diff --git a/resources/bin/orchestrator-client b/resources/bin/orchestrator-client
index 9ce3806e7..fe1b9a443 100755
--- a/resources/bin/orchestrator-client
+++ b/resources/bin/orchestrator-client
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ pool=
 hostname_flag=
 api_path=
 basic_auth="${ORCHESTRATOR_AUTH_USER:-}:${ORCHESTRATOR_AUTH_PASSWORD:-}"
+headers_auth="${ORCHESTRATOR_AUTH_USER_HEADER}"
 binlog=
 
 instance_hostport=
@@ -89,12 +90,13 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
     "-path"|"--path")                     set -- "$@" "-P" ;;
     "-query"|"--query")                   set -- "$@" "-q" ;;
     "-auth"|"--auth")                     set -- "$@" "-b" ;;
+    "-headers-auth"|"--headers-auth")     set -- "$@" "-e" ;;
     "-binlog"|"--binlog")                 set -- "$@" "-n" ;;
     *)                                    set -- "$@" "$arg"
   esac
 done
 
-while getopts "c:i:d:s:a:D:U:o:r:u:R:t:l:H:P:q:b:n:h" OPTION
+while getopts "c:i:d:s:a:D:U:o:r:u:R:t:l:H:P:q:b:e:n:h" OPTION
 do
   case $OPTION in
     h) command="help" ;;
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ do
     U) [ ! -z "$OPTARG" ] && orchestrator_api="$OPTARG" ;;
     P) api_path="$OPTARG" ;;
     b) basic_auth="$OPTARG" ;;
+    e) headers_auth="$OPTARG" ;;
     n) binlog="$OPTARG" ;;
     q) query="$OPTARG"
   esac
@@ -151,6 +154,10 @@ function get_curl_auth_params {
       requires_auth+=" --disallow-username-in-url"
   fi
 
+  if [[ -n "${headers_auth}" ]]; then
+    requires_auth="-H "${headers_auth}""
+  fi
+
   # Test API access
   curl "${requires_auth}" -s --head "${orchestrator_api}" 2>&1 | fgrep -q "$unauthorized_401" && \
     echo "$unauthorized_401" && \
@@ -352,6 +359,8 @@ function prompt_help {
     With '-c api', indicate the specific API path you wish to call
   -b <username:password>, --auth <username:password>
     Specify when orchestrator uses basic HTTP auth.
+  -e <header:user>, --headers-auth <header:user>
+    Specify when orchestrator uses headers auth.
   -q <query>, --query <query>
     Indicate query for 'restart-replica-statements' command
   -l <pool name>, --pool <pool name>