diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eeb38e66..63c0de79 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 N/A
 
 ## Changes since v7.3.0
-
+- [#1828](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1828) call providerData.setProviderDefaults for oidc provider to achieve consistent behaviour (@centzilius)
+  - UserClaim will be set to sub instead of beeing empty from now on.
 - [#1691](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1691) Fix Redis IdleTimeout when Redis timeout option is set to non-zero (@dimss)
 - [#1669](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1699) Fix method deprecated error in lint (@t-katsumura)
 - [#1701](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1701) Watch the htpasswd file for changes and update the htpasswdMap (@aiciobanu)
diff --git a/providers/oidc.go b/providers/oidc.go
index d3902afb..aadaf7c5 100644
--- a/providers/oidc.go
+++ b/providers/oidc.go
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@ type OIDCProvider struct {
 
 // NewOIDCProvider initiates a new OIDCProvider
 func NewOIDCProvider(p *ProviderData, opts options.OIDCOptions) *OIDCProvider {
-	p.ProviderName = "OpenID Connect"
+	p.setProviderDefaults(providerDefaults{
+		name:        "OpenID Connect",
+		loginURL:    nil,
+		redeemURL:   nil,
+		profileURL:  nil,
+		validateURL: nil,
+		scope:       "",
+	})
 	p.getAuthorizationHeaderFunc = makeOIDCHeader
 
 	return &OIDCProvider{