diff --git a/src/mcp/client/auth.py b/src/mcp/client/auth.py
index 8bafe18eb..7016021b2 100644
--- a/src/mcp/client/auth.py
+++ b/src/mcp/client/auth.py
@@ -203,13 +203,24 @@ def __init__(
         )
         self._initialized = False
 
-    async def _discover_protected_resource(self) -> httpx.Request:
+    def _build_well_known_path_protected_resource(self, pathname: str) -> str:
+        """Construct well-known path for OAuth protected resource metadata discovery."""
+        well_known_path = f"/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource{pathname}"
+        if pathname.endswith("/"):
+            # Strip trailing slash from pathname to avoid double slashes
+            well_known_path = well_known_path[:-1]
+        return well_known_path
+
+    async def _discover_protected_resource(self, is_fallback: bool = False) -> httpx.Request:
         """Build discovery request for protected resource metadata."""
         auth_base_url = self.context.get_authorization_base_url(self.context.server_url)
-        url = urljoin(auth_base_url, "/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource")
+        auth_url_parsed = urlparse(self.context.server_url)
+        pathname = auth_url_parsed.path if not is_fallback else "/"
+        well_known_path = self._build_well_known_path_protected_resource(pathname)
+        url = urljoin(auth_base_url, well_known_path)
         return httpx.Request("GET", url, headers={MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION: LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION})
 
-    async def _handle_protected_resource_response(self, response: httpx.Response) -> None:
+    async def _handle_protected_resource_response(self, response: httpx.Response) -> bool:
         """Handle discovery response."""
         if response.status_code == 200:
             try:
@@ -218,8 +229,10 @@ async def _handle_protected_resource_response(self, response: httpx.Response) ->
                 self.context.protected_resource_metadata = metadata
                 if metadata.authorization_servers:
                     self.context.auth_server_url = str(metadata.authorization_servers[0])
+                return True
             except ValidationError:
                 pass
+        return False
 
     def _build_well_known_path(self, pathname: str) -> str:
         """Construct well-known path for OAuth metadata discovery."""
@@ -497,7 +510,13 @@ async def async_auth_flow(self, request: httpx.Request) -> AsyncGenerator[httpx.
                     # Step 1: Discover protected resource metadata (spec revision 2025-06-18)
                     discovery_request = await self._discover_protected_resource()
                     discovery_response = yield discovery_request
-                    await self._handle_protected_resource_response(discovery_response)
+                    discovery_handled = await self._handle_protected_resource_response(discovery_response)
+
+                    # If path-aware discovery failed, try fallback to root
+                    if not discovery_handled:
+                        discovery_request = await self._discover_protected_resource(is_fallback=True)
+                        discovery_response = yield discovery_request
+                        await self._handle_protected_resource_response(discovery_response)
 
                     # Step 2: Discover OAuth metadata (with fallback for legacy servers)
                     oauth_request = await self._discover_oauth_metadata()
@@ -549,7 +568,13 @@ async def async_auth_flow(self, request: httpx.Request) -> AsyncGenerator[httpx.
                     # Step 1: Discover protected resource metadata (spec revision 2025-06-18)
                     discovery_request = await self._discover_protected_resource()
                     discovery_response = yield discovery_request
-                    await self._handle_protected_resource_response(discovery_response)
+                    discovery_handled = await self._handle_protected_resource_response(discovery_response)
+
+                    # If path-aware discovery failed, try fallback to root
+                    if not discovery_handled:
+                        discovery_request = await self._discover_protected_resource(is_fallback=True)
+                        discovery_response = yield discovery_request
+                        await self._handle_protected_resource_response(discovery_response)
 
                     # Step 2: Discover OAuth metadata (with fallback for legacy servers)
                     oauth_request = await self._discover_oauth_metadata()
diff --git a/tests/client/test_auth.py b/tests/client/test_auth.py
index d64687ff8..289fa6460 100644
--- a/tests/client/test_auth.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_auth.py
@@ -202,6 +202,17 @@ async def test_discover_protected_resource_request(self, oauth_provider):
         request = await oauth_provider._discover_protected_resource()
 
         assert request.method == "GET"
+        assert str(request.url) == "https://api.example.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/v1/mcp"
+        assert "mcp-protocol-version" in request.headers
+
+    @pytest.mark.anyio
+    async def test_discover_protected_resource_request_fallback(self, oauth_provider):
+        """Test protected resource discovery request building after a failure to discover metadata at the
+        standard endpoint."""
+        request = await oauth_provider._discover_protected_resource(is_fallback=True)
+
+        assert request.method == "GET"
+        # Falls back to the root
         assert str(request.url) == "https://api.example.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource"
         assert "mcp-protocol-version" in request.headers