diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37940209..ce4e4b53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ This library is an isomorphic client for the [WordPress REST API](http://develop
 - [Embedding Data](#embedding-data)
 - [Collection Pagination](#collection-pagination)
 - [Customizing HTTP Request Behavior](#customizing-http-request-behavior)
+  - [Specifying HTTP Headers](#specifying-http-headers)
 - [Authentication](#authentication)
 - [API Documentation](#api-documentation)
 - [Issues](#issues)
@@ -809,6 +810,35 @@ site.transport({
 ```
 
 Note that these transport methods are the internal methods used by `create` and `.update`, so the names of these methods therefore map to the HTTP verbs "get", "post", "put", "head" and "delete"; name your transport methods accordingly or they will not be used.
+### Specifying HTTP Headers
+
+If you need to send additional HTTP headers along with your request (for example to provide a specific `Authorization` header for use with alternative authentication schemes), you can use the `.setHeaders()` method to specify one or more headers to send with the dispatched request:
+
+#### Set headers for a single request
+
+```js
+// Specify a single header to send with the outgoing request
+wp.posts().setHeaders( 'Authorization', 'Bearer xxxxx.yyyyy.zzzzz' )...
+
+// Specify multiple headers to send with the outgoing request
+wp.posts().setHeaders({
+    Authorization: 'Bearer xxxxx.yyyyy.zzzzz',
+    'Accept-Language': 'pt-BR'
+})...
+```
+
+#### Set headers globally
+
+You can also set headers globally on the WPAPI instance itself, which will then be used for all subsequent requests created from that site instance:
+
+```js
+// Specify a header to be used by all subsequent requests
+wp.setHeaders( 'Authorization', 'Bearer xxxxx.yyyyy.zzzzz' );
+
+// These will now be sent with an Authorization header
+wp.users().me()...
+wp.posts().id( unpublishedPostId )...
+```
 
 ## Authentication
 
diff --git a/lib/constructors/wp-request.js b/lib/constructors/wp-request.js
index b5cf8327..916a6d20 100644
--- a/lib/constructors/wp-request.js
+++ b/lib/constructors/wp-request.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ function WPRequest( options ) {
 		// Whitelisted options keys
 		'auth',
 		'endpoint',
+		'headers',
 		'username',
 		'password',
 		'nonce'
@@ -652,6 +653,39 @@ WPRequest.prototype.file = function( file, name ) {
 // HTTP Methods: Public Interface
 // ==============================
 
+/**
+ * Specify one or more headers to send with the dispatched HTTP request.
+ *
+ * @example Set a single header to be used on this request
+ *
+ *     request.setHeaders( 'Authorization', 'Bearer trustme' )...
+ *
+ * @example Set multiple headers to be used by this request
+ *
+ *     request.setHeaders({
+ *       Authorization: 'Bearer comeonwereoldfriendsright',
+ *       'Accept-Language': 'en-CA'
+ *     })...
+ *
+ * @method setHeaders
+ * @chainable
+ * @param {String|Object} headers The name of the header to set, or an object of
+ *                                header names and their associated string values
+ * @param {String}        [value] The value of the header being set
+ * @return {WPRequest} The WPRequest instance (for chaining)
+ */
+WPRequest.prototype.setHeaders = function( headers, value ) {
+	// We can use the same iterator function below to handle explicit key-value
+	// pairs if we convert them into to an object we can iterate over:
+	if ( typeof headers === 'string' ) {
+		headers = keyValToObj( headers, value );
+	}
+
+	this._options.headers = Object.assign( {}, this._options.headers || {}, headers );
+
+	return this;
+};
+
 /**
  * Get (download the data for) the specified resource
  *
diff --git a/lib/http-transport.js b/lib/http-transport.js
index 1db062b4..834df037 100644
--- a/lib/http-transport.js
+++ b/lib/http-transport.js
@@ -16,7 +16,27 @@ var objectReduce = require( './util/object-reduce' );
 var isEmptyObject = require( './util/is-empty-object' );
 
 /**
- * Conditionally set basic authentication on a server request object
+ * Set any provided headers on the outgoing request object. Runs after _auth.
+ *
+ * @method _setHeaders
+ * @private
+ * @param {Object} request A superagent request object
+ * @param {Object} options A WPRequest _options object
+ * @param {Object} A superagent request object, with any available headers set
+ */
+function _setHeaders( request, options ) {
+	// If there's no headers, do nothing
+	if ( ! options.headers ) {
+		return request;
+	}
+
+	return objectReduce( options.headers, function( request, value, key ) {
+		return request.set( key, value );
+	}, request );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Conditionally set basic authentication on a server request object.
