diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4ee6f5..a0c679a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ You need to configure at least the following env variables that are marked as ma
 * (mandatory) "FEED_TYPE" which type of a GTFS RT data is provided (for example vp for vehicle position), used in MQTT topic
 * (mandatory) "FEED_NAME" name for the data feed, used in MQTT topic
 * (mandatory) "FEED_URL" URL for the HTTP(S) GTFS RT data source
+* (optional)  "FEED_HEADERS" headers for requesting GTFS RT feed
 * (mandatory as of 4.3.2023 if using Digitransit API) "AUTHENTICATION_HEADER" Authentication header name
 * (mandatory as of 4.3.2023 if using Digitransit API) "AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN" Authentication header secret
 * (optional) "USERNAME" username for publishing to a MQTT broker
diff --git a/gtfsrthttp2mqtt.py b/gtfsrthttp2mqtt.py
index 163c27f..2392871 100644
--- a/gtfsrthttp2mqtt.py
+++ b/gtfsrthttp2mqtt.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import time
 import os
+import json
 from threading import Event, Thread
 
 import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def loop():
 
 
 class GTFSRTHTTP2MQTTTransformer:
-    def __init__(self, mqttConnect, mqttCredentials, baseMqttTopic, gtfsrtFeedURL, feedName):
+    def __init__(self, mqttConnect, mqttCredentials, baseMqttTopic, gtfsrtFeedURL, gtfsrtFeedHeaders, feedName):
         self.mqttConnect = mqttConnect
         self.mqttCredentials = mqttCredentials
         self.baseMqttTopic = baseMqttTopic
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ def __init__(self, mqttConnect, mqttCredentials, baseMqttTopic, gtfsrtFeedURL, f
         retry = Retry(connect=60, backoff_factor=1.5)
         adapter = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
         self.session.mount(gtfsrtFeedURL, adapter)
+        self.session.headers.update(json.loads(gtfsrtFeedHeaders))
         self.OTPData = None
 
 
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ def doOTPPolling(self):
         {'username': os.environ['USERNAME'], 'password': os.environ['PASSWORD']},
         '/gtfsrt/{0}'.format(os.environ['FEED_TYPE']),
         os.environ['FEED_URL'],
+        os.environ.get('FEED_HEADERS', '{}'),
         os.environ['FEED_NAME']
     )