diff --git a/Documentation/connectors/gitea.md b/Documentation/connectors/gitea.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..455ef4ab59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/connectors/gitea.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Authentication through Gitea
+
+## Overview
+
+One of the login options for dex uses the Gitea OAuth2 flow to identify the end user through their Gitea account.
+
+When a client redeems a refresh token through dex, dex will re-query Gitea to update user information in the ID Token. To do this, __dex stores a readonly Gitea access token in its backing datastore.__ Users that reject dex's access through Gitea will also revoke all dex clients which authenticated them through Gitea.
+
+## Configuration
+
+Register a new OAuth consumer with [Gitea](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/oauth2-provider/) ensuring the callback URL is `(dex issuer)/callback`. For example if dex is listening at the non-root path `https://auth.example.com/dex` the callback would be `https://auth.example.com/dex/callback`.
+
+The following is an example of a configuration for `examples/config-dev.yaml`:
+
+```yaml
+connectors:
+- type: gitea
+  # Required field for connector id.
+  id: gitea
+  # Required field for connector name.
+  name: Gitea
+  config:
+    # Credentials can be string literals or pulled from the environment.
+    clientID: $GITEA_CLIENT_ID
+    clientSecret: $GITEA_CLIENT_SECRET
+    redirectURI: http://127.0.0.1:5556/dex/callback
+    # optional, default = https://gitea.com
+    baseURL: https://gitea.com
+```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bbfb4f2954..a4df320323 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ Dex implements the following connectors:
 | [Bitbucket Cloud](Documentation/connectors/bitbucketcloud.md) | yes | yes | no | alpha | |
 | [OpenShift](Documentation/connectors/openshift.md) | no | yes | no | stable | |
 | [Atlassian Crowd](Documentation/connectors/atlassiancrowd.md) | yes | yes | yes *) | beta | preferred_username claim must be configured through config |
+| [Gitea](Documentation/connectors/gitea.md) | yes | no | yes | alpha | |
 
 Stable, beta, and alpha are defined as:
 
diff --git a/connector/gitea/gitea.go b/connector/gitea/gitea.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7da2f1ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/gitea/gitea.go
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+// Package gitea provides authentication strategies using Gitea.
+package gitea
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
+
+	"github.com/dexidp/dex/connector"
+	"github.com/dexidp/dex/pkg/log"
+)
+
+// Config holds configuration options for gitea logins.
+type Config struct {
+	BaseURL      string `json:"baseURL"`
+	ClientID     string `json:"clientID"`
+	ClientSecret string `json:"clientSecret"`
+	RedirectURI  string `json:"redirectURI"`
+	UseLoginAsID bool   `json:"useLoginAsID"`
+}
+
+type giteaUser struct {
+	ID       int    `json:"id"`
+	Name     string `json:"full_name"`
+	Username string `json:"login"`
+	Email    string `json:"email"`
+	IsAdmin  bool   `json:"is_admin"`
+}
+
+// Open returns a strategy for logging in through GitLab.
