com.io7m.xom</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParser.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParser.java
index e0cd9d6a6da..608ea83fdd9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParser.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.providers;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr353.JSR353Module;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.exceptions.AuthenticationProviderConfigurationException;
 import org.everit.json.schema.Schema;
 import org.everit.json.schema.ValidationException;
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.json.JSONTokener;
 
+import javax.json.Json;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -44,6 +48,11 @@ public static boolean validate(String rawJson) throws AuthenticationProviderConf
         }
     }
     
+    public static JsonObject serialize(AuthenticationProviderConfiguration config) {
+        mapper.registerModule(new JSR353Module());
+        return mapper.convertValue(config, JsonObject.class);
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Fetch the schema and process into usable validator based on https://github.com/everit-org/json-schema
      * @return The schema object, to be used as validator
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderOptions.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderOptions.java
index 792843f032e..449121f1151 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderOptions.java
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
         return false;
     }
     
+    public String toString() {
+        return
+        "client_id: "+this.oauthClientId+", "+
+        "client_secret: "+this.oauthClientSecret+", "+
+        "user_endpoint: "+this.oauthUserEndpoint+", "+
+        "issuer: "+this.oidcIssuerUrl+", "+
+        "passive_login: "+this.shibPassiveLogin;
+    }
+    
     public static class AuthenticationProviderOptionsConverter implements AttributeConverter<AuthenticationProviderOptions, String> {
         @Override
         public String convertToDatabaseColumn(AuthenticationProviderOptions authenticationProviderOptions) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParserTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParserTest.java
index 5315fb7bad6..125a65551bc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParserTest.java
@@ -1,33 +1,27 @@
 package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.providers;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.exceptions.AuthenticationProviderConfigurationException;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.net.URL;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 
 class AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParserTest {
     
-    @BeforeAll
-    static void loadAuthSchema() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
-        /* Non working code. NPE. Can't we access resources from main in a test?
-        Path file = Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemResource("schemas/auth-provider-schema.json").toURI());
-        String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(file), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        System.out.println(content);
-        */
-    }
+    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
     
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(strings = {"minimal-valid.json", "title-i18n-valid.json"})
@@ -40,6 +34,32 @@ void parseValid(String filename) throws Exception {
         assertNotNull(config);
     }
     
+    @Test
+    void testUnmarshallingDeepForOptions() throws Exception {
+        Path file = Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemResource("auth-providers/options-unmarshal-test.json").toURI());
+        String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(file), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    
+        AuthenticationProviderConfiguration config = AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParser.parse(content);
+    
+        List<String> expect = Arrays.asList("client_id","test","client_secret","test");
+        assertThat(config.options().toString(), stringContainsInOrder(expect));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    void testSerialization() throws Exception {
+        // given
+        Path file = Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemResource("auth-providers/options-unmarshal-test.json").toURI());
+        String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(file), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        AuthenticationProviderConfiguration config = AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParser.parse(content);
+ 
+        // when
+        JsonObject test = AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParser.serialize(config);
+        
+        //then
+        assertNotNull(test);
+        assertEquals(mapper.writeValueAsString(config), test.toString());
+    }
+    
     @Test
     void testValidatorLoading() throws Exception {
         assertDoesNotThrow(() -> AuthenticationProviderConfigurationParser.getValidator());
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderOptionsTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderOptionsTest.java
index a19f6fb2f9b..be70a2cb460 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderOptionsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/AuthenticationProviderOptionsTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ void testUnmarshaling() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(expect, opts);
     }
     
+    @Test
+    void testUnmarshalingPartial() throws Exception {
+        // given
+        String json = "{\"client_id\": \"test\", \"client_secret\": \"test\" }";
+        AuthenticationProviderOptions expect = new AuthenticationProviderOptions();
+        expect.oauthClientId = "test";
+        expect.oauthClientSecret = "test";
+        
+        // when
+        AuthenticationProviderOptions opts = mapper.readValue(json, AuthenticationProviderOptions.class);
+        // then
+        assertEquals(expect, opts);
+    }
+    
     @Test
     void testMarshalingComplete() throws Exception {
         // given
diff --git a/src/test/resources/auth-providers/options-unmarshal-test.json b/src/test/resources/auth-providers/options-unmarshal-test.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3190361a497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/auth-providers/options-unmarshal-test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "id": "test",
+    "type": "test",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "title": {
+        "en": "test"
+    },
+    "options": {
+        "client_id": "test",
+        "client_secret": "test"
+    }
+}
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