diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae63b75..3c811d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,32 @@ const app = new Koa().use(router.middleware());
 app.listen();
 ```
 
+In case the main router requires authorization headers, and you want to query the introspection route without them, you can expose it on a custom router
+like so:
+
+```typescript
+const router = OneSchemaRouter.create({
+  using: new Router(),
+  introspection: {
+    route: '/introspection',
+    router: new Router({ prefix: '/private' }),
+    serviceVersion: process.env.LIFEOMIC_SERVICE_VERSION,
+  },
+})
+  .declare({
+    route: 'POST /items',
+    name: 'createItem',
+    request: z.object({ message: z.string() }),
+    response: z.object({ id: z.string(), message: z.string() }),
+  })
+  .declare({
+    route: 'GET /items/:id',
+    name: 'getItemById',
+    request: z.object({ filter: z.string() }),
+    response: z.object({ id: z.string(), message: z.string() }),
+  });
+```
+
 Once you have routes declared, add implementations for each route. Enjoy perfect type inference and auto-complete for path parameters, query parameters, and the request body.
 
 ```typescript
diff --git a/src/koa.test.ts b/src/koa.test.ts
index 9cf1399..7f8e0c5 100644
--- a/src/koa.test.ts
+++ b/src/koa.test.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ test('router typing is inferred correctly', () => {
     parse: () => null as any,
     on: router,
     implementation: {
-      'GET /dummy-route': (ctx) => {
+      'GET /dummy-route': (ctx: any) => {
         // assert state is extended correctly
         ctx.state.dummyStateProperty;
 
diff --git a/src/koa.ts b/src/koa.ts
index 513a576..ad34422 100644
--- a/src/koa.ts
+++ b/src/koa.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ export type IntrospectionConfig = {
    * The current version of the service, served as part of introspection.
    */
   serviceVersion: string;
+  /**
+   * An optional alternative router to use for the introspection route.
+   */
+  router?: Router<any, any>;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -123,7 +127,8 @@ export const implementSchema = <
   }: ImplementationConfig<Schema, RouterType>,
 ): void => {
   if (introspection) {
-    router.get(introspection.route, (ctx, next) => {
+    const introRouter = introspection.router || router;
+    introRouter.get(introspection.route, (ctx, next) => {
       const response: IntrospectionResponse = {
         schema,
         serviceVersion: introspection.serviceVersion,
diff --git a/src/router.test.ts b/src/router.test.ts
index a866c0d..45de1c6 100644
--- a/src/router.test.ts
+++ b/src/router.test.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,63 @@ test('introspection', async () => {
   });
 });
 
+test('introspection with custom router', async () => {
+  const { client } = setup(() =>
+    OneSchemaRouter.create({
+      using: new Router(),
+      introspection: {
+        route: '/private/introspection',
+        serviceVersion: '123',
+        router: new Router({ prefix: '/custom' }),
+      },
+    })
+      .declare({
+        name: 'getSomething',
+        route: 'GET /something/:id',
+        description: 'it gets something',
+        request: z.object({ filter: z.string() }),
+        response: z.object({ message: z.string(), id: z.string() }),
+      })
+      .implement('GET /something/:id', () => ({ id: '', message: '' })),
+  );
+
+  const wrongIntroRouter = await client.get('/private/introspection');
+  expect(wrongIntroRouter.status).toStrictEqual(404);
+
+  const result = await client.get('/custom/private/introspection');
+
+  expect(result.data).toStrictEqual({
+    serviceVersion: '123',
+    schema: {
+      Endpoints: {
+        'GET /something/:id': {
+          Description: 'it gets something',
+          Name: 'getSomething',
+          Request: {
+            $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#',
+            additionalProperties: false,
+            properties: {
+              filter: { type: 'string' },
+            },
+            required: ['filter'],
+            type: 'object',
+          },
+          Response: {
+            $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#',
+            additionalProperties: false,
+            properties: {
+              id: { type: 'string' },
+              message: { type: 'string' },
+            },
+            required: ['message', 'id'],
+            type: 'object',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  });
+});
+
 describe('type inference', () => {
   test('type inference for implementation return type', () => {
     setup((router) =>
@@ -311,7 +368,7 @@ describe('implementations', () => {
             response: z.object({ message: z.string() }),
           })
           .implement(`${method} /items`, (ctx) => ({
-            message: ctx.request.query.message + '-response',
+            message: (ctx.request.query.message as string) + '-response',
           })),
       );
 
diff --git a/src/router.ts b/src/router.ts
index 60437e9..e4ac861 100644
--- a/src/router.ts
+++ b/src/router.ts
@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ export class OneSchemaRouter<
 
   private constructor(
     private schema: Schema,
-    { introspection, using: router }: OneSchemaRouterConfig<R>,
+    private config: OneSchemaRouterConfig<R>,
   ) {
+    const { introspection, using: router } = config;
     this.router = router;
+
     if (introspection) {
-      router.get(introspection.route, (ctx, next) => {
+      const introRouter = introspection.router || router;
+
+      introRouter.get(introspection.route, (ctx, next) => {
         const response: IntrospectionResponse = {
           serviceVersion: introspection.serviceVersion,
           schema: convertRouterSchemaToJSONSchemaStyle(this.schema),
@@ -111,7 +115,15 @@ export class OneSchemaRouter<
   }
 
   middleware(): Router.Middleware {
-    return compose([this.router.routes(), this.router.allowedMethods()]);
+    const middlewares = [this.router.routes(), this.router.allowedMethods()];
+
+    if (this.config.introspection?.router) {
+      middlewares.push(
+        this.config.introspection.router.routes(),
+        this.config.introspection.router.allowedMethods(),
+      );
+    }
+    return compose(middlewares);
   }
 }