  *
  * @method _auth
  * @private
@@ -265,6 +285,7 @@ function _httpGet( wpreq, callback ) {
 	var url = wpreq.toString();
 
 	var request = _auth( agent.get( url ), wpreq._options );
+	request = _setHeaders( request, wpreq._options );
 
 	return invokeAndPromisify( request, callback, returnBody.bind( null, wpreq ) );
 }
@@ -284,6 +305,7 @@ function _httpPost( wpreq, data, callback ) {
 	var url = wpreq.toString();
 	data = data || {};
 	var request = _auth( agent.post( url ), wpreq._options, true );
+	request = _setHeaders( request, wpreq._options );
 
 	if ( wpreq._attachment ) {
 		// Data must be form-encoded alongside image attachment
@@ -312,6 +334,7 @@ function _httpPut( wpreq, data, callback ) {
 	data = data || {};
 
 	var request = _auth( agent.put( url ), wpreq._options, true ).send( data );
+	request = _setHeaders( request, wpreq._options );
 
 	return invokeAndPromisify( request, callback, returnBody.bind( null, wpreq ) );
 }
@@ -333,6 +356,7 @@ function _httpDelete( wpreq, data, callback ) {
 	checkMethodSupport( 'delete', wpreq );
 	var url = wpreq.toString();
 	var request = _auth( agent.del( url ), wpreq._options, true ).send( data );
+	request = _setHeaders( request, wpreq._options );
 
 	return invokeAndPromisify( request, callback, returnBody.bind( null, wpreq ) );
 }
@@ -349,6 +373,7 @@ function _httpHead( wpreq, callback ) {
 	checkMethodSupport( 'head', wpreq );
 	var url = wpreq.toString();
 	var request = _auth( agent.head( url ), wpreq._options );
+	request = _setHeaders( request, wpreq._options );
 
 	return invokeAndPromisify( request, callback, returnHeaders );
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/custom-http-headers.js b/tests/integration/custom-http-headers.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34509b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/custom-http-headers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+'use strict';
+var chai = require( 'chai' );
+// Variable to use as our "success token" in promise assertions
+var SUCCESS = 'success';
+// Chai-as-promised and the `expect( prom ).to.eventually.equal( SUCCESS ) is
+// used to ensure that the assertions running within the promise chains are
+// actually run.
+chai.use( require( 'chai-as-promised' ) );
+var expect = chai.expect;
+
+var WPAPI = require( '../../' );
+
+// Inspecting the titles of the returned posts arrays is an easy way to
+// validate that the right page of results was returned
+var getTitles = require( './helpers/get-rendered-prop' ).bind( null, 'title' );
+var base64credentials = new Buffer( 'apiuser:password' ).toString( 'base64' );
+
+describe( 'integration: custom HTTP Headers', function() {
+	var wp;
+
+	beforeEach(function() {
+		wp = new WPAPI({
+			endpoint: 'http://wpapi.loc/wp-json'
+		});
+	});
+
+	// Testing basic authentication is an acceptable proxy for whether a header
+	// value (Authentication:, in this case) is being set
+	it( 'can be provided using WPRequest#setHeaders()', function() {
+		var prom = wp.posts()
+			.setHeaders( 'Authorization', 'Basic ' + base64credentials )
+			.status([ 'future', 'draft' ])
+			.get()
+			.then(function( posts ) {
+				expect( getTitles( posts ) ).to.deep.equal([
+					'Scheduled',
+					'Draft'
+				]);
+				return SUCCESS;
+			});
+		return expect( prom ).to.eventually.equal( SUCCESS );
+	});
+
+	it( 'can be provided at the WPAPI instance level using WPAPI#setHeaders()', function() {
+		var authenticated = WPAPI
+			.site( 'http://wpapi.loc/wp-json' )
+			.setHeaders( 'Authorization', 'Basic ' + base64credentials );
+		var prom = authenticated.posts()
+			.status([ 'future', 'draft' ])
+			.get()
+			.then(function( posts ) {
+				expect( getTitles( posts ) ).to.deep.equal([
+					'Scheduled',
+					'Draft'
+				]);
+				return authenticated.users().me();
+			})
+			.then(function( me ) {
+				expect( me.slug ).to.equal( 'apiuser' );
+				return SUCCESS;
+			});
+		return expect( prom ).to.eventually.equal( SUCCESS );
+	});
+
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/lib/constructors/wp-request.js b/tests/unit/lib/constructors/wp-request.js
index 272dcc75..58c34870 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lib/constructors/wp-request.js
+++ b/tests/unit/lib/constructors/wp-request.js
@@ -671,6 +671,85 @@ describe( 'WPRequest', function() {
 
 	});
 
+	describe( '.setHeaders()', function() {
+
+		it( 'method exists', function() {
+			expect( request ).to.have.property( 'setHeaders' );
+			expect( request.setHeaders ).to.be.a( 'function' );
+		});
+
+		it( 'will have no effect if called without any arguments', function() {
+			request.setHeaders();
+			expect( request._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({});
+		});
+
+		it( 'will set a header key/value pair', function() {
+			request.setHeaders( 'Authorization', 'Bearer sometoken' );
+			expect( request._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({
+				Authorization: 'Bearer sometoken'
+			});
+		});
+
+		it( 'will replace an existing header key/value pair', function() {
+			request
+				.setHeaders( 'Authorization', 'Bearer sometoken' )
+				.setHeaders( 'Authorization', 'Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==' );
+			expect( request._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({
+				Authorization: 'Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ=='
