diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-service.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-service.ts
index 49609e8c9..a55f2edff 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-service.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { ForbiddenError } from "@casl/ability";
 
 import { TKeyStoreFactory } from "@app/keystore/keystore";
 import { getConfig } from "@app/lib/config/env";
+import { verifyOfflineLicense } from "@app/lib/crypto";
 import { BadRequestError } from "@app/lib/errors";
 import { logger } from "@app/lib/logger";
 import { TOrgDALFactory } from "@app/services/org/org-dal";
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   TFeatureSet,
   TGetOrgBillInfoDTO,
   TGetOrgTaxIdDTO,
+  TOfflineLicenseContents,
   TOrgInvoiceDTO,
   TOrgLicensesDTO,
   TOrgPlanDTO,
@@ -96,6 +98,36 @@ export const licenseServiceFactory = ({
         }
         return;
       }
+
+      if (appCfg.LICENSE_KEY_OFFLINE) {
+        let isValidOfflineLicense = true;
+        const contents: TOfflineLicenseContents = JSON.parse(
+          Buffer.from(appCfg.LICENSE_KEY_OFFLINE, "base64").toString("utf8")
+        );
+        const isVerified = await verifyOfflineLicense(JSON.stringify(contents.license), contents.signature);
+
+        if (!isVerified) {
+          isValidOfflineLicense = false;
+          logger.warn(`Infisical EE offline license verification failed`);
+        }
+
+        if (contents.license.terminatesAt) {
+          const terminationDate = new Date(contents.license.terminatesAt);
+          if (terminationDate < new Date()) {
+            isValidOfflineLicense = false;
+            logger.warn(`Infisical EE offline license has expired`);
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (isValidOfflineLicense) {
+          onPremFeatures = contents.license.features;
+          instanceType = InstanceType.EnterpriseOnPrem;
+          logger.info(`Instance type: ${InstanceType.EnterpriseOnPrem}`);
+          isValidLicense = true;
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
       // this means this is self hosted oss version
       // else it would reach catch statement
       isValidLicense = true;
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-types.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-types.ts
index 80f422380..f8ed8aff3 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-types.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ export enum InstanceType {
   Cloud = "cloud"
 }
 
+export type TOfflineLicenseContents = {
+  license: TOfflineLicense;
+  signature: string;
+};
+
+export type TOfflineLicense = {
+  issuedTo: string;
+  licenseId: string;
+  customerId: string | null;
+  issuedAt: string;
+  expiresAt: string | null;
+  terminatesAt: string | null;
+  features: TFeatureSet;
+};
+
 export type TFeatureSet = {
   _id: null;
   slug: null;
diff --git a/backend/src/lib/config/env.ts b/backend/src/lib/config/env.ts
index 84d772e2e..6b7c02f6b 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/config/env.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/config/env.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ const envSchema = z
     LICENSE_SERVER_URL: zpStr(z.string().optional().default("https://portal.infisical.com")),
     LICENSE_SERVER_KEY: zpStr(z.string().optional()),
     LICENSE_KEY: zpStr(z.string().optional()),
+    LICENSE_KEY_OFFLINE: zpStr(z.string().optional()),
 
     // GENERIC
     STANDALONE_MODE: z
diff --git a/backend/src/lib/crypto/index.ts b/backend/src/lib/crypto/index.ts
index 9d7f4e886..db3d91fc8 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/crypto/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/crypto/index.ts
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ export {
   decryptSecrets,
   decryptSecretVersions
 } from "./secret-encryption";
+export { verifyOfflineLicense } from "./signing";
 export { generateSrpServerKey, srpCheckClientProof } from "./srp";
diff --git a/backend/src/lib/crypto/license_public_key.pem b/backend/src/lib/crypto/license_public_key.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cda06f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/lib/crypto/license_public_key.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
+MIIBCgKCAQEApchBY3BXTu4zWGBguB7nM/pjpVLY3V7VGZOAxmR5ueQTJOwiGM13
+5HN3EM9fDlQnZu9VSc0OFqRM/bUeUaI1oLPE6WzTHjdHyKjDI/S+TLx3VGEsvhM1
+uukZpYX+3KX2w4wzRHBaBWyglFy0CVNth9UJhhpD+KKfv7dzcRmsbyoUWi9wGfJu
+wLYCwaCwZRXIt1sLGmMncPz14vfwdnm2a5Tj1Jbt0GTyBl+1/ZqLbO6SsslLg2G+
+o7FfGS9z8OUTkvDdu16qxL+p2wCEFZMnOz5BB4oakuT2gS9iOO2l5AOPcT4WzPzy
+PYbX3d7cN9BkOY9I5z0cX4wzqHjQTvGNLQIDAQAB
+-----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/lib/crypto/signing.ts b/backend/src/lib/crypto/signing.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36c858715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/lib/crypto/signing.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import crypto, { KeyObject } from "crypto";
+import fs from "fs/promises";
+import path from "path";
+
+export const verifySignature = (data: string, signature: Buffer, publicKey: KeyObject) => {
+  const verify = crypto.createVerify("SHA256");
+  verify.update(data);
+  verify.end();
+  return verify.verify(publicKey, signature);
+};
+
+export const verifyOfflineLicense = async (licenseContents: string, signature: string) => {
+  const publicKeyPem = await fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, "license_public_key.pem"), "utf8");
+
+  const publicKey = crypto.createPublicKey({
+    key: publicKeyPem,
+    format: "pem",
+    type: "pkcs1"
+  });
+
+  return verifySignature(licenseContents, Buffer.from(signature, "base64"), publicKey);
+};