diff --git a/scope_strategy.go b/scope_strategy.go
index 0c4bbad6..646e7c29 100644
--- a/scope_strategy.go
+++ b/scope_strategy.go
@@ -83,3 +83,69 @@ func WildcardScopeStrategy(matchers []string, needle string) bool {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+func ResourceAccessScopeStrategy(matchers []string, needle string) bool {
+	needleResources := strings.Split(needle, ":")
+
+matcherloop:
+	for _, matcher := range matchers {
+		matcherResources := strings.Split(matcher, ":")
+
+		if len(matcherResources) != len(needleResources) {
+			continue matcherloop
+		}
+
+		var match bool
+
+		for index, matcherResource := range matcherResources {
+			isLastLoop := index+1 == len(matcherResources)
+			needleResource := needleResources[index]
+
+			// on the last resource we split off the verb
+			matcherVerb := ""
+			if strings.Contains(matcherResource, ".") && isLastLoop {
+				matcherVerb = matcherResource[strings.LastIndex(matcherResource, "."):]
+				matcherResource, _ = strings.CutSuffix(matcherResource, matcherVerb)
+			}
+
+			needleVerb := ""
+			if strings.Contains(needleResource, ".") && isLastLoop && matcherVerb != "" {
+				needleVerb = needleResource[strings.LastIndex(needleResource, "."):]
+				needleResource, _ = strings.CutSuffix(needleResource, needleVerb)
+			}
+
+			var exactmatch bool
+			var prefixmatch bool
+
+			if matcherResource == needleResource {
+				exactmatch = true
+			}
+			// if prefix we check only on the left side of `-`
+			if strings.HasSuffix(matcherResource, "-*") {
+				matcherPrefix, _, _ := strings.Cut(matcherResource, "-")
+				needlePrefix, _, hasPrefix := strings.Cut(needleResource, "-")
+				if hasPrefix && needlePrefix == matcherPrefix {
+					prefixmatch = true
+				}
+			}
+			match = prefixmatch || exactmatch
+
+			if !match {
+				continue matcherloop
+			}
+
+			// if matcher defines .* as verb then everything is permitted
+			// resource provider has responsibility to assume least privilege
+			if isLastLoop && matcherVerb != "" {
+				if matcherVerb == ".*" {
+					continue
+				}
+				match = matcherVerb == needleVerb
+			}
+		}
+		if match {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/scope_strategy_test.go b/scope_strategy_test.go
index cfd9cb2b..a0badfb5 100644
--- a/scope_strategy_test.go
+++ b/scope_strategy_test.go
@@ -132,3 +132,61 @@ func TestExactScopeStrategy2ScopeStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.False(t, strategy([]string{}, "foo"))
 }
+
+func TestResourceAccessScopeStrategy(t *testing.T) {
+	var strategy ScopeStrategy = ResourceAccessScopeStrategy
+	var scopes = []string{}
+
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo:bar:baz"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo:bar"))
+
+	scopes = []string{"*"}
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, ""))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "*"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "asdf.asdf"))
+
+	scopes = []string{"foo"}
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "*"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo:*"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "fo*"))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "foo"))
+
+	scopes = []string{"foo-*"}
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo"))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-a"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "fo-bar"))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-*"))
+
+	scopes = []string{"foo:bar"}
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "foo:bar"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo:baz"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo:bar:baz"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo"))
+
+	scopes = []string{"foo-*:bar.read"}
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-bar:bar.read"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-bar:bar"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo:bar"))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-*:bar.read"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "bar-foo:foo"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-bar:bar:baz"))
+
+	scopes = []string{"foo-*:bar.*"}
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-bar:bar.read"))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-bar:bar"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo:bar"))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-*:bar.write"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "bar-foo:foo"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-bar:bar:baz"))
+
+	scopes = []string{"foo-*.read:bar"}
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-*.read:bar"))
+	assert.False(t, strategy(scopes, "foo-bar:bar"))
+
+	scopes = strings.Fields("hydra:clients.* openid offline hydra")
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "hydra:clients"))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "hydra:clients.get"))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "hydra"))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "offline"))
+	assert.True(t, strategy(scopes, "openid"))
+}