diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2154407..0442cfa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ func main() {
 	flagSet.String("basic-auth-password", "", "the password to set when passing the HTTP Basic Auth header")
 	flagSet.Bool("pass-access-token", false, "pass OAuth access_token to upstream via X-Forwarded-Access-Token header")
 	flagSet.Bool("pass-host-header", true, "pass the request Host Header to upstream")
+	flagSet.Bool("pass-authorization-header", false, "pass the Authorization Header to upstream")
+	flagSet.Bool("set-authorization-header", false, "set Authorization response headers (useful in Nginx auth_request mode)")
 	flagSet.Var(&skipAuthRegex, "skip-auth-regex", "bypass authentication for requests path's that match (may be given multiple times)")
 	flagSet.Bool("skip-provider-button", false, "will skip sign-in-page to directly reach the next step: oauth/start")
 	flagSet.Bool("skip-auth-preflight", false, "will skip authentication for OPTIONS requests")
diff --git a/oauthproxy.go b/oauthproxy.go
index b25fbff..62b6eb1 100644
--- a/oauthproxy.go
+++ b/oauthproxy.go
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ type OAuthProxy struct {
 	PassUserHeaders     bool
 	BasicAuthPassword   string
 	PassAccessToken     bool
+	SetAuthorization    bool
+	PassAuthorization   bool
 	CookieCipher        *cookie.Cipher
 	skipAuthRegex       []string
 	skipAuthPreflight   bool
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ func NewOAuthProxy(opts *Options, validator func(string) bool) *OAuthProxy {
 	log.Printf("Cookie settings: name:%s secure(https):%v httponly:%v expiry:%s domain:%s refresh:%s", opts.CookieName, opts.CookieSecure, opts.CookieHttpOnly, opts.CookieExpire, opts.CookieDomain, refresh)
 
 	var cipher *cookie.Cipher
-	if opts.PassAccessToken || (opts.CookieRefresh != time.Duration(0)) {
+	if opts.PassAccessToken || opts.SetAuthorization || opts.PassAuthorization || (opts.CookieRefresh != time.Duration(0)) {
 		var err error
 		cipher, err = cookie.NewCipher(secretBytes(opts.CookieSecret))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@ func NewOAuthProxy(opts *Options, validator func(string) bool) *OAuthProxy {
 		PassUserHeaders:    opts.PassUserHeaders,
 		BasicAuthPassword:  opts.BasicAuthPassword,
 		PassAccessToken:    opts.PassAccessToken,
+		SetAuthorization:   opts.SetAuthorization,
+		PassAuthorization:  opts.PassAuthorization,
 		SkipProviderButton: opts.SkipProviderButton,
 		CookieCipher:       cipher,
 		templates:          loadTemplates(opts.CustomTemplatesDir),
@@ -720,6 +724,12 @@ func (p *OAuthProxy) Authenticate(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) int
 	if p.PassAccessToken && session.AccessToken != "" {
 		req.Header["X-Forwarded-Access-Token"] = []string{session.AccessToken}
 	}
+	if p.PassAuthorization && session.IdToken != "" {
+		req.Header["Authorization"] = []string{fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", session.IdToken)}
+	}
+	if p.SetAuthorization && session.IdToken != "" {
+		rw.Header().Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", session.IdToken))
+	}
 	if session.Email == "" {
 		rw.Header().Set("GAP-Auth", session.User)
 	} else {
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 504055e..1c2fe7d 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ type Options struct {
 	PassUserHeaders       bool     `flag:"pass-user-headers" cfg:"pass_user_headers"`
 	SSLInsecureSkipVerify bool     `flag:"ssl-insecure-skip-verify" cfg:"ssl_insecure_skip_verify"`
 	SetXAuthRequest       bool     `flag:"set-xauthrequest" cfg:"set_xauthrequest"`
+	SetAuthorization      bool     `flag:"set-authorization-header" cfg:"set_authorization_header"`
+	PassAuthorization     bool     `flag:"pass-authorization-header" cfg:"pass_authorization_header"`
 	SkipAuthPreflight     bool     `flag:"skip-auth-preflight" cfg:"skip_auth_preflight"`
 
 	// These options allow for other providers besides Google, with
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ func NewOptions() *Options {
 		PassUserHeaders:      true,
 		PassAccessToken:      false,
 		PassHostHeader:       true,
+		SetAuthorization:     false,
+		PassAuthorization:    false,
 		ApprovalPrompt:       "force",
 		RequestLogging:       true,
 		RequestLoggingFormat: defaultRequestLoggingFormat,
diff --git a/providers/google.go b/providers/google.go
index 66406bd..026e90e 100644
--- a/providers/google.go
+++ b/providers/google.go
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func (p *GoogleProvider) Redeem(redirectURL, code string) (s *SessionState, err
 	}
 	s = &SessionState{
 		AccessToken:  jsonResponse.AccessToken,
+		IdToken:      jsonResponse.IdToken,
 		ExpiresOn:    time.Now().Add(time.Duration(jsonResponse.ExpiresIn) * time.Second).Truncate(time.Second),
 		RefreshToken: jsonResponse.RefreshToken,
 		Email:        email,
diff --git a/providers/oidc.go b/providers/oidc.go
index 0c0fa52..58adca0 100644
--- a/providers/oidc.go
+++ b/providers/oidc.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func (p *OIDCProvider) Redeem(redirectURL, code string) (s *SessionState, err er
 
 	s = &SessionState{
 		AccessToken:  token.AccessToken,
+		IdToken:      rawIDToken,
 		RefreshToken: token.RefreshToken,
 		ExpiresOn:    token.Expiry,
 		Email:        claims.Email,
diff --git a/providers/session_state.go b/providers/session_state.go
index 805c702..648208a 100644
--- a/providers/session_state.go
+++ b/providers/session_state.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 type SessionState struct {
 	AccessToken  string
+	IdToken      string
 	ExpiresOn    time.Time
 	RefreshToken string
 	Email        string