diff --git a/scripts/routstr-daemon.ts b/scripts/routstr-daemon.ts
index 45e9ca3..3b8bc11 100644
--- a/scripts/routstr-daemon.ts
+++ b/scripts/routstr-daemon.ts
@@ -206,6 +206,39 @@ async function saveRequestBody(
   return filename;
 }
 
+function toForwardHeaders(
+  headers: IncomingMessage["headers"]
+): Record<string, string> {
+  const forwarded: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const hopByHop = new Set([
+    "host",
+    "connection",
+    "content-length",
+    "transfer-encoding",
+    "keep-alive",
+    "proxy-authenticate",
+    "proxy-authorization",
+    "te",
+    "trailer",
+    "upgrade",
+  ]);
+
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(headers)) {
+    if (!key || hopByHop.has(key.toLowerCase())) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      forwarded[key] = value.join(", ");
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (typeof value === "string") {
+      forwarded[key] = value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return forwarded;
+}
+
 async function main(): Promise<void> {
   const { port, provider, mode } = parseArgs(process.argv);
 
@@ -355,11 +388,14 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
         (req.headers["x-routstr-provider"] as string | undefined) ||
         provider ||
         undefined;
+      const forwardedHeaders = toForwardHeaders(req.headers);
 
       try {
         const response = await routeRequests({
           modelId,
           requestBody,
+          path: url.pathname,
+          headers: forwardedHeaders,
           forcedProvider,
           debugLevel: "DEBUG",
           mode,
diff --git a/sdk/routeRequests.ts b/sdk/routeRequests.ts
index 3754356..43f9fd6 100644
--- a/sdk/routeRequests.ts
+++ b/sdk/routeRequests.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ export interface RouteRequestOptions {
   requestBody: unknown;
   /** Optional: API path (defaults to /v1/chat/completions) */
   path?: string;
+  /** Optional: request headers to forward upstream */
+  headers?: Record<string, string>;
   /** Optional: force a specific provider base URL */
   forcedProvider?: string;
   /** Wallet adapter for Cashu operations */
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ async function resolveRouteRequestContext(options: RouteRequestOptions): Promise
   baseUrl: string;
   mintUrl: string;
   path: string;
+  headers: Record<string, string>;
   modelId: string;
   proxiedBody: Record<string, unknown>;
 }> {
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ async function resolveRouteRequestContext(options: RouteRequestOptions): Promise
     modelId,
     requestBody,
     path = "/v1/chat/completions",
+    headers = {},
     forcedProvider,
     walletAdapter,
     storageAdapter,
@@ -216,6 +220,7 @@ async function resolveRouteRequestContext(options: RouteRequestOptions): Promise
     baseUrl,
     mintUrl,
     path,
+    headers,
     modelId,
     proxiedBody,
   };
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@ async function resolveRouteRequestContext(options: RouteRequestOptions): Promise
 export async function routeRequests(
   options: RouteRequestOptions
 ): Promise<Response> {
-  const { client, baseUrl, mintUrl, path, modelId, proxiedBody } =
+  const { client, baseUrl, mintUrl, path, headers, modelId, proxiedBody } =
     await resolveRouteRequestContext(options);
 
   try {
@@ -235,6 +240,7 @@ export async function routeRequests(
       path,
       method: "POST",
       body: proxiedBody,
+      headers,
       baseUrl,
       mintUrl,
       modelId,
@@ -262,7 +268,7 @@ export async function routeRequestsToNodeResponse(
   options: RouteRequestToNodeResponseOptions
 ): Promise<void> {
   const { res } = options;
-  const { client, baseUrl, mintUrl, path, modelId, proxiedBody } =
+  const { client, baseUrl, mintUrl, path, headers, modelId, proxiedBody } =
     await resolveRouteRequestContext(options);
 
   try {
@@ -270,6 +276,7 @@ export async function routeRequestsToNodeResponse(
       path,
       method: "POST",
       body: proxiedBody,
+      headers,
       baseUrl,
       mintUrl,
       modelId,