diff --git a/src/Controllers/ApiController.php b/src/Controllers/ApiController.php
index faad6ab5..77af8e32 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/ApiController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/ApiController.php
@@ -47,16 +47,14 @@ function actionDebug() {
 
     function actionIndex()
     {
-        $token = false;
+        $settings = CraftQL::getInstance()->getSettings();
 
-        $authorization = Craft::$app->request->headers->get('authorization');
-        preg_match('/^(?:b|B)earer\s+(?<tokenId>.+)/', $authorization, $matches);
-        $token = Token::findId(@$matches['tokenId']);
+        $token = static::findToken($settings->authorizationHeader, Craft::$app->request->headers);
 
         // @todo, check user permissions when PRO license
 
         $response = \Craft::$app->getResponse();
-        if ($allowedOrigins = CraftQL::getInstance()->getSettings()->allowedOrigins) {
+        if ($allowedOrigins = $settings->allowedOrigins) {
             if (is_string($allowedOrigins)) {
                 $allowedOrigins = [$allowedOrigins];
             }
@@ -65,9 +63,15 @@ function actionIndex()
                 $response->headers->add('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', $origin);
             }
             $response->headers->add('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', 'true');
-            $response->headers->add('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Authorization, Content-Type');
+
+            $allowedHeaders = ['Authorization', 'Content-Type'];
+            if ($settings->authorizationHeader) {
+                $allowedHeaders[] = $settings->authorizationHeader;
+            }
+
+            $response->headers->add('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', implode(', ', $allowedHeaders));
         }
-        $response->headers->add('Allow', implode(', ', CraftQL::getInstance()->getSettings()->verbs));
+        $response->headers->add('Allow', implode(', ', $settings->verbs));
 
         if (\Craft::$app->getRequest()->isOptions) {
             return '';
@@ -120,7 +124,7 @@ function actionIndex()
         $result = $this->graphQl->execute($schema, $input, $variables);
         Craft::trace('CraftQL: Execution complete');
 
-        $customHeaders = CraftQL::getInstance()->getSettings()->headers ?: [];
+        $customHeaders = $settings->headers ?: [];
         foreach ($customHeaders as $key => $value) {
             if (is_callable($value)) {
                 $value = $value($schema, $input, $variables, $result);
@@ -148,4 +152,23 @@ function actionIndex()
 
         return $this->asJson($result);
     }
+
+    private static function findToken($authorizationHeader, $headers)
+    {
+        // Default, for cases when token header is not found to use user based token
+        // resolution, if possible.
+        $tokenId = null;
+
+        if ($authorizationHeader) {
+            if ($headers->has($authorizationHeader)) {
+                $tokenId = $headers->get($authorizationHeader);
+            }
+        } else if ($headers->has('authorization')) {
+            $authorization = $headers->get('authorization');
+            preg_match('/^(?:b|B)earer\s+(?<tokenId>.+)/', $authorization, $matches);
+            $tokenId = @$matches['tokenId'];
+        }
+
+        return Token::findId($tokenId);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Controllers/CpController.php b/src/Controllers/CpController.php
index 64494477..b05c3893 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/CpController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/CpController.php
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function actionGraphiql()
         $this->renderTemplate('craftql/graphiql', [
             'url' => "{$url}{$uri}",
             'token' => false,
+            'authorizationHeader' => $instance->settings->authorizationHeader,
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ function actionGraphiqlas($token)
         $this->renderTemplate('craftql/graphiql', [
             'url' => "{$url}{$uri}",
             'token' => $token,
+            'authorizationHeader' => $instance->settings->authorizationHeader,
         ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/CraftQL.php b/src/CraftQL.php
index d98eb169..502a0baa 100644
--- a/src/CraftQL.php
+++ b/src/CraftQL.php
@@ -107,8 +107,13 @@ protected function createSettingsModel()
      */
     protected function settingsHtml()
     {
+        $settings = $this->getSettings();
+
+        $curlAuthorizationHeader = $settings->authorizationHeader ? "{$settings->authorizationHeader}:" : 'Authorization: Bearer';
+
         return \Craft::$app->getView()->renderTemplate('craftql/settings', [
-            'settings' => $this->getSettings()
+            'settings' => $settings,
+            'curlAuthorizationHeader' => $curlAuthorizationHeader
         ]);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Models/Settings.php b/src/Models/Settings.php
index 5b3c4ba3..712bbfa8 100644
--- a/src/Models/Settings.php
+++ b/src/Models/Settings.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 class Settings extends Model
 {
+    public $authorizationHeader = '';
     public $uri = 'api';
     public $verbs = ['POST'];
     public $allowedOrigins = [];
diff --git a/src/templates/graphiql.html b/src/templates/graphiql.html
index 50fd0006..97582f7a 100644
--- a/src/templates/graphiql.html
+++ b/src/templates/graphiql.html
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@
           headers: {
             'Accept': 'application/json',
             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            {% if authorizationHeader and token %}
+            '{{ authorizationHeader }}': '{{ token }}',
+            {% elseif token %}
             'Authorization': 'Bearer {{ token }}',
+            {% endif %}
           },
           body: JSON.stringify(graphQLParams),
           credentials: 'include',
diff --git a/src/templates/settings.html b/src/templates/settings.html
index b05f9062..213eee33 100644
--- a/src/templates/settings.html
+++ b/src/templates/settings.html
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 2. **Curl**
 {% if settings.tokens|length %}<p>You can query your schema directly by passing a GraphQL statement throuh a `query` variable. The following Curl statement should get you started,</p>
-<p><pre style="background: whiteSmoke; padding: 15px;"><code class="shell">$ curl -H "Authorization: bearer {{ settings.tokens[0].token|default('{TOKEN}') }}" -H "Content-type: application/json" -d '{"query":"{ helloWorld }"}' {{ siteUrl }}{{ settings.uri }}</code></pre></p>
+<p><pre style="background: whiteSmoke; padding: 15px;"><code class="shell">$ curl -H "{{ curlAuthorizationHeader }} {{ settings.tokens[0].token|default('{TOKEN}') }}" -H "Content-type: application/json" -d '{"query":"{ helloWorld }"}' {{ siteUrl }}{{ settings.uri }}</code></pre></p>
 {% else %}
 <p>Before you can use Curl you need to [add a token]({{ url('craftql/token-gen') }}) for authenticated access in to Craft.</p>
 {% endif %}
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@
     <hr>
 
 <div class="" style="width: 70%">
+    <h2>Custom Authorization Header</h2>
+
+    {{ forms.textField({
+        first: true,
+        name: 'authorizationHeader',
+        value: settings.authorizationHeader,
+        instructions: 'Custom header to be used to check for authorization token. Useful if site is behind Basic Auth and conflicts with default Authorization Bearer.'
+    }) }}
+
     <h2>URI</h2>
 
     {{ forms.textField({