diff --git a/quixstreams/kafka/configuration.py b/quixstreams/kafka/configuration.py
index 0637cb1de..52f2f69e4 100644
--- a/quixstreams/kafka/configuration.py
+++ b/quixstreams/kafka/configuration.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from typing import Callable, Literal, Optional, Tuple, Type
+from typing import Callable, Literal, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
 
 import pydantic
-from pydantic import AliasChoices, Field, SecretStr
+from pydantic import AliasChoices, Field, ImportString, SecretStr
 from pydantic.functional_validators import BeforeValidator
 from pydantic_settings import (
     BaseSettings as PydanticBaseSettings,
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ class ConnectionConfig(BaseSettings):
     sasl_kerberos_principal: Optional[str] = None
 
     # for oauth_cb, see https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/html/index.html#pythonclient-configuration
-    oauth_cb: Optional[Callable[[str], Tuple[str, float]]] = pydantic.Field(
-        # Prevent the AliasGenerator from changing the field name to "oauth.cb"
-        default=None,
-        alias_priority=2,
-        serialization_alias="oauth_cb",
+    oauth_cb: Optional[Union[Callable[[str], Tuple[str, float]], ImportString]] = (
+        pydantic.Field(
+            # Prevent the AliasGenerator from changing the field name to "oauth.cb"
+            default=None,
+            alias_priority=2,
+            serialization_alias="oauth_cb",
+        )
     )
 
     sasl_oauthbearer_config: Optional[str] = None
diff --git a/tests/test_quixstreams/test_kafka/test_configuration.py b/tests/test_quixstreams/test_kafka/test_configuration.py
index 0831400d5..7af263346 100644
--- a/tests/test_quixstreams/test_kafka/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/test_quixstreams/test_kafka/test_configuration.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+from typing import Tuple
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pydantic
@@ -7,6 +8,10 @@
 from quixstreams.kafka.configuration import ConnectionConfig
 
 
+def example_oauth_cb(config: str) -> Tuple[str, float]:
+    return config, 1.0
+
+
 class TestConnectionConfig:
     def test_literal_casings(self):
         """
@@ -139,3 +144,14 @@ def test_environment_not_read(self):
         with patch.dict(os.environ, {"SASL_PASSWORD": "cool_pw"}):
             config = ConnectionConfig(bootstrap_servers="url")
         assert config.sasl_password is None
+
+    def test_oauth_cb_with_callable(self):
+        config = ConnectionConfig(bootstrap_servers="url", oauth_cb=example_oauth_cb)
+        assert config.oauth_cb == example_oauth_cb
+
+    def test_oauth_cb_with_import_string(self):
+        config = ConnectionConfig(
+            bootstrap_servers="url",
+            oauth_cb="tests.test_quixstreams.test_kafka.test_configuration.example_oauth_cb",
+        )
+        assert config.oauth_cb == example_oauth_cb