diff --git a/accounts.go b/accounts.go
index ace12cf..28c4313 100644
--- a/accounts.go
+++ b/accounts.go
@@ -142,6 +142,43 @@ func (a *AccountData) Limits() AccountLimits {
 	return &accountLimits{data: a}
 }
 
+func (a *AccountData) SetExternalAuthorizationUser(users []User, accounts []Account, encryption string) error {
+	if users == nil {
+		// disable
+		a.Claim.Authorization.AuthUsers = nil
+		a.Claim.Authorization.AllowedAccounts = nil
+		a.Claim.Authorization.XKey = ""
+	} else {
+		var ukeys []string
+		for _, u := range users {
+			ukeys = append(ukeys, u.Subject())
+		}
+		a.Claim.Authorization.AuthUsers = ukeys
+
+		var akeys []string
+		for _, a := range accounts {
+			akeys = append(akeys, a.Subject())
+		}
+		a.Claim.Authorization.AllowedAccounts = akeys
+
+		if encryption != "" {
+			key, err := KeyFrom(encryption, nkeys.PrefixByteCurve)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			a.Claim.Authorization.XKey = key.Public
+		} else {
+			a.Claim.Authorization.XKey = ""
+		}
+	}
+	return a.update()
+}
+
+func (a *AccountData) ExternalAuthorization() ([]string, []string, string) {
+	config := a.Claim.Authorization
+	return config.AuthUsers, config.AllowedAccounts, config.XKey
+}
+
 type exports struct {
 	*AccountData
 }
diff --git a/tests/accounts_test.go b/tests/accounts_test.go
index 7fcac89..c1f01d8 100644
--- a/tests/accounts_test.go
+++ b/tests/accounts_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package tests
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/nats-io/nkeys"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2"
@@ -871,3 +872,53 @@ func (t *ProviderSuite) Test_TracingContext() {
 	t.NoError(a.SetTracingContext(nil))
 	t.Nil(a.GetTracingContext())
 }
+
+func (t *ProviderSuite) Test_ExternalAuthorization() {
+	auth, err := authb.NewAuth(t.Provider)
+	t.NoError(err)
+
+	a := t.MaybeCreate(auth, "O", "A")
+	t.NotNil(a)
+
+	external := t.MaybeCreate(auth, "O", "AUTH")
+	t.NotNil(external)
+	u, err := external.Users().Add("service", external.Subject())
+	t.NoError(err)
+
+	curve, err := authb.KeyFor(nkeys.PrefixByteCurve)
+	t.NoError(err)
+
+	users, accounts, key := external.ExternalAuthorization()
+	t.Empty(users)
+	t.Empty(accounts)
+	t.Empty(key)
+
+	t.NoError(external.SetExternalAuthorizationUser([]authb.User{u}, []authb.Account{a}, curve.Public))
+
+	t.NoError(auth.Commit())
+	t.NoError(auth.Reload())
+
+	external = t.GetAccount(auth, "O", "AUTH")
+	t.NotNil(external)
+
+	users, accounts, key = external.ExternalAuthorization()
+	t.Equal(users, []string{u.Subject()})
+	t.Equal(accounts, []string{a.Subject()})
+	t.Equal(key, curve.Public)
+
+	t.NoError(external.SetExternalAuthorizationUser(nil, nil, ""))
+	users, accounts, key = external.ExternalAuthorization()
+	t.Nil(users)
+	t.Nil(accounts)
+	t.Empty(key)
+
+	t.NoError(auth.Commit())
+	t.NoError(auth.Reload())
+
+	external = t.GetAccount(auth, "O", "AUTH")
+	t.NotNil(external)
+	users, accounts, key = external.ExternalAuthorization()
+	t.Nil(users)
+	t.Nil(accounts)
+	t.Empty(key)
+}
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
index 57720fe..9a5ff58 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/types.go
@@ -322,6 +322,14 @@ type Account interface {
 	SetTracingContext(opts *TracingContext) error
 	// Tags returns an object that you can use to manage tags for the account
 	Tags() Tags
+
+	// SetExternalAuthorizationUser updates external authorization by associating users public keys, account public keys, and an encryption key.
+	// ExternalAuthorization requires at the very list one user
+	SetExternalAuthorizationUser(users []User, accounts []Account, encryption string) error
+
+	// ExternalAuthorization retrieves a list of authorized users, associated accounts, and encryption key.
+	// if the users value is nil, ExternalAuthorization is not enabled
+	ExternalAuthorization() ([]string, []string, string)
 }
 
 // Users is an interface for managing users