diff --git a/packages/accounts-base/accounts-base.d.ts b/packages/accounts-base/accounts-base.d.ts
index 82df9c2b82..592d22cdbf 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-base/accounts-base.d.ts
+++ b/packages/accounts-base/accounts-base.d.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export namespace Accounts {
     collection?: string | undefined;
     loginTokenExpirationHours?: number | undefined;
     tokenSequenceLength?: number | undefined;
+    clientStorage?: 'session' | 'local';
   }): void;
 
   function onLogin(
diff --git a/packages/accounts-base/accounts_client.js b/packages/accounts-base/accounts_client.js
index c010fcecdf..b4c9614b7e 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-base/accounts_client.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-base/accounts_client.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {AccountsCommon} from "./accounts_common.js";
  * @param {Object} options an object with fields:
  * @param {Object} options.connection Optional DDP connection to reuse.
  * @param {String} options.ddpUrl Optional URL for creating a new DDP connection.
- * @param {Boolean} options.useSessionStorage Optional Use session storage to store tokens and related data. Defaults to false, which means that local storage is used.
+ * @param {'session' | 'local'} options.clientStorage Optional Define what kind of storage you want for credentials on the client. Default is 'local' to use `localStorage`. Set to 'session' to use session storage.
  */
 export class AccountsClient extends AccountsCommon {
   constructor(options) {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class AccountsClient extends AccountsCommon {
     this._initUrlMatching();
 
     // Determine whether to use local or session storage to storage credentials and anything else.
-    this.storageLocation = (options?.useSessionStorage || Meteor.settings?.public?.packages?.accounts?.useSessionStorage) ? window.sessionStorage : Meteor._localStorage;
+    this.storageLocation = (options?.clientStorage === 'session' || Meteor.settings?.public?.packages?.accounts?.clientStorage === 'session') ? window.sessionStorage : Meteor._localStorage;
 
     // Defined in localstorage_token.js.
     this._initLocalStorage();
diff --git a/packages/accounts-base/accounts_client_tests.js b/packages/accounts-base/accounts_client_tests.js
index 31945e158c..6cce47318e 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-base/accounts_client_tests.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-base/accounts_client_tests.js
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ Tinytest.addAsync(
 
 testAsyncMulti('accounts - storage', [
   function (test, expect) {
-    Accounts.config({ useSessionStorage: true })
+    Accounts.config({ clientStorage: 'session' })
     test.isTrue(Accounts._options.useSessionStorage)
     test.isNotUndefined(sessionStorage.getItem('Meteor.loginToken'))
     test.isUndefined(localStorage.getItem('Meteor.loginToken'))
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ testAsyncMulti('accounts - storage', [
     removeTestUser()
   },
   function (test, expect) {
-    Accounts.config({ useSessionStorage: false })
+    Accounts.config({ clientStorage: 'local' })
     test.isFalse(Accounts._options.useSessionStorage)
     test.isUndefined(sessionStorage.getItem('Meteor.loginToken'))
     test.isNotUndefined(localStorage.getItem('Meteor.loginToken'))