diff --git a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/api/implementation.js b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/api/implementation.js
index d397f26bd..1b53ba141 100644
--- a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/api/implementation.js
+++ b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/api/implementation.js
@@ -63,13 +63,6 @@ function getAPIInterface() {
                 } else {
                     throw Error("should never come here");
                 }
-                if (provider.config.validateAccessToken !== undefined) {
-                    yield provider.config.validateAccessToken({
-                        accessToken: oAuthTokensToUse.access_token,
-                        clientConfig: provider.config,
-                        userContext,
-                    });
-                }
                 const userInfo = yield provider.getUserInfo({ oAuthTokens: oAuthTokensToUse, userContext });
                 if (userInfo.email === undefined && provider.config.requireEmail === false) {
                     userInfo.email = {
diff --git a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/custom.js b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/custom.js
index 5637f2aec..05f58e611 100644
--- a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/custom.js
+++ b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/custom.js
@@ -347,6 +347,18 @@ function NewProvider(input) {
                     );
                     rawUserInfoFromProvider.fromUserInfoAPI = userInfoFromAccessToken;
                 }
+                /**
+                 * This is intentionally not part of the above if block. This is because the user may want to validate the access
+                 * token payload even if the user info API has not been provided by the provider. In this case they would get an
+                 * empty object and they can fail if they always expect a non-empty object.
+                 */
+                if (impl.config.validateAccessToken !== undefined) {
+                    yield impl.config.validateAccessToken({
+                        accessTokenPayload: rawUserInfoFromProvider.fromUserInfoAPI,
+                        clientConfig: impl.config,
+                        userContext,
+                    });
+                }
                 const userInfoResult = getSupertokensUserInfoResultFromRawUserInfo(
                     impl.config,
                     rawUserInfoFromProvider
diff --git a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/types.d.ts b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/types.d.ts
index fd51d8d07..a5b666382 100644
--- a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/types.d.ts
+++ b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/types.d.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ declare type CommonProviderConfig = {
      * @param input.userContext Refer to https://supertokens.com/docs/thirdparty/advanced-customizations/user-context
      */
     validateAccessToken?: (input: {
-        accessToken: string;
+        accessTokenPayload: {
+            [key: string]: any;
+        };
         clientConfig: ProviderConfigForClientType;
         userContext: any;
     }) => Promise<void>;
diff --git a/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/api/implementation.ts b/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/api/implementation.ts
index c13458414..f2765d6ce 100644
--- a/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/api/implementation.ts
+++ b/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/api/implementation.ts
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ export default function getAPIInterface(): APIInterface {
                 throw Error("should never come here");
             }
 
-            if (provider.config.validateAccessToken !== undefined) {
-                await provider.config.validateAccessToken({
-                    accessToken: oAuthTokensToUse.access_token,
-                    clientConfig: provider.config,
-                    userContext,
-                });
-            }
-
             const userInfo = await provider.getUserInfo({ oAuthTokens: oAuthTokensToUse, userContext });
 
             if (userInfo.email === undefined && provider.config.requireEmail === false) {
diff --git a/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/custom.ts b/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/custom.ts
index f485d2ad0..6b5fc9531 100644
--- a/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/custom.ts
+++ b/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/custom.ts
@@ -335,6 +335,19 @@ export default function NewProvider(input: ProviderInput): TypeProvider {
                 rawUserInfoFromProvider.fromUserInfoAPI = userInfoFromAccessToken;
             }
 
+            /**
+             * This is intentionally not part of the above if block. This is because the user may want to validate the access
+             * token payload even if the user info API has not been provided by the provider. In this case they would get an
+             * empty object and they can fail if they always expect a non-empty object.
+             */
+            if (impl.config.validateAccessToken !== undefined) {
+                await impl.config.validateAccessToken({
+                    accessTokenPayload: rawUserInfoFromProvider.fromUserInfoAPI,
+                    clientConfig: impl.config,
+                    userContext,
+                });
+            }
+
             const userInfoResult = getSupertokensUserInfoResultFromRawUserInfo(impl.config, rawUserInfoFromProvider);
 
             return {
diff --git a/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/types.ts b/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/types.ts
index 750d44d3d..30a659fec 100644
--- a/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/types.ts
+++ b/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/types.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ type CommonProviderConfig = {
      * @param input.userContext Refer to https://supertokens.com/docs/thirdparty/advanced-customizations/user-context
      */
     validateAccessToken?: (input: {
-        accessToken: string;
+        accessTokenPayload: { [key: string]: any };
         clientConfig: ProviderConfigForClientType;
         userContext: any;
     }) => Promise<void>;