diff --git a/utoipa-gen/src/security_requirement.rs b/utoipa-gen/src/security_requirement.rs
index 62bfa51d..3c6a6f66 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/src/security_requirement.rs
+++ b/utoipa-gen/src/security_requirement.rs
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ use syn::{
     parse::{Parse, ParseStream},
     punctuated::Punctuated,
     token::Comma,
-    LitStr, Token,
+    Token,
 };
 
-use crate::Array;
+use crate::parse_utils;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "debug", derive(Debug))]
 pub struct SecurityRequirementsAttrItem {
     pub name: Option<String>,
-    pub scopes: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    pub scopes: Option<Vec<parse_utils::LitStrOrExpr>>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ impl Parse for SecurityRequirementsAttr {
 
 impl Parse for SecurityRequirementsAttrItem {
     fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
-        let name = input.parse::<LitStr>()?.value();
+        let name = input.parse::<syn::LitStr>()?.value();
 
         input.parse::<Token![=]>()?;
 
         let scopes_stream;
         bracketed!(scopes_stream in input);
 
-        let scopes = Punctuated::<LitStr, Comma>::parse_terminated(&scopes_stream)?
-            .iter()
-            .map(LitStr::value)
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let scopes =
+            Punctuated::<parse_utils::LitStrOrExpr, Comma>::parse_terminated(&scopes_stream)?
+                .into_iter()
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
         Ok(Self {
             name: Some(name),
@@ -57,11 +57,14 @@ impl ToTokens for SecurityRequirementsAttr {
 
         for requirement in &self.0 {
             if let (Some(name), Some(scopes)) = (&requirement.name, &requirement.scopes) {
-                let scopes = scopes.iter().collect::<Array<&String>>();
+                let scopes_tokens = scopes.iter().map(|scope| match scope {
+                    parse_utils::LitStrOrExpr::LitStr(lit) => quote! { #lit.to_string() },
+                    parse_utils::LitStrOrExpr::Expr(expr) => quote! { #expr.to_string() },
+                });
                 let scopes_len = scopes.len();
 
                 tokens.extend(quote! {
-                    .add::<&str, [&str; #scopes_len], &str>(#name, #scopes)
+                    .add::<&str, [String; #scopes_len], String>(#name, [#(#scopes_tokens),*])
                 });
             }
         }
diff --git a/utoipa-gen/tests/path_derive.rs b/utoipa-gen/tests/path_derive.rs
index 2988362f..2dcb5124 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/tests/path_derive.rs
+++ b/utoipa-gen/tests/path_derive.rs
@@ -285,6 +285,60 @@ fn derive_path_with_security_requirements() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn derive_path_with_security_requirements_display_types() {
+    use std::fmt::Display;
+
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    enum Scope {
+        Read,
+        Write,
+    }
+
+    impl Display for Scope {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+            match self {
+                Scope::Read => write!(f, "read:items"),
+                Scope::Write => write!(f, "write:items"),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    const READ_SCOPE: &str = "read:items";
+
+    #[utoipa::path(
+        get,
+        path = "/items",
+        responses(
+            (status = 200, description = "success response")
+        ),
+        security(
+            (),
+            ("api_oauth" = [Scope::Read.to_string(), Scope::Write.to_string()]),
+            ("jwt_token" = []),
+            ("mixed" = [READ_SCOPE, Scope::Write.to_string()])
+        )
+    )]
+    #[allow(unused)]
+    fn get_items() -> String {
+        "".to_string()
+    }
+    let operation = test_api_fn_doc! {
+        get_items,
+        operation: get,
+        path: "/items"
+    };
+
+    assert_value! {operation=>
+        "security.[0]" = "{}", "Optional security requirement"
+        "security.[1].api_oauth.[0]" = r###""read:items""###, "api_oauth first scope with Display"
+        "security.[1].api_oauth.[1]" = r###""write:items""###, "api_oauth second scope with Display"
+        "security.[2].jwt_token" = "[]", "jwt_token auth scopes"
+        "security.[3].mixed.[0]" = r###""read:items""###, "mixed first scope literal"
+        "security.[3].mixed.[1]" = r###""write:items""###, "mixed second scope Display"
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn derive_path_with_extensions() {
     #[utoipa::path(
diff --git a/utoipa-gen/tests/utoipa_gen_test.rs b/utoipa-gen/tests/utoipa_gen_test.rs
index 319f1efd..d6a80a4b 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/tests/utoipa_gen_test.rs
+++ b/utoipa-gen/tests/utoipa_gen_test.rs
@@ -161,3 +161,53 @@ fn derive_openapi() {
 
     build_foo!(GetFooBody, Foo, FooResources);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn derive_openapi_with_security_display_types() {
+    use std::fmt::Display;
+
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    enum AuthScope {
+        Read,
+        Write,
+        Admin,
+    }
+
+    impl Display for AuthScope {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+            match self {
+                AuthScope::Read => write!(f, "read:all"),
+                AuthScope::Write => write!(f, "write:all"),
+                AuthScope::Admin => write!(f, "admin:all"),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    const CUSTOM_SCOPE: &str = "custom:scope";
+
+    #[derive(Default, OpenApi)]
+    #[openapi(
+        security(
+            (),
+            ("oauth2" = [AuthScope::Read.to_string(), AuthScope::Write.to_string()]),
+            ("api_key" = []),
+            ("mixed" = [CUSTOM_SCOPE, AuthScope::Admin.to_string()])
+        )
+    )]
+    struct ApiDocWithDisplay;
+
+    let api = ApiDocWithDisplay::openapi();
+    let json = api.to_json().unwrap();
+    let security = serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&json).unwrap()["security"].clone();
+
+    assert_eq!(security[0], serde_json::json!({}));
+    assert_eq!(
+        security[1]["oauth2"],
+        serde_json::json!(["read:all", "write:all"])
+    );
+    assert_eq!(security[2]["api_key"], serde_json::json!([]));
+    assert_eq!(
+        security[3]["mixed"],
+        serde_json::json!(["custom:scope", "admin:all"])
+    );
+}