diff --git a/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp b/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp
index cc0a31e2b6b..c99c633264e 100644
--- a/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp
@@ -463,6 +463,17 @@ void HTTPClient::setAuthorization(const char * auth)
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * set the Authorization type for the http request
+ * @param authType const char *
+ */
+void HTTPClient::setAuthorizationType(const char * authType)
+{
+    if(authType) {
+        _authorizationType = authType;
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * set the timeout (ms) for establishing a connection to the server
  * @param connectTimeout int32_t
@@ -1178,7 +1189,9 @@ bool HTTPClient::sendHeader(const char * type)
 
     if(_base64Authorization.length()) {
         _base64Authorization.replace("\n", "");
-        header += F("Authorization: Basic ");
+        header += F("Authorization: ");
+        header += _authorizationType; 
+        header += " ";
         header += _base64Authorization;
         header += "\r\n";
     }
diff --git a/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.h b/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.h
index 1b454e332a9..1bb84d6d6b5 100644
--- a/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.h
+++ b/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ class HTTPClient
     void setUserAgent(const String& userAgent);
     void setAuthorization(const char * user, const char * password);
     void setAuthorization(const char * auth);
+    void setAuthorizationType(const char * authType);
     void setConnectTimeout(int32_t connectTimeout);
     void setTimeout(uint16_t timeout);
 
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ class HTTPClient
     String _headers;
     String _userAgent = "ESP32HTTPClient";
     String _base64Authorization;
+    String _authorizationType = "Basic";
 
     /// Response handling
     RequestArgument* _currentHeaders = nullptr;