diff --git a/components/file-upload/file-uploader.class.ts b/components/file-upload/file-uploader.class.ts
index 4b9e134..e47fea6 100644
--- a/components/file-upload/file-uploader.class.ts
+++ b/components/file-upload/file-uploader.class.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export class FileUploader {
     this.options = Object.assign(this.options, options);
 
     this.authToken = options.authToken;
+    this.authTokenHeader = options.authTokenHeader || 'Authorization';
     this.autoUpload = options.autoUpload;
     this.options.filters.unshift({name: 'queueLimit', fn: this._queueLimitFilter});
 
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ export class FileUploader {
       }
     }
     if (this.authToken) {
-      xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', this.authToken);
+      xhr.setRequestHeader(this.authTokenHeader, this.authToken);
     }
     xhr.send(sendable);
     this._render();