diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eb41480f1..e0292bcc0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ version = "5.2.0"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 all = [
   "social-auth-core[azuread]",
+  "social-auth-core[cas]",
   "social-auth-core[google-onetap]",
   "social-auth-core[saml]",
   "social-auth-core[shopify]"
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ all = [
 allpy3 = [
   "social-auth-core[all]"
 ]
+cas = [
+  "python-cas>=1.7.2"
+]
 # This is present until pip implements supports for PEP 735
 # see https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/12963
 dev = [
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ check_untyped_defs = true
 disallow_untyped_defs = true
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 module = [
+  "cas",
   "google.appengine.*",
   "onelogin.*",
   "openid.*",
diff --git a/social_core/backends/cas_generic.py b/social_core/backends/cas_generic.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..303bb1d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/social_core/backends/cas_generic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""
+Generic CAS backend
+
+Backend to authenticat with a generic CAS server.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from cas import CASClient, CASClientV1, CASClientV2, CASClientV3, CASClientWithSAMLV1
+
+from social_core.exceptions import AuthTokenError, SocialAuthImproperlyConfiguredError
+
+from .base import BaseAuth
+
+
+class CasAuth(BaseAuth):
+    name = "cas"
+    title = "Cas"
+
+    ID_KEY = "cas_user"
+    SERVER_URL: str | None = None
+
+    def auth_url(self) -> str:
+        client = self.get_cas_client()
+
+        url = client.get_login_url()
+        self.log_debug(f"Redirecting to CAS login: {url}")
+        return url
+
+    def get_cas_client(
+        self,
+    ) -> CASClientV1 | CASClientV2 | CASClientV3 | CASClientWithSAMLV1:
+        """
+        initializes the CASClient according to
+        the CAS_* settings
+        """
+        server_url = self.setting("SERVER_URL", self.SERVER_URL)
+        service_url = self.redirect_uri
+
+        if not server_url:
+            raise SocialAuthImproperlyConfiguredError
+
+        version = self.setting("VERSION", 3)
+        kwargs = {
+            "service_url": service_url,
+            "server_url": server_url,
+            "extra_login_params": self.setting("EXTRA_LOGIN_PARAMS", []),
+        }
+
+        # ty checks don't like __new__ to return a different type
+        return CASClient.__new__(CASClient, version=version, **kwargs)
+
+    def auth_complete(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        client = self.get_cas_client()
+        ticket = self.strategy.request_data().get("ticket")
+        user, attributes, _pgtiou = client.verify_ticket(ticket)
+        if user is None or attributes is None:
+            raise AuthTokenError(self, "Token verification did not succeed")
+        kwargs.update({"response": attributes | {"cas_user": user}, "backend": self})
+        return self.strategy.authenticate(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_user_details(self, response):
+        return {
+            "username": response.get(self.id_key()),
+            "email": response.get(self.setting("EMAIL_FIELD", "email")),
+            "fullname": response.get(self.setting("NAME_FIELD", "name")),
+        }
diff --git a/social_core/tests/backends/test_cas_generic.py b/social_core/tests/backends/test_cas_generic.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f98fcec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/social_core/tests/backends/test_cas_generic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import urllib.parse
+
+import responses
+
+from social_core.tests.strategy import TEST_URI
+
+from .base import BaseBackendTest
+
+VALIDATION_PAYLOAD = b"""
+<cas:serviceResponse xmlns:cas="http://www.yale.edu/tp/cas">
+  <cas:authenticationSuccess>
+    <cas:user>test</cas:user>
+    <cas:attributes>
+      <cas:authenticationDate>1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00</cas:authenticationDate>
+      <cas:longTermAuthenticationRequestTokenUsed>false</cas:longTermAuthenticationRequestTokenUsed>
+      <cas:isFromNewLogin>true</cas:isFromNewLogin>
+      <cas:email>test@example.com</cas:email>
+      <cas:name>Firstname Lastname</cas:name>
+    </cas:attributes>
+    <cas:attribute name="authenticationDate" value="1970-00-00T00:00:00+00:00"/>
+    <cas:attribute name="longTermAuthenticationRequestTokenUsed" value="false"/>
+    <cas:attribute name="isFromNewLogin" value="true"/>
+    <cas:attribute name="email" value="test@example.com"/>
+    <cas:attribute name="name" value="Firstname Lastname"/>
+  </cas:authenticationSuccess>
+</cas:serviceResponse>
+"""
+
+
+class CasAuthTest(BaseBackendTest):
+    backend_path = "social_core.backends.cas_generic.CasAuth"
+    expected_username = "test"
+    ticket = "ST-12345678"
+    server_url = "http://cas-server.com/"
+    service_url = TEST_URI
+    validate_endpoint = "p3/serviceValidate"
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        super().setUp()
+        params = [("ticket", self.ticket), ("service", self.service_url)]
+
+        self.strategy.set_settings(
+            {
+                "SOCIAL_AUTH_CAS_SERVER_URL": self.server_url,
+            }
+        )
+
+        url = (
+            urllib.parse.urljoin(self.server_url, self.validate_endpoint)
+            + "?"
+            + urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
+        )
+        responses.add(responses.GET, url, VALIDATION_PAYLOAD)
+
+    def do_start(self):
+        self.strategy.set_request_data({"ticket": self.ticket}, self.backend)
+        return self.backend.complete()
+
+    def test_login(self) -> None:
+        self.do_login()
+
+    def test_partial_pipeline(self) -> None:
+        self.do_partial_pipeline()
+
+    def test_auth_url(self) -> None:
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.backend.auth_url(),
+            urllib.parse.urljoin(self.server_url, "login")
+            + "?"
+            + urllib.parse.urlencode({"service": self.service_url}),
+        )