diff --git a/resources/buildConfigDefinitions.js b/resources/buildConfigDefinitions.js
index 5b9084f863..da9db8d480 100644
--- a/resources/buildConfigDefinitions.js
+++ b/resources/buildConfigDefinitions.js
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ function mapperFor(elt, t) {
     return wrap(t.identifier('objectParser'));
   } else if (t.isBooleanTypeAnnotation(elt)) {
     return wrap(t.identifier('booleanParser'));
+  } else if (t.isObjectTypeAnnotation(elt)) {
+    return wrap(t.identifier('objectParser'));
   } else if (t.isGenericTypeAnnotation(elt)) {
     const type = elt.typeAnnotation.id.name;
     if (type == 'Adapter') {
diff --git a/src/Options/Definitions.js b/src/Options/Definitions.js
index d5674eaf29..61f7391ecd 100644
--- a/src/Options/Definitions.js
+++ b/src/Options/Definitions.js
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ module.exports.ParseServerOptions = {
     env: 'PARSE_SERVER_AUTH_PROVIDERS',
     help:
       'Configuration for your authentication providers, as stringified JSON. See http://docs.parseplatform.org/parse-server/guide/#oauth-and-3rd-party-authentication',
+    action: parsers.objectParser,
   },
   cacheAdapter: {
     env: 'PARSE_SERVER_CACHE_ADAPTER',