diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/cross/model-meta.ts b/packages/runtime/src/cross/model-meta.ts
index 5fedf10a7..9b4e706bc 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/cross/model-meta.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/cross/model-meta.ts
@@ -78,9 +78,25 @@ export type UniqueConstraint = { name: string; fields: string[] };
  * ZModel data model metadata
  */
 export type ModelMeta = {
+    /**
+     * Model fields
+     */
     fields: Record<string, Record<string, FieldInfo>>;
+
+    /**
+     * Model unique constraints
+     */
     uniqueConstraints: Record<string, Record<string, UniqueConstraint>>;
+
+    /**
+     * Information for cascading delete
+     */
     deleteCascade: Record<string, string[]>;
+
+    /**
+     * Name of model that backs the `auth()` function
+     */
+    authModel?: string;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/policy/index.ts b/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/policy/index.ts
index efe6f8f75..8b05241dd 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/policy/index.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/policy/index.ts
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ export function withPolicy<DbClient extends object>(
     const _zodSchemas = options?.zodSchemas ?? getDefaultZodSchemas(options?.loadPath);
 
     // validate user context
-    if (context?.user) {
-        const idFields = getIdFields(_modelMeta, 'User');
+    if (context?.user && _modelMeta.authModel) {
+        const idFields = getIdFields(_modelMeta, _modelMeta.authModel);
         if (
             !hasAllFields(
                 context.user,
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/cli/cli-util.ts b/packages/schema/src/cli/cli-util.ts
index 1f57da695..eed22e2eb 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/cli/cli-util.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/cli/cli-util.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { isDataSource, isPlugin, Model } from '@zenstackhq/language/ast';
-import { getLiteral } from '@zenstackhq/sdk';
+import { getDataModels, getLiteral, hasAttribute } from '@zenstackhq/sdk';
 import colors from 'colors';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import getLatestVersion from 'get-latest-version';
@@ -95,10 +95,18 @@ export async function loadDocument(fileName: string): Promise<Model> {
 function validationAfterMerge(model: Model) {
     const dataSources = model.declarations.filter((d) => isDataSource(d));
     if (dataSources.length == 0) {
-        console.error(colors.red('Validation errors: Model must define a datasource'));
+        console.error(colors.red('Validation error: Model must define a datasource'));
         throw new CliError('schema validation errors');
     } else if (dataSources.length > 1) {
-        console.error(colors.red('Validation errors: Multiple datasource declarations are not allowed'));
+        console.error(colors.red('Validation error: Multiple datasource declarations are not allowed'));
+        throw new CliError('schema validation errors');
+    }
+
+    // at most one `@@auth` model
+    const dataModels = getDataModels(model);
+    const authModels = dataModels.filter((d) => hasAttribute(d, '@@auth'));
+    if (authModels.length > 1) {
+        console.error(colors.red('Validation error: Multiple `@@auth` models are not allowed'));
         throw new CliError('schema validation errors');
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/language-server/validator/schema-validator.ts b/packages/schema/src/language-server/validator/schema-validator.ts
index 5b05d4128..b80bf890d 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/language-server/validator/schema-validator.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/language-server/validator/schema-validator.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+import { Model, isDataModel, isDataSource } from '@zenstackhq/language/ast';
+import { hasAttribute } from '@zenstackhq/sdk';
+import { LangiumDocuments, ValidationAcceptor } from 'langium';
+import { getAllDeclarationsFromImports, resolveImport, resolveTransitiveImports } from '../../utils/ast-utils';
 import { PLUGIN_MODULE_NAME, STD_LIB_MODULE_NAME } from '../constants';
-import { isDataSource, Model } from '@zenstackhq/language/ast';
 import { AstValidator } from '../types';
-import { LangiumDocuments, ValidationAcceptor } from 'langium';
 import { validateDuplicatedDeclarations } from './utils';
-import { getAllDeclarationsFromImports, resolveImport, resolveTransitiveImports } from '../../utils/ast-utils';
 
 /**
  * Validates toplevel schema.
@@ -33,6 +34,12 @@ export default class SchemaValidator implements AstValidator<Model> {
         ) {
             this.validateDataSources(model, accept);
         }
+
+        // at most one `@@auth` model
+        const authModels = model.declarations.filter((d) => isDataModel(d) && hasAttribute(d, '@@auth'));
+        if (authModels.length > 1) {
+            accept('error', 'Multiple `@@auth` models are not allowed', { node: authModels[1] });
+        }
     }
 
     private validateDataSources(model: Model, accept: ValidationAcceptor) {
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-linker.ts b/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-linker.ts
index 1a78f3b95..de6afc9e5 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-linker.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-linker.ts
@@ -278,17 +278,16 @@ export class ZModelLinker extends DefaultLinker {
                 const model = getContainingModel(node);
 
