diff --git a/cli/azd/cmd/auth_login.go b/cli/azd/cmd/auth_login.go
index 6103f737c70..da3ad426607 100644
--- a/cli/azd/cmd/auth_login.go
+++ b/cli/azd/cmd/auth_login.go
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func (la *loginAction) Run(ctx context.Context) (*actions.ActionResult, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if la.flags.clientID == "" {
+	if v, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("AZD_DEBUG_LOGIN_FORCE_SUBSCRIPTION_REFRESH")); (err == nil && v) || la.flags.clientID == "" {
 		// Update the subscriptions cache for regular users (i.e. non-service-principals).
 		// The caching is done here to increase responsiveness of listing subscriptions in the application.
 		// It also allows an implicit command for the user to refresh cached subscriptions.
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/build-cli.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/build-cli.yml
index 6eaaabb44d0..aa2b013818a 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/build-cli.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/build-cli.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           AZURESUBSCRIPTION_TENANT_ID: $(AzureSubscriptionTenantId)
           AZURESUBSCRIPTION_SERVICE_CONNECTION_ID: $(AzureSubscriptionServiceConnectionId)
           SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN: $(System.AccessToken)
+          AZD_DEBUG_LOGIN_FORCE_SUBSCRIPTION_REFRESH: true
         displayName: AZD Login
 
       - task: AzureCLI@2