diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9097c19..d010cd5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ go 1.19
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
 	github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20220506213045-af5ed07155e5
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 00c99b9..b1184c7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8 h1:e6P7q2lk1O+qJJb4BtCQXlK8vWEO8V1ZeuEdJNOqZyg=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
@@ -13,6 +18,23 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20220506213045-af5ed07155e5 h1:erxeiTyq+nw4Cz5+hLDkOwNF5/9IQWCQPv0gpb3+QHU=
 github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20220506213045-af5ed07155e5/go.mod h1:DFSS3NAGHthKo1gTlmEcSBiZrRJXi28rLNd/1udP1c8=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
+golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 h1:Zrh2ngAOFYneWTAIAPethzeaQLuHwhuBkuV6ZiRnUaQ=
+golang.org/x/net v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QVkue5JL9kW//ek3r6jTKnTFis1tRmNAW2P1shuFdJc=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0 h1:Lh8GPgSKBfWSwFvtuWOfeI3aAAnbXTSutYxJiOJFgIw=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0/go.mod h1:ycmewcwgD4Rpr3eZJLSB4Kyyljb3qDh40vJ8STE5HKw=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 h1:FZR1q0exgwxzPzp/aF+VccGrSfxfPpkBqjIIEq3ru6c=
+google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 h1:w43yiav+6bVFTBQFZX0r7ipe9JQ1QsbMgHwbBziscLw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/tailscale/client.go b/tailscale/client.go
index c9646a0..500b808 100644
--- a/tailscale/client.go
+++ b/tailscale/client.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/tailscale/hujson"
+
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2/clientcredentials"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -44,9 +46,18 @@ type (
 
 const baseURL = "https://api.tailscale.com"
 const contentType = "application/json"
+const defaultHttpClientTimeout = time.Minute
 
 // NewClient returns a new instance of the Client type that will perform operations against a chosen tailnet and will
 // provide the apiKey for authorization. Additional options can be provided, see ClientOption for more details.
+//
+// To use OAuth Client credentials pass an empty string as apiKey and use WithOAuthClientCredentials() as below:
+//
+//	client, err := tailscale.NewClient(
+//	"",
+//	tailnet,
+//	tailscale.WithOAuthClientCredentials(oauthClientID, oauthClientSecret, oauthScopes),
+//	)
 func NewClient(apiKey, tailnet string, options ...ClientOption) (*Client, error) {
 	u, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -54,18 +65,26 @@ func NewClient(apiKey, tailnet string, options ...ClientOption) (*Client, error)
 	}
 
 	c := &Client{
-		apiKey:  apiKey,
-		http:    &http.Client{Timeout: time.Minute},
 		baseURL: u,
 		tailnet: tailnet,
 	}
 
+	if apiKey != "" {
+		c.apiKey = apiKey
+		c.http = &http.Client{Timeout: defaultHttpClientTimeout}
+	}
+
 	for _, option := range options {
 		if err = option(c); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
+	// apiKey or WithOAuthClientCredentials will initialize the http client. Fail here if both are not set.
+	if c.apiKey == "" && c.http == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("no authentication credentials provided")
+	}
+
 	return c, nil
 }
 
@@ -82,6 +101,27 @@ func WithBaseURL(baseURL string) ClientOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithOAuthClientCredentials sets the OAuth Client Credentials to use for the Tailscale API.
+func WithOAuthClientCredentials(clientID, clientSecret string, scopes []string) ClientOption {
+	return func(c *Client) error {
+		relTokenURL, err := url.Parse("/api/v2/oauth/token")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		oauthConfig := clientcredentials.Config{
+			ClientID:     clientID,
+			ClientSecret: clientSecret,
+			TokenURL:     c.baseURL.ResolveReference(relTokenURL).String(),
+			Scopes:       scopes,
+		}
+
+		// use context.Background() here, since this is used to refresh the token in the future
+		c.http = oauthConfig.Client(context.Background())
+		c.http.Timeout = defaultHttpClientTimeout
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // TODO: consider setting `headers` and `body` via opts to decrease the number of arguments.
 func (c *Client) buildRequest(ctx context.Context, method, uri string, headers map[string]string, body interface{}) (*http.Request, error) {
 	u, err := c.baseURL.Parse(uri)
@@ -113,7 +153,11 @@ func (c *Client) buildRequest(ctx context.Context, method, uri string, headers m
 		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", contentType)
 	}
 
-	req.SetBasicAuth(c.apiKey, "")
+	// c.apiKey will not be set on the client was configured with WithOAuthClientCredentials()
+	if c.apiKey != "" {
+		req.SetBasicAuth(c.apiKey, "")
+	}
+
 	return req, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/tailscale/tailscale_test.go b/tailscale/tailscale_test.go
index 2168faf..f869511 100644
--- a/tailscale/tailscale_test.go
+++ b/tailscale/tailscale_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func NewTestHarness(t *testing.T) (*tailscale.Client, *TestServer) {
 	})
 
 	baseURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%v", listener.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port)
-	client, err := tailscale.NewClient("", "example.com", tailscale.WithBaseURL(baseURL))
+	client, err := tailscale.NewClient("not a real key", "example.com", tailscale.WithBaseURL(baseURL))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	return client, testServer