diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0ddcf25..d68de0c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ unittest2==1.1
 zope.component==4.2.1
 configparser==3.5
 mozsvc==0.9
-https://github.com/mozilla-services/tokenserver/archive/1.2.27.zip
-https://github.com/mozilla-services/server-syncstorage/archive/1.6.12.zip
+https://github.com/mozilla-services/tokenserver/archive/1.3.0.zip
+https://github.com/mozilla-services/server-syncstorage/archive/1.6.13.zip
diff --git a/syncserver/__init__.py b/syncserver/__init__.py
index 108ac4b..40ac95b 100644
--- a/syncserver/__init__.py
+++ b/syncserver/__init__.py
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ def includeme(config):
             issuer = urlparse(idp_config["auth_server_base_url"]).netloc
             settings["browserid.trusted_issuers"] = [issuer]
             settings["browserid.allowed_issuers"] = [issuer]
+    if "oauth.backend" not in settings:
+        settings["oauth.backend"] = "tokenserver.verifiers.RemoteOAuthVerifier"
+        # If an IdP was specified, use it for oauth verification.
+        if idp is not None:
+            settings["oauth.server_url"] = idp_config["oauth_server_base_url"]
     if "loggers" not in settings:
         # Default to basic logging config.
         root_logger = logging.getLogger("")