diff --git a/.changeset/nasty-actors-push.md b/.changeset/nasty-actors-push.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f4d0d92a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nasty-actors-push.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-sentry': patch
+---
+
+fix: sentry-plugin can forward identity token to backend (for case when it requires authorization)
diff --git a/plugins/sentry/api-report.md b/plugins/sentry/api-report.md
index a23fa112c1..6d83ddc5e6 100644
--- a/plugins/sentry/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/sentry/api-report.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { ApiRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { BackstagePlugin } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { IdentityApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { InfoCardVariants } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { RouteRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
@@ -34,7 +35,11 @@ export class MockSentryApi implements SentryApi {
 //
 // @public (undocumented)
 export class ProductionSentryApi implements SentryApi {
-  constructor(discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi, organization: string);
+  constructor(
+    discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi,
+    organization: string,
+    identityApi?: IdentityApi | undefined,
+  );
   // (undocumented)
   fetchIssues(
     project: string,
diff --git a/plugins/sentry/src/api/production-api.ts b/plugins/sentry/src/api/production-api.ts
index 5968d20011..1fc6ece37f 100644
--- a/plugins/sentry/src/api/production-api.ts
+++ b/plugins/sentry/src/api/production-api.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 
 import { SentryIssue } from './sentry-issue';
 import { SentryApi } from './sentry-api';
-import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { DiscoveryApi, IdentityApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
 export class ProductionSentryApi implements SentryApi {
   constructor(
     private readonly discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi,
     private readonly organization: string,
+    private readonly identityApi?: IdentityApi,
   ) {}
 
   async fetchIssues(
@@ -34,11 +35,13 @@ export class ProductionSentryApi implements SentryApi {
     }
 
     const apiUrl = `${await this.discoveryApi.getBaseUrl('proxy')}/sentry/api`;
+    const options = await this.authOptions();
 
     const queryPart = query ? `&query=${query}` : '';
 
     const response = await fetch(
       `${apiUrl}/0/projects/${this.organization}/${project}/issues/?statsPeriod=${statsFor}${queryPart}`,
+      options,
     );
 
     if (response.status >= 400 && response.status < 600) {
@@ -47,4 +50,16 @@ export class ProductionSentryApi implements SentryApi {
 
     return (await response.json()) as SentryIssue[];
   }
+
+  private async authOptions() {
+    if (!this.identityApi) {
+      return {};
+    }
+    const token = await this.identityApi.getIdToken();
+    return {
+      headers: {
+        authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+      },
+    };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/sentry/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/sentry/src/plugin.ts
index 75de6ba6dc..454c1f02a6 100644
--- a/plugins/sentry/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/sentry/src/plugin.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   createPlugin,
   createRouteRef,
   discoveryApiRef,
+  identityApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
 export const rootRouteRef = createRouteRef({
@@ -33,11 +34,16 @@ export const sentryPlugin = createPlugin({
   apis: [
     createApiFactory({
       api: sentryApiRef,
-      deps: { configApi: configApiRef, discoveryApi: discoveryApiRef },
-      factory: ({ configApi, discoveryApi }) =>
+      deps: {
+        configApi: configApiRef,
+        discoveryApi: discoveryApiRef,
+        identityApi: identityApiRef,
+      },
+      factory: ({ configApi, discoveryApi, identityApi }) =>
         new ProductionSentryApi(
           discoveryApi,
           configApi.getString('sentry.organization'),
+          identityApi,
         ),
     }),
   ],