diff --git a/routers/web/auth/oauth.go b/routers/web/auth/oauth.go
index 9968fbe6a6..60229bc873 100644
--- a/routers/web/auth/oauth.go
+++ b/routers/web/auth/oauth.go
@@ -951,10 +951,16 @@ func SignInOAuthCallback(ctx *context.Context) {
 			return
 		} else if !setting.Service.AllowOnlyInternalRegistration && setting.OAuth2Client.EnableAutoRegistration {
 			// create new user with details from oauth2 provider
-			var missingFields []string
 			if gothUser.UserID == "" {
-				missingFields = append(missingFields, "sub")
+				log.Error("OAuth2 Provider %s returned empty or missing field: UserID", authSource.Name)
+				if authSource.IsOAuth2() && authSource.Cfg.(*oauth2.Source).Provider == "openidConnect" {
+					log.Error("You may need to change the 'OPENID_CONNECT_SCOPES' setting to request all required fields")
+				}
+				err = fmt.Errorf("OAuth2 Provider %s returned empty or missing field: UserID", authSource.Name)
+				ctx.ServerError("CreateUser", err)
+				return
 			}
+			var missingFields []string
 			if gothUser.Email == "" {
 				missingFields = append(missingFields, "email")
 			}
@@ -962,12 +968,10 @@ func SignInOAuthCallback(ctx *context.Context) {
 				missingFields = append(missingFields, "nickname")
 			}
 			if len(missingFields) > 0 {
-				log.Error("OAuth2 Provider %s returned empty or missing fields: %s", authSource.Name, missingFields)
-				if authSource.IsOAuth2() && authSource.Cfg.(*oauth2.Source).Provider == "openidConnect" {
-					log.Error("You may need to change the 'OPENID_CONNECT_SCOPES' setting to request all required fields")
-				}
-				err = fmt.Errorf("OAuth2 Provider %s returned empty or missing fields: %s", authSource.Name, missingFields)
-				ctx.ServerError("CreateUser", err)
+				// we don't have enough information to create an account automatically,
+				// so we prompt the user for the remaining bits
+				log.Trace("OAuth2 Provider %s returned empty or missing fields: %s, prompting the user for them", authSource.Name, missingFields)
+				showLinkingLogin(ctx, gothUser)
 				return
 			}
 			u = &user_model.User{
diff --git a/tests/integration/oauth_test.go b/tests/integration/oauth_test.go
index 4a00d73a02..fed73696e3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/oauth_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/oauth_test.go
@@ -469,3 +469,30 @@ func TestSignInOAuthCallbackSignIn(t *testing.T) {
 	userAfterLogin := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &user_model.User{ID: userGitLab.ID})
 	assert.Greater(t, userAfterLogin.LastLoginUnix, userGitLab.LastLoginUnix)
 }
+
+func TestSignUpViaOAuthWithMissingFields(t *testing.T) {
+	defer tests.PrepareTestEnv(t)()
+	// enable auto-creation of accounts via OAuth2
+	enableAutoRegistration := setting.OAuth2Client.EnableAutoRegistration
+	setting.OAuth2Client.EnableAutoRegistration = true
+	defer func() {
+		setting.OAuth2Client.EnableAutoRegistration = enableAutoRegistration
+	}()
+
+	// OAuth2 authentication source GitLab
+	gitlabName := "gitlab"
+	addAuthSource(t, authSourcePayloadGitLabCustom(gitlabName))
+	userGitLabUserID := "5678"
+
+	// The Goth User returned by the oauth2 integration is missing
+	// an email address, so we won't be able to automatically create a local account for it.
+	defer mockCompleteUserAuth(func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (goth.User, error) {
+		return goth.User{
+			Provider: gitlabName,
+			UserID:   userGitLabUserID,
+		}, nil
+	})()
+	req := NewRequest(t, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/user/oauth2/%s/callback?code=XYZ&state=XYZ", gitlabName))
+	resp := MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusSeeOther)
+	assert.Equal(t, test.RedirectURL(resp), "/user/link_account")
+}