diff --git a/.changeset/brave-shoes-push.md b/.changeset/brave-shoes-push.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c6a8d7e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brave-shoes-push.md
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Added the default `ScmAuth` implementation to the app.
+
+To apply this change to an existing app, head to `packages/app/apis.ts`, import `ScmAuth` from `@backstage/integration-react`, and add a `ScmAuth.createDefaultApiFactory()` to your list of APIs:
+
+```diff
+ import {
+   ScmIntegrationsApi,
+   scmIntegrationsApiRef,
++   ScmAuth,
+ } from '@backstage/integration-react';
+
+ export const apis: AnyApiFactory[] = [
+...
++  ScmAuth.createDefaultApiFactory(),
+...
+ ];
+```
+
+If you have integrations towards SCM providers other than the default ones (github.com, gitlab.com, etc.), you will want to create a custom `ScmAuth` factory instead, for example like this:
+
+```ts
+createApiFactory({
+  api: scmAuthApiRef,
+  deps: {
+    gheAuthApi: gheAuthApiRef,
+    githubAuthApi: githubAuthApiRef,
+  },
+  factory: ({ githubAuthApi, gheAuthApi }) =>
+    ScmAuth.merge(
+      ScmAuth.forGithub(githubAuthApi),
+      ScmAuth.forGithub(gheAuthApi, {
+        host: 'ghe.example.com',
+      }),
+    ),
+});
+```
diff --git a/packages/app/src/apis.ts b/packages/app/src/apis.ts
index 08ff781319..d587a88402 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/apis.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/apis.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import {
   ScmIntegrationsApi,
   scmIntegrationsApiRef,
+  ScmAuth,
 } from '@backstage/integration-react';
 import {
   costInsightsApiRef,
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ export const apis: AnyApiFactory[] = [
     factory: ({ configApi }) => ScmIntegrationsApi.fromConfig(configApi),
   }),
 
+  ScmAuth.createDefaultApiFactory(),
+
   createApiFactory({
     api: graphQlBrowseApiRef,
     deps: { errorApi: errorApiRef, githubAuthApi: githubAuthApiRef },
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/apis.ts b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/apis.ts
index f2cd272c87..c89753aae8 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/apis.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/apis.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   ScmIntegrationsApi,
   scmIntegrationsApiRef,
+  ScmAuth,
 } from '@backstage/integration-react';
 import {
   AnyApiFactory,
@@ -14,4 +15,5 @@ export const apis: AnyApiFactory[] = [
     deps: { configApi: configApiRef },
     factory: ({ configApi }) => ScmIntegrationsApi.fromConfig(configApi),
   }),
+  ScmAuth.createDefaultApiFactory(),
 ];