diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0905e18..2961313 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Rails.application.config.middleware.use OmniAuth::Builder do
              scope: 'email name',
              team_id: ENV['TEAM_ID'],
              key_id: ENV['KEY_ID'],
-             pem: ENV['PRIVATE_KEY']
+             pem: ENV['PRIVATE_KEY'],
+             nonce: :session # :session, :param, or :ignore. Set this to ":param" in an API only backend
            }
 end
 ```
diff --git a/lib/omniauth/strategies/apple.rb b/lib/omniauth/strategies/apple.rb
index 347afc2..96ea1e1 100644
--- a/lib/omniauth/strategies/apple.rb
+++ b/lib/omniauth/strategies/apple.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class Apple < OmniAuth::Strategies::OAuth2
              scope: 'email name'
       option :authorized_client_ids, []
 
+      option :nonce, :session # :session, :param, or :ignore
+
       uid { id_info[:sub] }
 
       # Documentation on parameters
@@ -70,11 +72,28 @@ def authorized_client_ids
       end
 
       def new_nonce
-        session['omniauth.nonce'] = SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64(16)
+        nonce = SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64(16)
+        case options.nonce
+        when :session
+          session['omniauth.nonce'] = nonce
+        end
+        nonce
       end
 
       def stored_nonce
-        session.delete('omniauth.nonce')
+        case options.nonce
+        when :session
+          session.delete('omniauth.nonce')
+        when :param
+          request.params['nonce']
+        end
+      end
+
+      def verify_nonce!(id_token)
+        return true if options.nonce == :ignore
+        raise ArgumentError, "Invalid nonce option: #{options.nonce}. Must be :session, :param, or :ignore" unless [:session, :param].include?(options.nonce)
+
+        invalid_claim! :nonce unless id_token[:nonce] && id_token[:nonce] == stored_nonce
       end
 
       def id_info
@@ -128,10 +147,6 @@ def verify_exp!(id_token)
         invalid_claim! :exp unless id_token[:exp] >= Time.now.to_i
       end
 
-      def verify_nonce!(id_token)
-        invalid_claim! :nonce unless id_token[:nonce] && id_token[:nonce] == stored_nonce
-      end
-
       def invalid_claim!(claim)
         raise CallbackError.new(:id_token_claims_invalid, "#{claim} invalid")
       end