diff --git a/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Web.config b/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Web.config
index fdcfa7711..103aca836 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Web.config
+++ b/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Web.config
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@
     </sectionGroup>
   </configSections>
 
-  <appSettings/>
+  <appSettings>
+    <!--  
+        This is a workaround. There’s a known issue that causes Forms Authentication to always redirect unauthenticated users 
+        to ~/Account/Login, ignoring the forms authentication setting used in Web.config. 
+    -->
+    <add key="autoFormsAuthentication" value="false" />
+  </appSettings>
   <system.diagnostics configSource="Config\Diagnostics.config"/>
 
   <system.web.webPages.razor>