                 if (model) {
-                    let userModel;
-                    userModel = getAllDeclarationsFromImports(this.langiumDocuments(), model).find((d) => {
+                    let authModel = getAllDeclarationsFromImports(this.langiumDocuments(), model).find((d) => {
                         return isDataModel(d) && hasAttribute(d, '@@auth');
                     });
-                    if (!userModel) {
-                        userModel = getAllDeclarationsFromImports(this.langiumDocuments(), model).find((d) => {
+                    if (!authModel) {
+                        authModel = getAllDeclarationsFromImports(this.langiumDocuments(), model).find((d) => {
                             return isDataModel(d) && d.name === 'User';
                         });
                     }
-                    if (userModel) {
-                        node.$resolvedType = { decl: userModel, nullable: true };
+                    if (authModel) {
+                        node.$resolvedType = { decl: authModel, nullable: true };
                     }
                 }
             } else if (funcDecl.name === 'future' && isFromStdlib(funcDecl)) {
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/plugins/access-policy/policy-guard-generator.ts b/packages/schema/src/plugins/access-policy/policy-guard-generator.ts
index d76954b43..95edb942a 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/plugins/access-policy/policy-guard-generator.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/plugins/access-policy/policy-guard-generator.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
     analyzePolicies,
     createProject,
     emitProject,
+    getAuthModel,
     getDataModels,
     getLiteral,
     getPrismaClientImportSpec,
@@ -744,13 +745,11 @@ export default class PolicyGenerator {
         );
 
         if (hasAuthRef) {
-            const userModel = model.$container.declarations.find(
-                (decl): decl is DataModel => isDataModel(decl) && decl.name === 'User'
-            );
-            if (!userModel) {
-                throw new PluginError(name, 'User model not found');
+            const authModel = getAuthModel(getDataModels(model.$container));
+            if (!authModel) {
+                throw new PluginError(name, 'Auth model not found');
             }
-            const userIdFields = getIdFields(userModel);
+            const userIdFields = getIdFields(authModel);
             if (!userIdFields || userIdFields.length === 0) {
                 throw new PluginError(name, 'User model does not have an id field');
             }
diff --git a/packages/schema/tests/schema/validation/schema-validation.test.ts b/packages/schema/tests/schema/validation/schema-validation.test.ts
index c7b000338..5f1cc6254 100644
--- a/packages/schema/tests/schema/validation/schema-validation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/tests/schema/validation/schema-validation.test.ts
@@ -38,4 +38,25 @@ describe('Toplevel Schema Validation Tests', () => {
         `)
         ).toContain('Cannot find model file models/abc.zmodel');
     });
+
+    it('multiple auth models', async () => {
+        expect(
+            await loadModelWithError(`
+                datasource db1 {
+                    provider = 'postgresql'
+                    url = env('DATABASE_URL')
+                }
+
+                model X {
+                    id String @id 
+                    @@auth
+                }
+
+                model Y {
+                    id String @id 
+                    @@auth
+                }
+                `)
+        ).toContain('Multiple `@@auth` models are not allowed');
+    });
 });
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/model-meta-generator.ts b/packages/sdk/src/model-meta-generator.ts
index 76bcd301a..a01aaddd4 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/model-meta-generator.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/model-meta-generator.ts
@@ -15,17 +15,18 @@ import { lowerCaseFirst } from 'lower-case-first';
 import { CodeBlockWriter, Project, VariableDeclarationKind } from 'ts-morph';
 import {
     emitProject,
+    getAttribute,
     getAttributeArg,
     getAttributeArgs,
+    getAuthModel,
     getDataModels,
     getLiteral,
     hasAttribute,
+    isEnumFieldReference,
     isForeignKeyField,
     isIdField,
     resolved,
     saveProject,
-    getAttribute,
-    isEnumFieldReference,
 } from '.';
 
 export async function generate(
@@ -113,6 +114,12 @@ function generateModelMetadata(dataModels: DataModel[], writer: CodeBlockWriter)
                 }
             }
         });
+        writer.write(',');
+
+        const authModel = getAuthModel(dataModels);
+        if (authModel) {
+            writer.writeLine(`authModel: '${authModel.name}'`);
+        }
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/utils.ts b/packages/sdk/src/utils.ts
index 251be568b..6d726d091 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/utils.ts
@@ -352,3 +352,11 @@ export function getPreviewFeatures(model: Model) {
 
     return [] as string[];
 }
+
+export function getAuthModel(dataModels: DataModel[]) {
+    let authModel = dataModels.find((m) => hasAttribute(m, '@@auth'));
+    if (!authModel) {
+        authModel = dataModels.find((m) => m.name === 'User');
+    }
+    return authModel;
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests/enhancements/with-policy/auth.test.ts b/tests/integration/tests/enhancements/with-policy/auth.test.ts
index 0eed19f9d..cffbafaff 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tests/enhancements/with-policy/auth.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/tests/enhancements/with-policy/auth.test.ts
@@ -185,4 +185,31 @@ describe('With Policy: auth() test', () => {
         const authDb1 = withPolicy({ id: 'user2', role: 'ADMIN' });
         await expect(authDb1.post.update({ where: { id: '1' }, data: { title: 'bcd' } })).toResolveTruthy();
     });
+
+    it('non User auth model', async () => {
+        const { withPolicy } = await loadSchema(
+            `
+        model Foo {
+            id String @id @default(uuid())
+            role String
+
+            @@auth()
+        }
+
+        model Post {
+            id String @id @default(uuid())
+            title String
+
+            @@allow('read', true)
+            @@allow('create', auth().role == 'ADMIN')
+        }
+        `
+        );
+
+        const userDb = withPolicy({ id: 'user1', role: 'USER' });
+        await expect(userDb.post.create({ data: { title: 'abc' } })).toBeRejectedByPolicy();
+
+        const adminDb = withPolicy({ id: 'user1', role: 'ADMIN' });
+        await expect(adminDb.post.create({ data: { title: 'abc' } })).toResolveTruthy();
+    });
 });