diff --git a/client/internal/auth/oauth.go b/client/internal/auth/oauth.go
index 3208c1ec9..d573798ec 100644
--- a/client/internal/auth/oauth.go
+++ b/client/internal/auth/oauth.go
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ type oauthFlowInit struct {
 // releases it. Callers that own a long-lived connection return it with a no-op cleanup.
 type authFactory func(ctx context.Context) (*Auth, func(), error)
 
+// loginHintSetter is implemented by both concrete flows but is deliberately not part of
+// OAuthFlow, so callers reach it through a type assertion.
+type loginHintSetter interface {
+	SetLoginHint(hint string)
+}
+
 // fallbackFlow wraps the flow that was picked at initialization time with the flows that were
 // not tried. Whether the IdP actually serves a flow only shows up when the flow is run: an IdP
 // with the device grant disabled answers the device code request with 404 even though
@@ -125,6 +131,20 @@ func (f *fallbackFlow) GetClientID(ctx context.Context) string {
 	return f.current().GetClientID(ctx)
 }
 
+// SetLoginHint forwards the hint to the active flow and keeps it for a flow a later fallback
+// initializes. Callers that set the hint after building the flow reach the concrete flow through
+// a type assertion, which the OAuthFlow interface does not carry, so the wrapper has to offer it
+// too or the hint is silently dropped.
+func (f *fallbackFlow) SetLoginHint(hint string) {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+
+	f.hint = hint
+	if setter, ok := f.active.(loginHintSetter); ok {
+		setter.SetLoginHint(hint)
+	}
+}
+
 func (f *fallbackFlow) current() OAuthFlow {
 	f.mu.Lock()
 	defer f.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/client/internal/auth/oauth_test.go b/client/internal/auth/oauth_test.go
index 35752849f..dc9f4b8ab 100644
--- a/client/internal/auth/oauth_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/auth/oauth_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ func (s *stubFlow) GetClientID(context.Context) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (s *stubFlow) SetLoginHint(hint string) {
+	s.hint = hint
+}
+
 // stubInit returns a flow initializer that yields a named stub flow, or err when err is non-nil.
 func stubInit(name string, err error) oauthFlowInit {
 	return stubInitFlow(name, err, nil)
@@ -222,6 +226,31 @@ func TestFallbackFlowRequestAuthInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// TestFallbackFlowSetLoginHint covers the Android SDK's pattern: it sets the login hint after the
+// flow is built, through a type assertion that the wrapper must satisfy.
+func TestFallbackFlowSetLoginHint(t *testing.T) {
+	mgmURL, err := url.Parse("https://api.netbird.io:443")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	a := &Auth{mgmURL: mgmURL}
+
+	idpRejects := fmt.Errorf("%w: request device code returned status 404", errFlowNotConfigured)
+	flows := []oauthFlowInit{stubInitFlow("device", nil, idpRejects), stubInit("pkce", nil)}
+
+	flow, err := oauthFlowWithFallback(a, nil, flows, "", stubAuthFactory(a))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	setter, ok := flow.(loginHintSetter)
+	require.True(t, ok, "the wrapper must accept a login hint like the concrete flows do")
+	setter.SetLoginHint("user@example.com")
+	assert.Equal(t, "user@example.com", activeStub(t, flow).hint, "the active flow must get the hint")
+
+	// the device flow is rejected by the IdP here, so the hint has to survive into the fallback
+	_, err = flow.RequestAuthInfo(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "pkce", activeStub(t, flow).name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "user@example.com", activeStub(t, flow).hint, "the fallback flow must get the hint too")
+}
+
 func TestWithSetupKeyAdvice(t *testing.T) {
 	other := errors.New("connection refused")
 	assert.Equal(t, other, WithSetupKeyAdvice(other), "only an SSO-unavailable error gets advice")