diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/swagger/swagger.ts b/packages/runtime/src/swagger/swagger.ts
index 275e9daf8..afa56d093 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/swagger/swagger.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/swagger/swagger.ts
@@ -346,6 +346,11 @@ export namespace Swagger {
     bearerFormat?: string;
   }
 
+  export interface OpenIDSecurity extends BaseSecurity {
+    type: 'openIdConnect';
+    openIdConnectUrl: string;
+  }
+
   export interface OAuth2Security3 extends BaseSecurity {
     type: 'oauth2';
     flows: OAuthFlow;
@@ -396,6 +401,7 @@ export namespace Swagger {
     | BasicSecurity
     | BasicSecurity3
     | BearerSecurity3
+    | OpenIDSecurity
     | OAuth2AccessCodeSecurity
     | OAuth2ApplicationSecurity
     | OAuth2ImplicitSecurity
diff --git a/tests/unit/swagger/schemaDetails.spec.ts b/tests/unit/swagger/schemaDetails.spec.ts
index 4a6f0518c..444966e21 100644
--- a/tests/unit/swagger/schemaDetails.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/swagger/schemaDetails.spec.ts
@@ -770,5 +770,26 @@ describe('Schema details generation', () => {
       // Assert
       expect(errToTest!.message).to.match(/Swagger 2.0 does not support "http" security scheme/);
     });
+
+    it('should reject openId security scheme for OAS2', () => {
+      const optionsWithOpenId = Object.assign({}, getDefaultExtendedOptions(), {
+        securityDefinitions: {
+          openid_auth: {
+            type: 'openIdConnect',
+            url: 'https://example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration',
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      let errToTest: Error | null = null;
+      try {
+        const metadata = new MetadataGenerator('./fixtures/controllers/exampleController.ts').Generate();
+        new SpecGenerator2(metadata, optionsWithOpenId).GetSpec();
+      } catch (err: any) {
+        errToTest = err;
+      }
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(errToTest!.message).to.match(/Swagger 2.0 does not support "openIdConnect" security scheme/);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/swagger/schemaDetails3.spec.ts b/tests/unit/swagger/schemaDetails3.spec.ts
index 7bc0358e1..79ae260df 100644
--- a/tests/unit/swagger/schemaDetails3.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/swagger/schemaDetails3.spec.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,26 @@ describe('Definition generation for OpenAPI 3.0.0', () => {
         bearer,
       });
     });
+
+    it('should allow openId scheme', () => {
+      const openId: Swagger.OpenIDSecurity = {
+        type: 'openIdConnect',
+        openIdConnectUrl: 'https://example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration'
+      };
+      const optionsWithOpenId = Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, {
+        securityDefinitions: {
+          openId,
+        },
+      });
+
+      const metadata = new MetadataGenerator('./fixtures/controllers/exampleController.ts').Generate();
+      const exampleSpec = new SpecGenerator3(metadata, optionsWithOpenId).GetSpec();
+
+      expect(exampleSpec.components.securitySchemes).to.eql({
+        openId,
+      });
+    });
+
   });
 
   describe('example comment', () => {