diff --git a/autorest/code_generator.py b/autorest/code_generator.py
index a4a1c0674b1..acd149d178a 100644
--- a/autorest/code_generator.py
+++ b/autorest/code_generator.py
@@ -273,7 +273,15 @@ def process(self) -> bool:
         # convert the names to python names
         NameConverter.convert_yaml_names(yaml_code_model)
 
-        options = {'azure_arm': azure_arm, 'credential': azure_arm or self._autorestapi.get_boolean_value("add-credentials") or self._autorestapi.get_boolean_value('add-credential')}
+        credential_scopes = self._autorestapi.get_value('credential-scopes')
+        if not credential_scopes and azure_arm:
+            credential_scopes = "https://management.azure.com/.default"
+
+        options = {
+            'azure_arm': azure_arm,
+            'credential': azure_arm or self._autorestapi.get_boolean_value("add-credentials") or self._autorestapi.get_boolean_value('add-credential'),
+            "credential_scopes": credential_scopes.split(",") if credential_scopes else None
+        }
 
         # save a new copy for debug
         #self._autorestapi.write_file("code-model-v4-no-tags-python.yaml", yaml.safe_dump(yaml_code_model))
@@ -312,4 +320,4 @@ def main(yaml_model_file):
         raise SystemExit("Process didn't finish gracefully")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main(sys.argv[1])
\ No newline at end of file
+    main(sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/autorest/templates/config.py.jinja2 b/autorest/templates/config.py.jinja2
index b2404546ad3..eb6290919ca 100644
--- a/autorest/templates/config.py.jinja2
+++ b/autorest/templates/config.py.jinja2
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {% set version_import = ".._version" if async_mode else "._version" %}
 {% set async_prefix = "Async" if async_mode else "" %}
 {% set method_signature = code_model.global_parameters|join(', ', attribute='serialized_name') ~ (", " if code_model.global_parameters else "") %}
+{% set credential_scopes = "*self.credential_scopes, " if code_model.options['credential_scopes'] else "" %}
 {# actual template starts here #}
 # coding=utf-8
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ class {{ code_model.class_name }}Configuration(Configuration):
         {% for parameter in code_model.global_parameters %}
         self.{{ parameter.serialized_name }} = {{ parameter.serialized_name }}
         {% endfor %}
+        {% if code_model.options['credential_scopes'] %}
+        self.credential_scopes = {{ code_model.options['credential_scopes'] }}
+        {% endif %}
         self._configure(**kwargs)
 
         self.user_agent_policy.add_user_agent('azsdk-python-{{ code_model.class_name|lower }}/{}'.format(VERSION))
@@ -60,5 +64,5 @@ class {{ code_model.class_name }}Configuration(Configuration):
         self.authentication_policy = kwargs.get('authentication_policy')
         {% if code_model.options['credential'] %}
         if self.credential and not self.authentication_policy:
-            self.authentication_policy = policies.{{ async_prefix }}BearerTokenCredentialPolicy(self.credential, **kwargs)
+            self.authentication_policy = policies.{{ async_prefix }}BearerTokenCredentialPolicy(self.credential, {{ credential_scopes }}**kwargs)
         {% endif %}