diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1006f11f..b42ec109 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -600,6 +600,18 @@ This is because the user session is stored in a secure cookie and cannot be acce
 
 **This means that you should not rely on the user session during prerendering.**
 
+You may also choose to instruct Nuxt AUth Utils to fetch the user session only on the client side, with the `loadStrategy` option in your `nuxt.config.ts`:
+
+```ts
+export default defineNuxtConfig({
+  auth: {
+    loadStrategy: 'client-only'
+  }
+})
+```
+
+When using the `client-only` load strategy, the user session can still be manually fetched on the server side by calling `fetch` from the `useUserSession` composable.
+
 ### `<AuthState>` component
 
 You can use the `<AuthState>` component to safely display auth-related data in your components without worrying about the rendering mode.
@@ -617,7 +629,7 @@ One common use case if the Login button in the header:
 </template>
 ```
 
-If the page is cached or prerendered, nothing will be rendered until the user session is fetched on the client-side.
+If the page is cached or prerendered or the load strategy set as `client-only`, nothing will be rendered until the user session is fetched on the client-side.
 
 You can use the `placeholder` slot to show a placeholder on server-side and while the user session is being fetched on client-side for the prerendered pages:
 
diff --git a/src/module.ts b/src/module.ts
index b215622e..0be5dfcb 100644
--- a/src/module.ts
+++ b/src/module.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ export interface ModuleOptions {
      */
     scrypt?: ScryptConfig
   }
+  /**
+   * Session load strategy
+   * @default 'server-first'
+   */
+  loadStrategy?: 'server-first' | 'client-only'
 }
 
 declare module 'nuxt/schema' {
@@ -51,6 +56,12 @@ declare module 'nuxt/schema' {
      */
     session: SessionConfig
   }
+
+  interface PublicRuntimeConfig {
+    auth: {
+      loadStrategy: 'server-first' | 'client-only'
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
@@ -65,6 +76,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
     hash: {
       scrypt: {},
     },
+    loadStrategy: 'server-first',
   },
   async setup(options, nuxt) {
     const resolver = createResolver(import.meta.url)
@@ -162,6 +174,11 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
       }
     }
 
+    // Load strategy
+    runtimeConfig.public.auth = defu(runtimeConfig.public.auth, {
+      loadStrategy: options.loadStrategy ?? 'server-first',
+    })
+
     // WebAuthn settings
     runtimeConfig.webauthn = defu(runtimeConfig.webauthn, {
       register: {},
diff --git a/src/runtime/app/plugins/session.client.ts b/src/runtime/app/plugins/session.client.ts
index f37e5dad..29ef59b8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/app/plugins/session.client.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/app/plugins/session.client.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
   if (!nuxtApp.payload.serverRendered) {
     await useUserSession().fetch()
   }
-  else if (Boolean(nuxtApp.payload.prerenderedAt) || Boolean(nuxtApp.payload.isCached)) {
+  else if (Boolean(nuxtApp.payload.prerenderedAt) || Boolean(nuxtApp.payload.isCached)
+    || nuxtApp.$config.public.auth.loadStrategy === 'client-only'
+  ) {
     // To avoid hydration mismatch
     nuxtApp.hook('app:mounted', async () => {
       await useUserSession().fetch()
diff --git a/src/runtime/app/plugins/session.server.ts b/src/runtime/app/plugins/session.server.ts
index 5d1795c3..6b4d7376 100644
--- a/src/runtime/app/plugins/session.server.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/app/plugins/session.server.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin({
   async setup(nuxtApp) {
     // Flag if request is cached
     nuxtApp.payload.isCached = Boolean(useRequestEvent()?.context.cache)
-    if (nuxtApp.payload.serverRendered && !nuxtApp.payload.prerenderedAt && !nuxtApp.payload.isCached) {
+    if (nuxtApp.payload.serverRendered && !nuxtApp.payload.prerenderedAt && !nuxtApp.payload.isCached
+      && nuxtApp.$config.public.auth.loadStrategy !== 'client-only'
+    ) {
       await useUserSession().fetch()
     }
   },