+func (c *Config) Open(id string, logger log.Logger) (connector.Connector, error) {
+	if c.BaseURL == "" {
+		c.BaseURL = "https://gitea.com"
+	}
+	return &giteaConnector{
+		baseURL:      c.BaseURL,
+		redirectURI:  c.RedirectURI,
+		clientID:     c.ClientID,
+		clientSecret: c.ClientSecret,
+		logger:       logger,
+		useLoginAsID: c.UseLoginAsID,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+type connectorData struct {
+	AccessToken  string    `json:"accessToken"`
+	RefreshToken string    `json:"refreshToken"`
+	Expiry       time.Time `json:"expiry"`
+}
+
+var (
+	_ connector.CallbackConnector = (*giteaConnector)(nil)
+	_ connector.RefreshConnector  = (*giteaConnector)(nil)
+)
+
+type giteaConnector struct {
+	baseURL      string
+	redirectURI  string
+	clientID     string
+	clientSecret string
+	logger       log.Logger
+	httpClient   *http.Client
+	// if set to true will use the user's handle rather than their numeric id as the ID
+	useLoginAsID bool
+}
+
+func (c *giteaConnector) oauth2Config(scopes connector.Scopes) *oauth2.Config {
+	giteaEndpoint := oauth2.Endpoint{AuthURL: c.baseURL + "/login/oauth/authorize", TokenURL: c.baseURL + "/login/oauth/access_token"}
+	return &oauth2.Config{
+		ClientID:     c.clientID,
+		ClientSecret: c.clientSecret,
+		Endpoint:     giteaEndpoint,
+		RedirectURL:  c.redirectURI,
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *giteaConnector) LoginURL(scopes connector.Scopes, callbackURL, state string) (string, error) {
+	if c.redirectURI != callbackURL {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("expected callback URL %q did not match the URL in the config %q", c.redirectURI, callbackURL)
+	}
+	return c.oauth2Config(scopes).AuthCodeURL(state), nil
+}
+
+type oauth2Error struct {
+	error            string
+	errorDescription string
+}
+
+func (e *oauth2Error) Error() string {
+	if e.errorDescription == "" {
+		return e.error
+	}
+	return e.error + ": " + e.errorDescription
+}
+
+func (c *giteaConnector) HandleCallback(s connector.Scopes, r *http.Request) (identity connector.Identity, err error) {
+	q := r.URL.Query()
+	if errType := q.Get("error"); errType != "" {
+		return identity, &oauth2Error{errType, q.Get("error_description")}
+	}
+
+	oauth2Config := c.oauth2Config(s)
+
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	if c.httpClient != nil {
+		ctx = context.WithValue(r.Context(), oauth2.HTTPClient, c.httpClient)
+	}
+
+	token, err := oauth2Config.Exchange(ctx, q.Get("code"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return identity, fmt.Errorf("gitea: failed to get token: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	client := oauth2Config.Client(ctx, token)
+
+	user, err := c.user(ctx, client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return identity, fmt.Errorf("gitea: get user: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	username := user.Name
+	if username == "" {
+		username = user.Email
+	}
+	identity = connector.Identity{
+		UserID:            strconv.Itoa(user.ID),
+		Username:          username,
+		PreferredUsername: user.Username,
+		Email:             user.Email,
+		EmailVerified:     true,
+	}
+	if c.useLoginAsID {
+		identity.UserID = user.Username
+	}
+
+	if s.OfflineAccess {
+		data := connectorData{
+			AccessToken:  token.AccessToken,
+			RefreshToken: token.RefreshToken,
+			Expiry:       token.Expiry,
+		}
+		connData, err := json.Marshal(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return identity, fmt.Errorf("gitea: marshal connector data: %v", err)
+		}
+		identity.ConnectorData = connData
+	}
+
+	return identity, nil
+}
+
+// Refreshing tokens
+// https://github.com/golang/oauth2/issues/84#issuecomment-332860871
+type tokenNotifyFunc func(*oauth2.Token) error
+
+// notifyRefreshTokenSource is essentially `oauth2.ReuseTokenSource` with `TokenNotifyFunc` added.
+type notifyRefreshTokenSource struct {
+	new oauth2.TokenSource
+	mu  sync.Mutex // guards t
+	t   *oauth2.Token
+	f   tokenNotifyFunc // called when token refreshed so new refresh token can be persisted
+}
+
+// Token returns the current token if it's still valid, else will
+// refresh the current token (using r.Context for HTTP client
+// information) and return the new one.
+func (s *notifyRefreshTokenSource) Token() (*oauth2.Token, error) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	if s.t.Valid() {
+		return s.t, nil
+	}
+	t, err := s.new.Token()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	s.t = t
+	return t, s.f(t)
+}
+
+func (c *giteaConnector) Refresh(ctx context.Context, s connector.Scopes, ident connector.Identity) (connector.Identity, error) {
+	if len(ident.ConnectorData) == 0 {
+		return ident, errors.New("gitea: no upstream access token found")
+	}
+
+	var data connectorData
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(ident.ConnectorData, &data); err != nil {
+		return ident, fmt.Errorf("gitea: unmarshal access token: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	tok := &oauth2.Token{
+		AccessToken:  data.AccessToken,
+		RefreshToken: data.RefreshToken,
+		Expiry:       data.Expiry,
+	}
+
+	client := oauth2.NewClient(ctx, &notifyRefreshTokenSource{
+		new: c.oauth2Config(s).TokenSource(ctx, tok),
+		t:   tok,
+		f: func(tok *oauth2.Token) error {
+			data := connectorData{
+				AccessToken:  tok.AccessToken,
+				RefreshToken: tok.RefreshToken,
+				Expiry:       tok.Expiry,
+			}
+			connData, err := json.Marshal(data)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("gitea: marshal connector data: %v", err)
+			}
+			ident.ConnectorData = connData
+			return nil
+		},
+	})
+	user, err := c.user(ctx, client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ident, fmt.Errorf("gitea: get user: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	username := user.Name
+	if username == "" {
+		username = user.Email
+	}
+	ident.Username = username
+	ident.PreferredUsername = user.Username
+	ident.Email = user.Email
+
+	return ident, nil
+}
+
+// user queries the Gitea API for profile information using the provided client. The HTTP
+// client is expected to be constructed by the golang.org/x/oauth2 package, which inserts
+// a bearer token as part of the request.
