diff --git a/config/bmcweb_config.h.in b/config/bmcweb_config.h.in
index 3fd3ea8..a1bd1ba 100644
--- a/config/bmcweb_config.h.in
+++ b/config/bmcweb_config.h.in
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@
 constexpr const bool bmcwebEnableMultiHost = @BMCWEB_ENABLE_MULTI_HOST@ == 1;
 
 constexpr const bool bmcwebEnableHTTP2 = @BMCWEB_ENABLE_HTTP2@ == 1;
+
+constexpr const bool bmcwebMTLSCommonNameParsingMeta = @BMCWEB_ENABLE_MTLS_COMMON_NAME_PARSING_META@ == 1;
 // clang-format on
diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index 10ddb2d..1ba34af 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 conf_data.set10('BMCWEB_ENABLE_MULTI_HOST', enable_multi_host.allowed())
 enable_http2 = get_option('experimental-http2')
 conf_data.set10('BMCWEB_ENABLE_HTTP2', enable_http2.allowed())
+conf_data.set10('BMCWEB_ENABLE_MTLS_COMMON_NAME_PARSING_META', get_option('mutual-tls-common-name-parsing') == 'meta')
+
 
 # Logging level
 loglvlopt = get_option('bmcweb-logging')
@@ -59,4 +61,3 @@
   install_dir: '/etc/pam.d/',
   rename: 'webserver',
 )
-
diff --git a/http/mutual_tls.hpp b/http/mutual_tls.hpp
index 64bcd49..1620054 100644
--- a/http/mutual_tls.hpp
+++ b/http/mutual_tls.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "logging.hpp"
+#include "mutual_tls_meta.hpp"
 #include "persistent_data.hpp"
 
 #include <openssl/crypto.h>
@@ -88,6 +89,19 @@
         return nullptr;
     }
     sslUser.resize(lastChar);
+
+    // Meta Inc. CommonName parsing
+    if (bmcwebMTLSCommonNameParsingMeta)
+    {
+        std::optional<std::string_view> sslUserMeta =
+            mtlsMetaParseSslUser(sslUser);
+        if (!sslUserMeta)
+        {
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        sslUser = *sslUserMeta;
+    }
+
     std::string unsupportedClientId;
     return persistent_data::SessionStore::getInstance().generateUserSession(
         sslUser, clientIp, unsupportedClientId,
diff --git a/http/mutual_tls_meta.hpp b/http/mutual_tls_meta.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e55db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http/mutual_tls_meta.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "logging.hpp"
+
+#include <format>
+#include <optional>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+
+inline std::optional<std::string_view>
+    mtlsMetaParseSslUser(std::string_view sslUser)
+{
+    // Parses a Meta internal TLS client certificate Subject CN in
+    // '<entityType>:<entity>[/<hostname>]' format and returns the resulting
+    // POSIX-compatible local user name on success, null otherwise.
+    //
+    // Only entityType = "user" is supported for now.
+    //
+    // Example client subject CN -> local user name:
+    // "user:a_username/hostname" -> "a_username"
+
+    // Parse entityType
+    size_t colonIndex = sslUser.find(':');
+    if (colonIndex == std::string_view::npos)
+    {
+        BMCWEB_LOG_WARNING("Invalid Meta TLS client cert Subject CN: '{}'",
+                           sslUser);
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    std::string_view entityType = sslUser.substr(0, colonIndex);
+    sslUser.remove_prefix(colonIndex + 1);
+    if (entityType != "user")
+    {
+        BMCWEB_LOG_WARNING(
+            "Invalid/unsupported entityType='{}' in Meta TLS client cert Subject CN: '{}'",
+            entityType, sslUser);
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    // Parse entity
+    size_t slashIndex = sslUser.find('/');
+    std::string_view entity;
+    if (slashIndex == std::string_view::npos)
+    {
+        // No '/' character, Subject CN is just '<entityType>:<entity>'
+        entity = sslUser;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // Subject CN ends with /<hostname>
+        entity = sslUser.substr(0, slashIndex);
+        sslUser.remove_prefix(slashIndex + 1);
+
+        if (entity.find_first_not_of(
+                "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_-.") != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            BMCWEB_LOG_WARNING(
+                "Invalid entity='{}' in Meta TLS client cert Subject CN: '{}'",
+                entity, sslUser);
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (entity.empty())
+    {
+        BMCWEB_LOG_DEBUG("Invalid Meta TLS client cert Subject CN: '{}'",
+                         sslUser);
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    return entity;
+}
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 26e8fda..207d59b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@
   'test/http/http_response_test.cpp',
   'test/http/utility_test.cpp',
   'test/http/verb_test.cpp',
+  'test/http/mutual_tls_meta.cpp',
   'test/include/dbus_utility_test.cpp',
   'test/include/google/google_service_root_test.cpp',
   'test/include/json_html_serializer.cpp',
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 017c16b..584ca70 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -185,6 +185,20 @@
 )
 
 option(
+    'mutual-tls-common-name-parsing',
+    type: 'combo',
+    choices: ['username', 'meta'],
+    value: 'username',
+    description: '''Sets logic to map the Subject Common Name field to a user
+                    in client TLS certificates.
+                    - username: Use the Subject CN field as a BMC username
+                                (default)
+                    - meta:     Parses the Subject CN in the format used by
+                                Meta Inc (see mutual_tls_meta.cpp for details)
+                    '''
+)
+
+option(
     'ibm-management-console',
     type: 'feature',
     value: 'disabled',
diff --git a/test/http/mutual_tls_meta.cpp b/test/http/mutual_tls_meta.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f32cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/http/mutual_tls_meta.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include "http/mutual_tls_meta.hpp"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h> // IWYU pragma: keep
+
+namespace redfish
+{
+namespace
+{
+
+TEST(MetaParseSslUser, userTest)
+{
+    std::string sslUser = "user:kawajiri/hostname.facebook.com";
+    EXPECT_EQ(mtlsMetaParseSslUser(sslUser), "kawajiri");
+}
+
+TEST(MetaParseSslUser, userNohostnameTest)
+{
+    // hostname is optional
+    std::string sslUser = "user:kawajiri";
+    EXPECT_EQ(mtlsMetaParseSslUser(sslUser), "kawajiri");
+}
+
+TEST(MetaParseSslUser, invalidUsers)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> invalidSslUsers = {
+        "",
+        ":",
+        ":/",
+        "ijslakd",
+        "user:",
+        "user:/",
+        "user:/hostname.facebook.com",
+        "user:/hostname.facebook.c om",
+        "user: space/hostname.facebook.com",
+        "svc:",
+        "svc:/",
+        "svc:/hostname.facebook.com",
+        "host:/",
+        "host:unexpected_user/",
+    };
+
+    for (const std::string& sslUser : invalidSslUsers)
+    {
+        EXPECT_EQ(mtlsMetaParseSslUser(sslUser), std::nullopt);
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace
+} // namespace redfish