diff --git a/httpclient.go b/httpclient.go
index 8065a6b..27e86bd 100644
--- a/httpclient.go
+++ b/httpclient.go
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ func (hc *HTTPClient) setAuthentication(hr *http.Request) {
 		hr.Header.Set("X-API-Key", hc.Config.apiKey)
 		return
 	}
+	if hc.bearerToken != "" {
+		hr.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer"+hc.bearerToken)
+		return
+	}
 	if hc.authUser != "" && hc.authPass != "" {
 		hr.SetBasicAuth(url.QueryEscape(hc.authUser), url.QueryEscape(hc.authPass))
 	}
diff --git a/meteologix.go b/meteologix.go
index 03daa27..e8698f7 100644
--- a/meteologix.go
+++ b/meteologix.go
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	authPass string
 	// authUser holds the (optional) username for the API user authentication
 	authUser string
+	// bearerToken holds the (optional) bearer token for the API authentication
+	bearerToken string
 	// userAgent represents an alternative User-Agent HTTP header string
 	userAgent string
 }
@@ -97,6 +99,17 @@ func WithAPIKey(k string) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithBearerToken uses a bearer token for the client authentication of the
+// HTTP client
+func WithBearerToken(t string) Option {
+	if t == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return func(co *Config) {
+		co.bearerToken = t
+	}
+}
+
 // WithPassword sets the HTTP Basic auth authPass for the HTTP client
 func WithPassword(p string) Option {
 	if p == "" {
diff --git a/meteologix_test.go b/meteologix_test.go
index bcfbb5d..33d1b6c 100644
--- a/meteologix_test.go
+++ b/meteologix_test.go
@@ -66,6 +66,28 @@ func TestNew_WithAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNew_WithBearerToken(t *testing.T) {
+	e := "BEARER-TOKEN"
+	c := New(WithBearerToken(e))
+	if c == nil {
+		t.Errorf("NewWithBearerToken failed, expected Client, got nil")
+		return
+	}
+	if c.config.bearerToken != e {
+		t.Errorf("NewWithBearerToken failed, expected token value: %s, got: %s", e,
+			c.config.bearerToken)
+	}
+	c = New(WithBearerToken(""))
+	if c == nil {
+		t.Errorf("NewWithBearerToken failed, expected Client, got nil")
+		return
+	}
+	if c.config.bearerToken != "" {
+		t.Errorf("NewWithBearerToken failed, expected empty token, got: %s",
+			c.config.bearerToken)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNew_WithUsername(t *testing.T) {
 	e := "username"
 	c := New(WithUsername(e))