+func (c *giteaConnector) user(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client) (giteaUser, error) {
+	var u giteaUser
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", c.baseURL+"/api/v1/user", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return u, fmt.Errorf("gitea: new req: %v", err)
+	}
+	req = req.WithContext(ctx)
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return u, fmt.Errorf("gitea: get URL %v", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return u, fmt.Errorf("gitea: read body: %v", err)
+		}
+		return u, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", resp.Status, body)
+	}
+
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&u); err != nil {
+		return u, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode response: %v", err)
+	}
+	return u, nil
+}
diff --git a/connector/gitea/gitea_test.go b/connector/gitea/gitea_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a71d79956e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/gitea/gitea_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package gitea
+
+import (
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/dexidp/dex/connector"
+)
+
+// tests that the email is used as their username when they have no username set
+func TestUsernameIncludedInFederatedIdentity(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newTestServer(map[string]interface{}{
+		"/api/v1/user": giteaUser{Email: "some@email.com", ID: 12345678},
+		"/login/oauth/access_token": map[string]interface{}{
+			"access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9",
+			"expires_in":   "30",
+		},
+	})
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	hostURL, err := url.Parse(s.URL)
+	expectNil(t, err)
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", hostURL.String(), nil)
+	expectNil(t, err)
+
+	c := giteaConnector{baseURL: s.URL, httpClient: newClient()}
+	identity, err := c.HandleCallback(connector.Scopes{}, req)
+
+	expectNil(t, err)
+	expectEquals(t, identity.Username, "some@email.com")
+	expectEquals(t, identity.UserID, "12345678")
+
+	c = giteaConnector{baseURL: s.URL, httpClient: newClient()}
+	identity, err = c.HandleCallback(connector.Scopes{}, req)
+
+	expectNil(t, err)
+	expectEquals(t, identity.Username, "some@email.com")
+	expectEquals(t, identity.UserID, "12345678")
+}
+
+func newTestServer(responses map[string]interface{}) *httptest.Server {
+	return httptest.NewTLSServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		response := responses[r.RequestURI]
+		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response)
+	}))
+}
+
+func newClient() *http.Client {
+	tr := &http.Transport{
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+	}
+	return &http.Client{Transport: tr}
+}
+
+func expectNil(t *testing.T, a interface{}) {
+	if a != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %+v to equal nil", a)
+	}
+}
+
+func expectEquals(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(a, b) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %+v to equal %+v", a, b)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 09292b1672..a0a075fbfc 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/connector/atlassiancrowd"
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/connector/authproxy"
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/connector/bitbucketcloud"
+	"github.com/dexidp/dex/connector/gitea"
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/connector/github"
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/connector/gitlab"
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/connector/google"
@@ -468,6 +469,7 @@ var ConnectorsConfig = map[string]func() ConnectorConfig{
 	"mockCallback":    func() ConnectorConfig { return new(mock.CallbackConfig) },
 	"mockPassword":    func() ConnectorConfig { return new(mock.PasswordConfig) },
 	"ldap":            func() ConnectorConfig { return new(ldap.Config) },
+	"gitea":           func() ConnectorConfig { return new(gitea.Config) },
 	"github":          func() ConnectorConfig { return new(github.Config) },
 	"gitlab":          func() ConnectorConfig { return new(gitlab.Config) },
 	"google":          func() ConnectorConfig { return new(google.Config) },