diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/919-acme_account-ear.yml b/changelogs/fragments/919-acme_account-ear.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c0f1cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/919-acme_account-ear.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "acme_account - make work with CAs that do not accept any account request without External Account Binding data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/issues/918, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/919)."
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_acme/account.py b/plugins/module_utils/_acme/account.py
index d5085c9c..c2878fde 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_acme/account.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_acme/account.py
@@ -66,13 +66,28 @@ class ACMEAccount:
             # and provide external_account_binding credentials. Thus we first send a request with allow_creation=False
             # to see whether the account already exists.
 
-            # Note that we pass contact here: ZeroSSL does not accept registration calls without contacts, even
-            # if onlyReturnExisting is set to true.
-            created, data = self._new_reg(contact=contact, allow_creation=False)
-            if data:
-                # An account already exists! Return data
-                return created, data
-            # An account does not yet exist. Try to create one next.
+            # Unfortunately, for other ACME servers it's the other way around: (at least some) HARICA endpoints
+            # do not allow *any* access without external account data. That's why we catch errors and check
+            # for 'externalAccountRequired'.
+            try:
+                # Note that we pass contact here: ZeroSSL does not accept registration calls without contacts, even
+                # if onlyReturnExisting is set to true.
+                created, data = self._new_reg(contact=contact, allow_creation=False)
+                if data:
+                    # An account already exists! Return data
+                    return created, data
+                # An account does not yet exist. Try to create one next.
+            except ACMEProtocolException as exc:
+                if (
+                    exc.error_type
+                    != "urn:ietf:params:acme:error:externalAccountRequired"
+                    or external_account_binding is None
+                ):
+                    # Either another error happened, or we got 'externalAccountRequired' and external account data was not supplied
+                    # => re-raise exception!
+                    raise
+                # In this case, the server really wants external account data.
+                # The below code tries to create the account with external account data present.
 
         new_reg: dict[str, t.Any] = {"contact": contact}
         if not allow_creation: