diff --git a/app/models/user_preference.rb b/app/models/user_preference.rb
index ecc64da20981c0950dee6442092b4d023f067ad5..2519db825c0f27bcdfbc5f6bc61c4fe79d25c3c1 100644
--- a/app/models/user_preference.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_preference.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class UserPreference < ApplicationRecord
             allow_blank: true
   validates :use_legacy_web_ide, allow_nil: false, inclusion: { in: [true, false] }
 
+  validates :pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt, allow_nil: false, inclusion: { in: [true, false] }
+
   validates :pinned_nav_items, json_schema: { filename: 'pinned_nav_items' }
 
   ignore_columns :experience_level, remove_with: '14.10', remove_after: '2021-03-22'
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230406134436_add_identity_toggle_to_user_preferences.rb b/db/migrate/20230406134436_add_identity_toggle_to_user_preferences.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0b7fcceb3ee219b1c2084a49cece58e2cbeb0d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230406134436_add_identity_toggle_to_user_preferences.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddIdentityToggleToUserPreferences < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.1]
+  enable_lock_retries!
+
+  def change
+    add_column :user_preferences, :pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt, :boolean, default: false, null: false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20230406134436 b/db/schema_migrations/20230406134436
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..17d51bba6ce68ab41d8560b9e34a289c8fd9638e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20230406134436
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3b7a512959c9d109ee4b454693ebfafed624869c82fa64d92b3f780165e91feb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index a09543d9a578574bd1313d1e2f3ecbe85878926d..ab6a82471a928aa430b270cdd16f0c4dfdc0e518 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -23382,6 +23382,7 @@ CREATE TABLE user_preferences (
     use_new_navigation boolean,
     achievements_enabled boolean DEFAULT true NOT NULL,
     pinned_nav_items jsonb DEFAULT '{}'::jsonb NOT NULL,
+    pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
     CONSTRAINT check_89bf269f41 CHECK ((char_length(diffs_deletion_color) <= 7)),
     CONSTRAINT check_d07ccd35f7 CHECK ((char_length(diffs_addition_color) <= 7))
 );
diff --git a/spec/models/user_preference_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_preference_spec.rb
index a6f64c90657ece23d7dec88324a42905f44192dc..5c368b1632b33a1d649a7493bcf4a65234eb7454 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_preference_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_preference_spec.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@
       it { is_expected.not_to allow_value(nil).for(:use_legacy_web_ide) }
       it { is_expected.not_to allow_value("").for(:use_legacy_web_ide) }
     end
+
+    describe 'pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt' do
+      it { is_expected.to allow_value(true).for(:pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt) }
+      it { is_expected.to allow_value(false).for(:pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to allow_value(nil).for(:pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to allow_value("").for(:pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt) }
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'notes filters global keys' do