diff --git a/social/backends/open_id.py b/social/backends/open_id.py
index 3ab525257..91cd39e80 100644
--- a/social/backends/open_id.py
+++ b/social/backends/open_id.py
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@
 from calendar import timegm
 
 from jwt import InvalidTokenError, decode as jwt_decode
-
 from openid.consumer.consumer import Consumer, SUCCESS, CANCEL, FAILURE
 from openid.consumer.discover import DiscoveryFailure
 from openid.extensions import sreg, ax, pape
 
-from social.utils import url_add_parameters
-from social.exceptions import AuthException, AuthFailed, AuthCanceled, \
-                              AuthUnknownError, AuthMissingParameter, \
-                              AuthTokenError
 from social.backends.base import BaseAuth
 from social.backends.oauth import BaseOAuth2
-
+from social.exceptions import (
+    AuthException, AuthFailed, AuthCanceled, AuthUnknownError, AuthMissingParameter, AuthTokenError
+)
+from social.utils import url_add_parameters
 
 # OpenID configuration
 OLD_AX_ATTRS = [
@@ -278,6 +276,7 @@ class OpenIdConnectAuth(BaseOAuth2):
     Currently only the code response type is supported.
     """
     ID_TOKEN_ISSUER = None
+    ID_TOKEN_MAX_AGE = 600
     DEFAULT_SCOPE = ['openid']
     EXTRA_DATA = ['id_token', 'refresh_token', ('sub', 'id')]
     # Set after access_token is retrieved
@@ -325,19 +324,35 @@ def validate_and_return_id_token(self, id_token):
         http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#IDTokenValidation.
         """
         client_id, _client_secret = self.get_key_and_secret()
-        decryption_key = self.setting('ID_TOKEN_DECRYPTION_KEY')
+
+        decode_kwargs = {
+            'algorithms': ['HS256'],
+            'audience': client_id,
+            'issuer': self.ID_TOKEN_ISSUER,
+            'key': self.setting('ID_TOKEN_DECRYPTION_KEY'),
+            'options': {
+                'verify_signature': True,
+                'verify_exp': True,
+                'verify_iat': True,
+                'verify_aud': True,
+                'verify_iss': True,
+                'require_exp': True,
+                'require_iat': True,
+            },
+        }
+        decode_kwargs.update(self.setting('ID_TOKEN_JWT_DECODE_KWARGS', {}))
+
         try:
             # Decode the JWT and raise an error if the secret is invalid or
             # the response has expired.
-            id_token = jwt_decode(id_token, decryption_key, audience=client_id,
-                                  issuer=self.ID_TOKEN_ISSUER,
-                                  algorithms=['HS256'])
+            id_token = jwt_decode(id_token, **decode_kwargs)
         except InvalidTokenError as err:
             raise AuthTokenError(self, err)
 
-        # Verify the token was issued in the last 10 minutes
+        # Verify the token was issued within a specified amount of time
+        iat_leeway = self.setting('ID_TOKEN_MAX_AGE', self.ID_TOKEN_MAX_AGE)
         utc_timestamp = timegm(datetime.datetime.utcnow().utctimetuple())
-        if id_token['iat'] < (utc_timestamp - 600):
+        if id_token['iat'] < (utc_timestamp - iat_leeway):
             raise AuthTokenError(self, 'Incorrect id_token: iat')
 
         # Validate the nonce to ensure the request was not modified
diff --git a/social/tests/backends/open_id.py b/social/tests/backends/open_id.py
index 22e6d45e3..c46a550d1 100644
--- a/social/tests/backends/open_id.py
+++ b/social/tests/backends/open_id.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from calendar import timegm
-
-import sys
-import json
 import datetime
+import json
+import sys
+from calendar import timegm
 
-import requests
 import jwt
-
+import requests
 from openid import oidutil
 
 
@@ -127,14 +125,15 @@ class OpenIdConnectTestMixin(object):
     client_key = 'a-key'
     client_secret = 'a-secret-key'
     issuer = None  # id_token issuer
+    id_token_max_age = 600  # seconds
 
     def extra_settings(self):
         settings = super(OpenIdConnectTestMixin, self).extra_settings()
         settings.update({
             'SOCIAL_AUTH_{0}_KEY'.format(self.name): self.client_key,
             'SOCIAL_AUTH_{0}_SECRET'.format(self.name): self.client_secret,
-            'SOCIAL_AUTH_{0}_ID_TOKEN_DECRYPTION_KEY'.format(self.name):
-                self.client_secret
+            'SOCIAL_AUTH_{0}_ID_TOKEN_DECRYPTION_KEY'.format(self.name): self.client_secret,
+            'SOCIAL_AUTH_{0}_ID_TOKEN_MAX_AGE'.format(self.name): self.id_token_max_age,
         })
         return settings
 
@@ -197,11 +196,11 @@ def prepare_access_token_body(self, client_key=None, client_secret=None,
                                       algorithm='HS256').decode('utf-8')
         return json.dumps(body)
 
-    def authtoken_raised(self, expected_message, **access_token_kwargs):
+    def authtoken_raised(self, expected_message_regexp, **access_token_kwargs):
         self.access_token_body = self.prepare_access_token_body(
             **access_token_kwargs
         )
-        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(AuthTokenError, expected_message):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(AuthTokenError, expected_message_regexp):
             self.do_login()
 
     def test_invalid_secret(self):
@@ -225,10 +224,10 @@ def test_invalid_audience(self):
                               client_key='someone-else')
 
     def test_invalid_issue_time(self):
-        expiration_datetime = datetime.datetime.utcnow() - \
-                              datetime.timedelta(hours=1)
+        issue_datetime = datetime.datetime.utcnow() - \
+                         datetime.timedelta(seconds=self.id_token_max_age + 1)
         self.authtoken_raised('Token error: Incorrect id_token: iat',
-                              issue_datetime=expiration_datetime)
+                              issue_datetime=issue_datetime)
 
     def test_invalid_nonce(self):
         self.authtoken_raised(