diff --git a/internal/commands/auth.go b/internal/commands/auth.go
index 79ef3a6..e407b84 100644
--- a/internal/commands/auth.go
+++ b/internal/commands/auth.go
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ func newAuthLoginCommand() *cli.Command {
 			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:  audienceFlagName,
-				Usage: "Auth0 API audience to request tokens for (independent of --env)",
-				Value: defaultAudience,
+				Usage: "Auth0 API audience to request tokens for (defaults to the selected environment's LFX API audience)",
 			},
 		},
 		Action: runAuthLogin,
@@ -141,6 +140,12 @@ func runAuthLogin(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	audience := cmd.String(audienceFlagName)
+	if !cmd.IsSet(audienceFlagName) {
+		audience, err = defaultAudienceForEnvironment(env)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 	insecure := cmd.Bool(insecureStorageFlagName)
 	backend := cmd.String(backendFlagName)
 
diff --git a/internal/commands/auth_test.go b/internal/commands/auth_test.go
index 078a7aa..832fa99 100644
--- a/internal/commands/auth_test.go
+++ b/internal/commands/auth_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,48 @@ func newInsecureStore(t *testing.T) credstore.Store {
 	return store
 }
 
+func TestDefaultAudienceForEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		env  authEnvironment
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "prod",
+			env:  envProd,
+			want: "https://lfx-api.v2.cluster.lfx.dev/",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "staging",
+			env:  envStaging,
+			want: "https://lfx-api.staging.v2.cluster.linuxfound.info/",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "development",
+			env:  envDevelopment,
+			want: "https://lfx-api.dev.v2.cluster.linuxfound.info/",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := defaultAudienceForEnvironment(tc.env)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("defaultAudienceForEnvironment(%q): %v", tc.env, err)
+			}
+			if got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("defaultAudienceForEnvironment(%q) = %q, want %q", tc.env, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultAudienceForEnvironmentInvalid(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := defaultAudienceForEnvironment(authEnvironment("invalid")); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("defaultAudienceForEnvironment(invalid): got nil error, want invalid-environment error")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPersistLoginSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	store := newInsecureStore(t)
 
diff --git a/internal/commands/environment.go b/internal/commands/environment.go
index dfd49da..ea82f0c 100644
--- a/internal/commands/environment.go
+++ b/internal/commands/environment.go
@@ -58,11 +58,14 @@ var authClientIDs = map[authEnvironment]string{
 
 // cspell:enable
 
-// defaultAudience is the production LFX v2 API audience used unless
-// overridden via `--audience`. It intentionally does not vary with `--env`:
-// the audience is independent of the selected environment and must be set
-// explicitly when testing a non-prod API.
-const defaultAudience = "https://lfx-api.v2.cluster.lfx.dev/"
+// defaultAudiences maps each authEnvironment to the matching LFX v2 API
+// audience used when `lfx auth login` is run without an explicit
+// `--audience` override.
+var defaultAudiences = map[authEnvironment]string{
+	envProd:        "https://lfx-api.v2.cluster.lfx.dev/",
+	envStaging:     "https://lfx-api.staging.v2.cluster.linuxfound.info/",
+	envDevelopment: "https://lfx-api.dev.v2.cluster.linuxfound.info/",
+}
 
 // errInvalidEnvironment is returned by resolveEnvironment for an
 // unrecognized authEnvironment value.
@@ -76,3 +79,13 @@ func resolveEnvironment(env authEnvironment) (domain, clientID string, err error
 	}
 	return domain, authClientIDs[env], nil
 }
+
+// defaultAudienceForEnvironment returns the default LFX v2 API audience
+// for env.
+func defaultAudienceForEnvironment(env authEnvironment) (string, error) {
+	audience, ok := defaultAudiences[env]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %q (must be one of prod, staging, development)", errInvalidEnvironment, env)
+	}
+	return audience, nil
+}