diff --git a/config/crawler.yml.example b/config/crawler.yml.example
index cf2c2737..36419df0 100644
--- a/config/crawler.yml.example
+++ b/config/crawler.yml.example
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 #            join_as: array         # How to concatenate multiple values, can be: array | string
 #            value: yes             # The value to use, only applicable if action is `set`
 #            source: html           # The source to extract from, can be: html | url
+#     http_headers:
+#       - "Cookie": "jwt-token=token"
 #
 ## Where to send the results. Possible values are console, file, or elasticsearch
 #output_sink: elasticsearch
diff --git a/lib/crawler/api/config.rb b/lib/crawler/api/config.rb
index 0f0f22a6..bc86eb09 100644
--- a/lib/crawler/api/config.rb
+++ b/lib/crawler/api/config.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ class Config # rubocop:disable Metrics/ClassLength
         :results_collection,   # An Enumerable collection for storing mock crawl results
         :user_agent,           # The User-Agent used for requests made from the crawler.
         :stats_dump_interval,  # How often should we output stats in the logs during a crawl
-        :purge_crawl_enabled, # Whether or not to purge ES docs after a crawl, only possible for elasticsearch sinks
+        :purge_crawl_enabled,  # Whether or not to purge ES docs after a crawl, only possible for elasticsearch sinks
+        :http_headers,         # Custom HTTP headers
 
         # Elasticsearch settings
         :elasticsearch, # Elasticsearch connection settings
@@ -180,13 +181,15 @@ class Config # rubocop:disable Metrics/ClassLength
 
         extraction_rules: {},
         crawl_rules: {},
-        purge_crawl_enabled: true
+        purge_crawl_enabled: true,
+        http_headers: []
       }.freeze
 
       # Settings we are not allowed to log due to their sensitive nature
       SENSITIVE_FIELDS = %i[
         auth
         http_header_service
+        http_headers
         http_proxy_username
         http_proxy_password
         elasticsearch
diff --git a/lib/crawler/http_client.rb b/lib/crawler/http_client.rb
index c11823f3..e09fac4b 100644
--- a/lib/crawler/http_client.rb
+++ b/lib/crawler/http_client.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'weakref'
-
 java_import java.util.LinkedHashMap
 java_import java.security.KeyStore
 java_import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ class HttpClient # rubocop:disable Metrics/ClassLength
     java_import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.BasicCredentialsProvider
     java_import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClientBuilder
     java_import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder
+    java_import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.BasicHeader
 
     # Scoped this import to the class only to avoid conflicts with Ruby's Timeout module
     java_import org.apache.hc.core5.util.Timeout
@@ -188,9 +188,20 @@ def new_http_client # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
       builder.disable_content_compression unless config.compression_enabled
       builder.set_content_decoder_registry(content_decoders)
       builder.set_proxy(proxy_host)
+      builder.set_default_headers(http_headers)
       builder.build
     end
 
+    #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Loads a list of HTTP Headers from the configuration
+    def http_headers
+      return [] if config.http_headers.empty?
+
+      config.http_headers.map do |header|
+        headers = BasicHeader.new(header[0].to_s, header[1])
+      end
+    end
+
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def content_decoders
       CONTENT_DECODERS
diff --git a/lib/crawler/http_executor.rb b/lib/crawler/http_executor.rb
index 9e8813ad..e67ba72f 100644
--- a/lib/crawler/http_executor.rb
+++ b/lib/crawler/http_executor.rb
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ def http_client
         http_proxy_password: config.http_proxy_password,
         http_proxy_scheme: config.http_proxy_protocol,
         compression_enabled: config.compression_enabled,
+        http_headers: config.http_headers,
         logger:
       )
     end
diff --git a/lib/crawler/http_utils/config.rb b/lib/crawler/http_utils/config.rb
index 31d955c4..6091cd1a 100644
--- a/lib/crawler/http_utils/config.rb
+++ b/lib/crawler/http_utils/config.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Config < SimpleDelegator
         http_proxy_scheme
         http_proxy_username
         http_proxy_password
+        http_headers
       ].freeze
 
       REQUIRED_OPTIONS = %i[
@@ -122,6 +123,10 @@ def compression_enabled
         fetch(:compression_enabled, true)
       end
 
+      def http_headers
+        fetch(:http_headers, [])
+      end
+
       private
 
       def crawler_default(setting)