diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Abstractions/WellKnownContextData.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Abstractions/WellKnownContextData.cs
index 53b633819ac..788484c4c4c 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Abstractions/WellKnownContextData.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Abstractions/WellKnownContextData.cs
@@ -338,4 +338,9 @@ public static class WellKnownContextData
     /// The key to determine whether the request is a warmup request.
     /// </summary>
     public const string IsWarmupRequest = "HotChocolate.AspNetCore.Warmup.IsWarmupRequest";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The key to determine whether the @authorize directive was already registered.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string AreAuthorizeDirectivesRegistered = "HotChocolate.Authorization.AuthDirectivesRegistered";
 }
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Authorization/Extensions/AuthorizeSchemaBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Authorization/Extensions/AuthorizeSchemaBuilderExtensions.cs
index e0f0ca023e1..e8abcaac2e6 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Authorization/Extensions/AuthorizeSchemaBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Authorization/Extensions/AuthorizeSchemaBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,23 @@
 
 namespace HotChocolate;
 
-internal static class AuthorizeSchemaBuilderExtensions
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides extension methods for the schema builder.
+/// </summary>
+public static class AuthorizeSchemaBuilderExtensions
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Adds the authorize directive types to the schema.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="builder">
+    /// The schema builder.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// Returns the schema builder for configuration chaining.
+    /// </returns>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
+    /// The <paramref name="builder"/> is <c>null</c>.
+    /// </exception>
     public static ISchemaBuilder AddAuthorizeDirectiveType(this ISchemaBuilder builder)
     {
         if (builder is null)
@@ -11,14 +26,21 @@ public static ISchemaBuilder AddAuthorizeDirectiveType(this ISchemaBuilder build
             throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(builder));
         }
 
-        var authorize = new AuthorizeDirectiveType();
-        var allowAnonymous = new AllowAnonymousDirectiveType();
+        if (!builder.ContextData.ContainsKey(WellKnownContextData.AreAuthorizeDirectivesRegistered))
+        {
+            var authorize = new AuthorizeDirectiveType();
+            var allowAnonymous = new AllowAnonymousDirectiveType();
+
+            builder
+                .AddDirectiveType(authorize)
+                .AddDirectiveType(allowAnonymous)
+                .TryAddSchemaDirective(authorize)
+                .TryAddSchemaDirective(allowAnonymous)
+                .TryAddTypeInterceptor<AuthorizationTypeInterceptor>();
+
+            builder.SetContextData(WellKnownContextData.AreAuthorizeDirectivesRegistered, true);
+        }
 
-        return builder
-            .AddDirectiveType(authorize)
-            .AddDirectiveType(allowAnonymous)
-            .TryAddSchemaDirective(authorize)
-            .TryAddSchemaDirective(allowAnonymous)
-            .TryAddTypeInterceptor<AuthorizationTypeInterceptor>();
+        return builder;
     }
 }