diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
index 88d531a8dbc..739877fe125 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
@@ -785,3 +785,6 @@
  */
 /datum/config_entry/number/tgui_max_chunk_count
 	default = 32
+
+// If set, enables the "Link forum account" OOC verb
+/datum/config_entry/string/forum_link_uri
diff --git a/code/modules/client/verbs/ooc.dm b/code/modules/client/verbs/ooc.dm
index 0f6b28b3c1c..1c72ea08adb 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/verbs/ooc.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/verbs/ooc.dm
@@ -472,3 +472,67 @@ ADMIN_VERB(reset_ooc_color, R_FUN, "Reset Player OOC Color", "Returns player OOC
 	set desc = "View the current map vote tally counts."
 	set category = "Server"
 	to_chat(mob, SSmap_vote.tally_printout)
+
+
+/client/verb/linkforumaccount()
+	set category = "OOC"
+	set name = "Link Forum Account"
+	set desc = "Validates your byond account to your forum account. Required to post on the forums."
+
+	var/uri = CONFIG_GET(string/forum_link_uri)
+	if(!uri)
+		to_chat(src, span_warning("This feature is disabled."))
+		return
+
+	if (!SSdbcore.Connect())
+		to_chat(src, span_danger("No connection to the database."))
+		return
+
+	if  (is_guest_key(ckey))
+		to_chat(src, span_danger("Guests can not link accounts."))
+		return
+
+	var/token = generate_account_link_token()
+
+	var/datum/db_query/query_set_token = SSdbcore.NewQuery("INSERT INTO phpbb.tg_byond_oauth_tokens (`token`, `key`) VALUES (:token, :key)", list("token" = token, "key" = key))
+	if(!query_set_token.Execute())
+		to_chat(src, span_danger("Failed to insert account link token into database, please try again later."))
+		qdel(query_set_token)
+		return
+
+	qdel(query_set_token)
+
+	to_chat(src, "Now opening a window to login to your forum account, your account will automatically be linked the moment you log in. If this window doesn't load, Please go to <a href=\"[uri]?token=[token]\">[uri]?token=[token]</a> - This link will expire in 30 minutes.")
+	src << link("[uri]?token=[token]")
+
+/client/proc/generate_account_link_token()
+	var/static/entropychain
+	if (!entropychain)
+		if (fexists("data/entropychain.txt"))
+			entropychain = file2text("entropychain.txt")
+		else
+			entropychain = "LOL THERE IS NO ENTROPY #HEATDEATH"
+	else if (prob(rand(1,15)))
+		text2file("data/entropychain.txt", entropychain)
+
+	var/datum/db_query/query_get_token = SSdbcore.NewQuery("SELECT [random_string()], [random_string()]", list(random_string_args(entropychain), random_string_args(entropychain)))
+
+	if(!query_get_token.Execute())
+		to_chat(src, span_danger("Failed to get random string token from database. (Error #1)"))
+		qdel(query_get_token)
+		return
+
+	if(!query_get_token.NextRow())
+		to_chat(src, span_danger("Could not locate your token in the database. (Error #2)"))
+		qdel(query_get_token)
+		return
+
+	entropychain = "[query_get_token.item[2]]"
+	return query_get_token.item[1]
+
+
+/client/proc/random_string()
+	return "SHA2(CONCAT(RAND(),UUID(),?,RAND(),UUID()), 512)"
+
+/client/proc/random_string_args(entropychain)
+	return "[entropychain][GUID()][rand()*rand(999999)][world.time][GUID()][rand()*rand(999999)][world.timeofday][GUID()][rand()*rand(999999)][world.realtime][GUID()][rand()*rand(999999)][time2text(world.timeofday)][GUID()][rand()*rand(999999)][world.tick_usage][computer_id][address][ckey][key][GUID()][rand()*rand(999999)]"
diff --git a/config/config.txt b/config/config.txt
index 69ee6af2e9a..f487c60416c 100644
--- a/config/config.txt
+++ b/config/config.txt
@@ -655,3 +655,6 @@ UPLOAD_LIMIT_ADMIN 5242880
 ## Tgui payloads larger than the 2kb limit for BYOND topic requests are split into roughly 1kb chunks and sent in sequence.
 ## This config option limits the maximum chunk count for which the server will accept a payload, default is 32
 TGUI_MAX_CHUNK_COUNT 32
+
+## Uncomment and replace with the URL where users can verify their byond accounts
+#FORUM_LINK_URI