+			});
+		});
+
+		it( 'will set multiple header key/value pairs with chained calls', function() {
+			request
+				.setHeaders( 'Accept-Language', 'en-US' )
+				.setHeaders( 'Authorization', 'Bearer sometoken' );
+			expect( request._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({
+				'Accept-Language': 'en-US',
+				Authorization: 'Bearer sometoken'
+			});
+		});
+
+		it( 'will set multiple header key/value pairs when passed an object', function() {
+			request.setHeaders({
+				'Accept-Language': 'en-US',
+				Authorization: 'Bearer sometoken'
+			});
+			expect( request._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({
+				'Accept-Language': 'en-US',
+				Authorization: 'Bearer sometoken'
+			});
+		});
+
+		it( 'will replace multiple existing header key/value pairs when passed an object', function() {
+			request
+				.setHeaders({
+					'Accept-Language': 'en-US',
+					Authorization: 'Bearer sometoken'
+				})
+				.setHeaders({
+					'Accept-Language': 'pt-BR',
+					Authorization: 'Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ=='
+				});
+			expect( request._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({
+				'Accept-Language': 'pt-BR',
+				Authorization: 'Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ=='
+			});
+		});
+
+		it( 'inherits headers from the constructor options object', function() {
+			request = new WPRequest({
+				endpoint: '/',
+				headers: {
+					'Accept-Language': 'pt-BR'
+				}
+			});
+			expect( request._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({
+				'Accept-Language': 'pt-BR'
+			});
+		});
+
+	});
+
 	describe( '.toString()', function() {
 
 		beforeEach(function() {
diff --git a/tests/unit/wpapi.js b/tests/unit/wpapi.js
index fb4df45a..a0fa0ac4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/wpapi.js
+++ b/tests/unit/wpapi.js
@@ -772,6 +772,61 @@ describe( 'WPAPI', function() {
 
 		});
 
+		describe( '.setHeaders()', function() {
+
+			beforeEach(function() {
+				site = new WPAPI({ endpoint: 'http://my.site.com/wp-json' });
+			});
+
+			it( 'is defined', function() {
+				expect( site ).to.have.property( 'setHeaders' );
+				expect( site.setHeaders ).to.be.a( 'function' );
+			});
+
+			it( 'initializes site-wide headers object if called with no arguments', function() {
+				expect( site._options ).not.to.have.property( 'headers' );
+				site.setHeaders();
+				expect( site._options ).to.have.property( 'headers' );
+				expect( site._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({});
+			});
+
+			it( 'sets site-wide headers when provided a name-value pair', function() {
+				site.setHeaders( 'Accept-Language', 'en-US' );
+				expect( site._options ).to.have.property( 'headers' );
+				expect( site._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({
+					'Accept-Language': 'en-US'
+				});
+			});
+
+			it( 'sets site-wide headers when provided an object of header name-value pairs', function() {
+				site.setHeaders({
+					'Accept-Language': 'en-CA',
+					Authorization: 'Bearer sometoken'
+				});
+				expect( site._options ).to.have.property( 'headers' );
+				expect( site._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({
+					'Accept-Language': 'en-CA',
+					Authorization: 'Bearer sometoken'
+				});
+			});
+
+			it( 'passes headers to all subsequently-instantiated handlers', function() {
+				site.setHeaders({
+					'Accept-Language': 'en-IL',
+					Authorization: 'Bearer chicagostylepizza'
+				});
+				var req = site.root( '' );
+				expect( req ).to.have.property( '_options' );
+				expect( req._options ).to.be.an( 'object' );
+				expect( req._options ).to.have.property( 'headers' );
+				expect( req._options.headers ).to.deep.equal({
+					'Accept-Language': 'en-IL',
+					Authorization: 'Bearer chicagostylepizza'
+				});
+			});
+
+		});
+
 		describe( '.registerRoute()', function() {
 
 			it( 'is a function', function() {
diff --git a/wpapi.js b/wpapi.js
index 9f9e298a..954e231b 100644
--- a/wpapi.js
+++ b/wpapi.js
@@ -258,6 +258,31 @@ WPAPI.prototype.root = function( relativePath ) {
 	return request;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Set the default headers to use for all HTTP requests created from this WPAPI
+ * site instance. Accepts a header name and its associated value as two strings,
+ * or multiple headers as an object of name-value pairs.
+ *
+ * @example Set a single header to be used by all requests to this site
+ *
+ *     site.setHeaders( 'Authorization', 'Bearer trustme' )...
+ *
+ * @example Set multiple headers to be used by all requests to this site
+ *
+ *     site.setHeaders({
+ *       Authorization: 'Bearer comeonwereoldfriendsright',
+ *       'Accept-Language': 'en-CA'
+ *     })...
+ *
+ * @method setHeaders
+ * @chainable
+ * @param {String|Object} headers The name of the header to set, or an object of
+ *                                header names and their associated string values
+ * @param {String}        [value] The value of the header being set
+ * @return {WPAPI} The WPAPI site handler instance, for chaining
+ */
+WPAPI.prototype.setHeaders = WPRequest.prototype.setHeaders;
+
 /**
  * Set the authentication to use for a WPAPI site handler instance. Accepts basic
  * HTTP authentication credentials (string username & password) or a Nonce (for