diff --git a/backend/internal/handler/auth_oidc_oauth.go b/backend/internal/handler/auth_oidc_oauth.go
index f46fb850..9d24df88 100644
--- a/backend/internal/handler/auth_oidc_oauth.go
+++ b/backend/internal/handler/auth_oidc_oauth.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func (h *AuthHandler) OIDCOAuthCallback(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	identityKey := oidcIdentityKey(issuer, subject)
-	email := oidcSyntheticEmailFromIdentityKey(identityKey)
+	email := oidcSelectLoginEmail(userInfoClaims.Email, idClaims.Email, identityKey)
 	username := firstNonEmpty(
 		userInfoClaims.Username,
 		idClaims.PreferredUsername,
@@ -831,6 +831,14 @@ func oidcSyntheticEmailFromIdentityKey(identityKey string) string {
 	return "oidc-" + hex.EncodeToString(sum[:16]) + service.OIDCConnectSyntheticEmailDomain
 }
 
+func oidcSelectLoginEmail(userInfoEmail, idTokenEmail, identityKey string) string {
+	email := strings.TrimSpace(firstNonEmpty(userInfoEmail, idTokenEmail))
+	if email != "" {
+		return email
+	}
+	return oidcSyntheticEmailFromIdentityKey(identityKey)
+}
+
 func oidcFallbackUsername(subject string) string {
 	subject = strings.TrimSpace(subject)
 	if subject == "" {
diff --git a/backend/internal/handler/auth_oidc_oauth_test.go b/backend/internal/handler/auth_oidc_oauth_test.go
index 1f50dd49..a161aa77 100644
--- a/backend/internal/handler/auth_oidc_oauth_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/handler/auth_oidc_oauth_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ func TestOIDCSyntheticEmailStableAndDistinct(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Contains(t, e1, "@oidc-connect.invalid")
 }
 
+func TestOIDCSelectLoginEmailPrefersRealEmail(t *testing.T) {
+	identityKey := oidcIdentityKey("https://issuer.example.com", "subject-a")
+
+	email := oidcSelectLoginEmail("user@example.com", "idtoken@example.com", identityKey)
+	require.Equal(t, "user@example.com", email)
+
+	email = oidcSelectLoginEmail("", "idtoken@example.com", identityKey)
+	require.Equal(t, "idtoken@example.com", email)
+
+	email = oidcSelectLoginEmail("", "", identityKey)
+	require.Contains(t, email, "@oidc-connect.invalid")
+	require.Equal(t, oidcSyntheticEmailFromIdentityKey(identityKey), email)
+}
+
 func TestBuildOIDCAuthorizeURLIncludesNonceAndPKCE(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := config.OIDCConnectConfig{
 		AuthorizeURL: "https://issuer.example.com/auth",