diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/config.d.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/config.d.ts
index ff7d722d48..235cac8446 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/config.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/config.d.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export interface Config {
           token: string;
           subject: string;
         }>;
+        customHeader?: string;
+        customCookieAuthName?: string;
       };
       /**
        * The backstage token expiration.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/helpers.test.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/helpers.test.ts
index 9efab07ba5..be91583e16 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/helpers.test.ts
@@ -239,4 +239,83 @@ describe('helpers', () => {
       token: token,
     });
   });
+
+  it('works for regular tokens, through custom header auth', async () => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers({
+      now: 1600000004000,
+    });
+
+    const helper = AuthHelper.fromConfig(
+      new ConfigReader({ teamName: 'mock-team', customHeader: 'X-Auth-Token' }),
+      { cache },
+    );
+    const token = await tokenFactory.userToken();
+    const request = createRequest({
+      headers: { ['X-Auth-Token']: token },
+    });
+
+    const expected = {
+      cfIdentity: {
+        email: 'hello@example.com',
+        groups: [{ id: '123', email: 'foo@bar.com', name: 'foo' }],
+        id: '1234567890',
+        name: 'User Name',
+      },
+      claims: {
+        iss: `https://mock-team.cloudflareaccess.com`,
+        sub: '1234567890',
+        name: 'User Name',
+        iat: 1600000000,
+        exp: 1600000005,
+      },
+      expiresInSeconds: 5,
+    };
+
+    await expect(helper.authenticate(request)).resolves.toEqual({
+      ...expected,
+      token: token,
+    });
+    expect(cache.set).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(cache.set.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(
+      'providers/cloudflare-access/profile-v1/1234567890',
+    );
+    expect(JSON.parse(cache.set.mock.calls[0][1] as string)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('works for regular tokens, through custom cookie auth name', async () => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers({
+      now: 1600000004000,
+    });
+
+    const helper = AuthHelper.fromConfig(
+      new ConfigReader({ teamName: 'mock-team', customCookieAuthName: 'CF_Custom_Auth' }),
+      { cache },
+    );
+    const token = await tokenFactory.userToken();
+    const request = createRequest({
+      cookies: { 'CF_Custom_Auth': token },
+    });
+
+    const expected = {
+      cfIdentity: {
+        email: 'hello@example.com',
+        groups: [{ id: '123', email: 'foo@bar.com', name: 'foo' }],
+        id: '1234567890',
+        name: 'User Name',
+      },
+      claims: {
+        iss: `https://mock-team.cloudflareaccess.com`,
+        sub: '1234567890',
+        name: 'User Name',
+        iat: 1600000000,
+        exp: 1600000005,
+      },
+      expiresInSeconds: 5,
+    };
+
+    await expect(helper.authenticate(request)).resolves.toEqual({
+      ...expected,
+      token: token,
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/helpers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/helpers.ts
index c1a14ae6b4..298fd82a89 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/helpers.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ export class AuthHelper {
     options?: { cache?: CacheService },
   ): AuthHelper {
     const teamName = config.getString('teamName');
+    const customHeader = config.getString('customHeader');
+    const customCookieAuthName = config.getString('customCookieAuthName');
     const serviceTokens = (
       config.getOptionalConfigArray('serviceTokens') ?? []
     )?.map(cfg => {
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ export class AuthHelper {
       new URL(`https://${teamName}.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/certs`),
     );
 
-    return new AuthHelper(teamName, serviceTokens, keySet, options?.cache);
+    return new AuthHelper(teamName, serviceTokens, keySet, options?.cache, customHeader, customCookieAuthName);
   }
 
   private constructor(
@@ -61,20 +63,23 @@ export class AuthHelper {
     private readonly serviceTokens: ServiceToken[],
     private readonly keySet: ReturnType<typeof createRemoteJWKSet>,
     private readonly cache?: CacheService,
-  ) {}
+    private readonly customHeader?: string,
+    private readonly customCookieAuthName?: string,
+  ) { }
 
   async authenticate(req: express.Request): Promise<CloudflareAccessResult> {
     // JWTs generated by Access are available in a request header as
     // Cf-Access-Jwt-Assertion and as cookies as CF_Authorization.
-    let jwt = req.header(CF_JWT_HEADER);
+    let jwt = req.header(this.customHeader || CF_JWT_HEADER);
     if (!jwt) {
-      jwt = req.cookies.CF_Authorization;
+      jwt = req.cookies[this.customCookieAuthName || COOKIE_AUTH_NAME];
     }
     if (!jwt) {
       // Only throw if both are not provided by Cloudflare Access since either
       // can be used.
       throw new AuthenticationError(
-        `Missing ${CF_JWT_HEADER} from Cloudflare Access`,
+        `Missing ${this.customHeader || CF_JWT_HEADER} and 
+          ${this.customCookieAuthName || COOKIE_AUTH_NAME} from Cloudflare Access`,
       );
     }
 
@@ -155,8 +160,8 @@ export class AuthHelper {
   ): Promise<CloudflareAccessIdentityProfile> {
     const headers = new Headers();
     // set both headers just the way inbound responses are set
-    headers.set(CF_JWT_HEADER, jwt);
-    headers.set('cookie', `${COOKIE_AUTH_NAME}=${jwt}`);
+    headers.set(this.customHeader || CF_JWT_HEADER, jwt);
+    headers.set('cookie', `${this.customCookieAuthName || COOKIE_AUTH_NAME}=${jwt}`);
     try {
       const res = await fetch(
         `https://${this.teamName}.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity`,