diff --git a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/oauth/config/OAuthServerConfiguration.java b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/oauth/config/OAuthServerConfiguration.java
index 6ccffbb41e..662052f9e7 100644
--- a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/oauth/config/OAuthServerConfiguration.java
+++ b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/oauth/config/OAuthServerConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2024, WSO2 LLC. (http://www.wso2.com).
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2025, WSO2 LLC. (http://www.wso2.com).
  *
  * WSO2 LLC. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
  * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ public class OAuthServerConfiguration {
     private List<String> supportedIdTokenEncryptionMethods = new ArrayList<>();
     private String userInfoJWTSignatureAlgorithm = "SHA256withRSA";
     private boolean userInfoMultiValueSupportEnabled = true;
+    private boolean userInfoInternalPrefixedRolesClaimEnabled = false;
+
     private String authContextTTL = "15L";
     // property added to fix IDENTITY-4551 in backward compatible manner
     private boolean useMultiValueSeparatorForAuthContextToken = true;
@@ -1575,6 +1577,16 @@ public boolean getUserInfoMultiValueSupportEnabled() {
         return userInfoMultiValueSupportEnabled;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns whether Internal prefix should be appended for roles claim of the userinfo response.
+     *
+     * @return True if Internal prefix value should be appended for the role claim of userinfo response.
+     */
+    public boolean getUserInfoInternalPrefixedRolesClaimEnabled() {
+
+        return userInfoInternalPrefixedRolesClaimEnabled;
+    }
+
     public String getConsumerDialectURI() {
         return consumerDialectURI;
     }
@@ -3503,6 +3515,15 @@ private void parseOpenIDConnectConfig(OMElement oauthConfigElem) {
                 userInfoMultiValueSupportEnabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(
                         userInfoMultiValueSupportEnabledElem.getText().trim());
             }
+
+            OMElement userInfoInternalPrefixedRolesClaim = openIDConnectConfigElem
+                    .getFirstChildWithName(getQNameWithIdentityNS(ConfigElements
+                            .OPENID_CONNECT_USERINFO_INTERNAL_PREFIXED_ROLE_CLAIM_ENABLED));
+            if (userInfoInternalPrefixedRolesClaim != null) {
+                userInfoInternalPrefixedRolesClaimEnabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(
+                        userInfoInternalPrefixedRolesClaim.getText().trim());
+            }
+
             if (openIDConnectConfigElem.getFirstChildWithName(
                     getQNameWithIdentityNS(ConfigElements.OPENID_CONNECT_SIGN_JWT_WITH_SP_KEY)) != null) {
                 isJWTSignedWithSPKey = Boolean.parseBoolean(openIDConnectConfigElem.getFirstChildWithName(
@@ -4132,6 +4153,8 @@ private class ConfigElements {
         public static final String OPENID_CONNECT_USERINFO_JWT_SIGNATURE_ALGORITHM = "UserInfoJWTSignatureAlgorithm";
         public static final String OPENID_CONNECT_USERINFO_MULTI_VALUE_SUPPORT_ENABLED =
                 "UserInfoMultiValueSupportEnabled";
+        public static final String OPENID_CONNECT_USERINFO_INTERNAL_PREFIXED_ROLE_CLAIM_ENABLED =
+                "UserInfoInternalPrefixedRolesClaimEnabled";
         public static final String OPENID_CONNECT_SIGN_JWT_WITH_SP_KEY = "SignJWTWithSPKey";
         public static final String OPENID_CONNECT_IDTOKEN_CUSTOM_CLAIM_CALLBACK_HANDLER =
                 "IDTokenCustomClaimsCallBackHandler";
diff --git a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/openidconnect/OpenIDConnectClaimFilterImpl.java b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/openidconnect/OpenIDConnectClaimFilterImpl.java
index 124e6baddd..1d2200fe1f 100644
--- a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/openidconnect/OpenIDConnectClaimFilterImpl.java
+++ b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/openidconnect/OpenIDConnectClaimFilterImpl.java
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, WSO2 Inc. (http://www.wso2.org) All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2025, WSO2 LLC. (http://www.wso2.com).
  *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * WSO2 LLC. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
  */
 
 package org.wso2.carbon.identity.openidconnect;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.wso2.carbon.identity.core.util.IdentityTenantUtil;
 import org.wso2.carbon.identity.core.util.IdentityUtil;
 import org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth.common.OAuthConstants;
+import org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth.config.OAuthServerConfiguration;
 import org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth.dto.ScopeDTO;
 import org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth2.IdentityOAuth2Exception;
 import org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth2.dao.OAuthTokenPersistenceFactory;
@@ -486,20 +489,36 @@ private void handleEmailVerifiedClaim(Map<String, Object> returnClaims) {
         }
     }
 
-    private void handleRolesClaim(Map<String, Object> returnClaims) {
+    public static void handleRolesClaim(Map<String, Object> returnClaims) {
 
-        if (returnClaims.containsKey(ROLES) && IdentityUtil.isGroupsVsRolesSeparationImprovementsEnabled()
-                && returnClaims.get(ROLES) instanceof String) {
+        if (!returnClaims.containsKey(ROLES) || !IdentityUtil.isGroupsVsRolesSeparationImprovementsEnabled()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (returnClaims.get(ROLES) instanceof String) {
             String multiAttributeSeparator = FrameworkUtils.getMultiAttributeSeparator();
             List<String> roles = Arrays.asList(returnClaims.get(ROLES).toString().split(multiAttributeSeparator));
 
             for (String role : roles) {
                 if (UserCoreConstants.INTERNAL_DOMAIN.equalsIgnoreCase(IdentityUtil.extractDomainFromName(role))) {
-                   String domainRemovedRole = UserCoreUtil.removeDomainFromName(role);
-                   roles.set(roles.indexOf(role), domainRemovedRole);
+                    String domainRemovedRole = UserCoreUtil.removeDomainFromName(role);
+                    roles.set(roles.indexOf(role), domainRemovedRole);
                 }
             }
             returnClaims.put(ROLES, StringUtils.join(roles, multiAttributeSeparator));
+        } else if (returnClaims.get(ROLES) instanceof String[]) {
+            // This check is added for the backward compatibility of userinfo response.
+            if (OAuthServerConfiguration.getInstance().getUserInfoInternalPrefixedRolesClaimEnabled()) {
+                return;
+            }
+            String[] roles = (String[]) returnClaims.get(ROLES);
+            for (int i = 0; i < roles.length; i++) {
+                String role = roles[i];
+                if (UserCoreConstants.INTERNAL_DOMAIN.equalsIgnoreCase(IdentityUtil.extractDomainFromName(role))) {
+                    String domainRemovedRole = UserCoreUtil.removeDomainFromName(role);
+                    roles[i] = domainRemovedRole;
+                }
+            }
+            returnClaims.put(ROLES, roles);
         }
     }