diff --git a/contrib/token-server/token.go b/contrib/token-server/token.go
index a66c767d..dc0956d4 100644
--- a/contrib/token-server/token.go
+++ b/contrib/token-server/token.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (issuer *TokenIssuer) CreateJWT(subject string, audience string, grantedAcc
 	claimSet := token.ClaimSet{
 		Issuer:     issuer.Issuer,
 		Subject:    subject,
-		Audience:   audience,
+		Audience:   []string{audience},
 		Expiration: now.Add(exp).Unix(),
 		NotBefore:  now.Unix(),
 		IssuedAt:   now.Unix(),
diff --git a/registry/auth/token/token.go b/registry/auth/token/token.go
index da016700..dfd1569b 100644
--- a/registry/auth/token/token.go
+++ b/registry/auth/token/token.go
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ type ResourceActions struct {
 // ClaimSet describes the main section of a JSON Web Token.
 type ClaimSet struct {
 	// Public claims
-	Issuer     string `json:"iss"`
-	Subject    string `json:"sub"`
-	Audience   string `json:"aud"`
-	Expiration int64  `json:"exp"`
-	NotBefore  int64  `json:"nbf"`
-	IssuedAt   int64  `json:"iat"`
-	JWTID      string `json:"jti"`
+	Issuer     string       `json:"iss"`
+	Subject    string       `json:"sub"`
+	Audience   AudienceList `json:"aud"`
+	Expiration int64        `json:"exp"`
+	NotBefore  int64        `json:"nbf"`
+	IssuedAt   int64        `json:"iat"`
+	JWTID      string       `json:"jti"`
 
 	// Private claims
 	Access []*ResourceActions `json:"access"`
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ func (t *Token) Verify(verifyOpts VerifyOptions) error {
 	}
 
 	// Verify that the Audience claim is allowed.
-	if !contains(verifyOpts.AcceptedAudiences, t.Claims.Audience) {
-		log.Infof("token intended for another audience: %q", t.Claims.Audience)
+	if !containsAny(verifyOpts.AcceptedAudiences, t.Claims.Audience) {
+		log.Infof("token intended for another audience: %v", t.Claims.Audience)
 		return ErrInvalidToken
 	}
 
diff --git a/registry/auth/token/token_test.go b/registry/auth/token/token_test.go
index 7fa62be5..2837ad33 100644
--- a/registry/auth/token/token_test.go
+++ b/registry/auth/token/token_test.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func makeTestToken(issuer, audience string, access []*ResourceActions, rootKey l
 	claimSet := &ClaimSet{
 		Issuer:     issuer,
 		Subject:    "foo",
-		Audience:   audience,
+		Audience:   []string{audience},
 		Expiration: exp.Unix(),
 		NotBefore:  now.Unix(),
 		IssuedAt:   now.Unix(),
diff --git a/registry/auth/token/types.go b/registry/auth/token/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2aa5c9ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/registry/auth/token/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package token
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+// AudienceList is a slice of strings that can be deserialized from either a single string value or a list of strings.
+type AudienceList []string
+
+func (s *AudienceList) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) (err error) {
+	var value interface{}
+
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(data, &value); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	switch v := value.(type) {
+	case string:
+		*s = []string{v}
+
+	case []string:
+		*s = v
+
+	case []interface{}:
+		var ss []string
+
+		for _, vv := range v {
+			vs, ok := vv.(string)
+			if !ok {
+				return &json.UnsupportedTypeError{
+					Type: reflect.TypeOf(vv),
+				}
+			}
+
+			ss = append(ss, vs)
+		}
+
+		*s = ss
+
+	case nil:
+		return nil
+
+	default:
+		return &json.UnsupportedTypeError{
+			Type: reflect.TypeOf(v),
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func (s AudienceList) MarshalJSON() (b []byte, err error) {
+	return json.Marshal([]string(s))
+}
diff --git a/registry/auth/token/types_test.go b/registry/auth/token/types_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e547761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/registry/auth/token/types_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package token
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAudienceList_Unmarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("OK", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testCases := []struct {
+			value    string
+			expected AudienceList
+		}{
+			{
+				value:    `"audience"`,
+				expected: AudienceList{"audience"},
+			},
+			{
+				value:    `["audience1", "audience2"]`,
+				expected: AudienceList{"audience1", "audience2"},
+			},
+			{
+				value:    `null`,
+				expected: nil,
+			},
+		}
+
+		for _, testCase := range testCases {
+			testCase := testCase
+
+			t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
+				var actual AudienceList
+
+				err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(testCase.value), &actual)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				assertStringListEqual(t, testCase.expected, actual)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var actual AudienceList
+
+		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte("1234"), &actual)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected unmarshal to fail")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAudienceList_Marshal(t *testing.T) {
+	value := AudienceList{"audience"}
+
+	expected := `["audience"]`
+
+	actual, err := json.Marshal(value)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if expected != string(actual) {
+		t.Errorf("expected marshaled list to be %v, got %v", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
+func assertStringListEqual(t *testing.T, expected []string, actual []string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if len(expected) != len(actual) {
+		t.Errorf("length mismatch: expected %d long slice, got %d", len(expected), len(actual))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	for i, v := range expected {
+		if v != actual[i] {
+			t.Errorf("expected %d. item to be %q, got %q", i, v, actual[i])
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+}
diff --git a/registry/auth/token/util.go b/registry/auth/token/util.go
index d7f95be4..a219df86 100644
--- a/registry/auth/token/util.go
+++ b/registry/auth/token/util.go
@@ -56,3 +56,14 @@ func contains(ss []string, q string) bool {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+// containsAny returns true if any of q is found in ss.
+func containsAny(ss []string, q []string) bool {
+	for _, s := range ss {
+		if contains(q, s) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}