diff --git a/lib/auth/join_azure.go b/lib/auth/join_azure.go
index 0f3b14dc9d8f1..c1d0da6be1c5f 100644
--- a/lib/auth/join_azure.go
+++ b/lib/auth/join_azure.go
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ const (
 	azureUserAgent = "teleport"
 	// azureVirtualMachine specifies the Azure virtual machine resource type.
 	azureVirtualMachine = "virtualMachines"
+	// azureVirtualMachineScaleSet specifies the Azure virtual machine scale set resource type.
+	azureVirtualMachineScaleSet = "virtualMachineScaleSets"
 )
 
 // Structs for unmarshaling attested data. Schema can be found at
@@ -348,10 +350,14 @@ func claimsToIdentifiers(tokenClaims *accessTokenClaims) (subscriptionID, resour
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", trace.Wrap(err, "failed to parse resource id from claims")
 	}
-	if !slices.Contains(resourceID.ResourceType.Types, azureVirtualMachine) {
-		return "", "", trace.BadParameter("unexpected resource type: %q", resourceID.ResourceType.Type)
+
+	for _, resourceType := range resourceID.ResourceType.Types {
+		switch resourceType {
+		case azureVirtualMachine, azureVirtualMachineScaleSet:
+			return resourceID.SubscriptionID, resourceID.ResourceGroupName, nil
+		}
 	}
-	return resourceID.SubscriptionID, resourceID.ResourceGroupName, nil
+	return "", "", trace.BadParameter("unexpected resource type: %q", resourceID.ResourceType.Type)
 }
 
 func checkAzureAllowRules(vmID string, attrs *workloadidentityv1pb.JoinAttrsAzure, token *types.ProvisionTokenV2) error {
diff --git a/lib/auth/join_azure_test.go b/lib/auth/join_azure_test.go
index 29b4d0e483db9..1214c7ac22074 100644
--- a/lib/auth/join_azure_test.go
+++ b/lib/auth/join_azure_test.go
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ func withChallengeAzure(challenge string) azureChallengeResponseOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func vmssResourceID(subscription, resourceGroup, name string) string {
+	return resourceID("Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets", subscription, resourceGroup, name)
+}
+
 func vmResourceID(subscription, resourceGroup, name string) string {
 	return resourceID("Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines", subscription, resourceGroup, name)
 }
@@ -776,6 +780,28 @@ func TestAuth_RegisterUsingAzureClaims(t *testing.T) {
 			certs:       []*x509.Certificate{tlsConfig.Certificate},
 			assertError: isAccessDenied,
 		},
+		{
+			name:                           "vmss resource type",
+			requestTokenName:               "test-token",
+			tokenSubscription:              "token-subscription",
+			tokenVMID:                      defaultVMID,
+			tokenManagedIdentityResourceID: vmssResourceID("token-subscription", defaultResourceGroup, defaultVMName),
+			tokenSpec: types.ProvisionTokenSpecV2{
+				Roles: []types.SystemRole{types.RoleNode},
+				Azure: &types.ProvisionTokenSpecV2Azure{
+					Allow: []*types.ProvisionTokenSpecV2Azure_Rule{
+						{
+							Subscription:   "token-subscription",
+							ResourceGroups: []string{defaultResourceGroup},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				JoinMethod: types.JoinMethodAzure,
+			},
+			verify:      mockVerifyToken(nil),
+			certs:       []*x509.Certificate{tlsConfig.Certificate},
+			assertError: require.NoError,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {