diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd8d0b7..39e8c2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func TestProductController_Post_CreatesProducts(t *testing.T) {
 		gintestutil.WithJsonBody(t, TestObject{Name: "test"}),
 		gintestutil.WithMethod(http.MethodPost),
 		gintestutil.WithUrl("https://my-website.com"),
+		gintestutil.WithHeaders(http.Header{"X-Example": []string{"A", "B"}}),
 		gintestutil.WithUrlParams(map[string]any{"category": "barbecue"}),
 	    gintestutil.WithQueryParams(map[string]any{"force": "true"}))
 
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 146852a..cfe62f4 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type requestConfig struct {
 	body        io.ReadCloser
 	urlParams   map[string]any
 	queryParams map[string]any
+	headers     http.Header
 }
 
 // applyQueryParams turn a map of string/[]string/maps into query parameter names as expected from the user. Check
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ func PrepareRequest(t TestingT, options ...RequestOption) (*gin.Context, *httpte
 		return context, writer
 	}
 
+	context.Request.Header = config.headers
+
 	query := context.Request.URL.Query()
 	applyQueryParams(config.queryParams, query, "")
 	context.Request.URL.RawQuery = query.Encode()
@@ -104,6 +107,13 @@ func WithMethod(method string) RequestOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithHeaders specifies the headers of the request
+func WithHeaders(headers http.Header) RequestOption {
+	return func(config *requestConfig) {
+		config.headers = headers
+	}
+}
+
 // WithUrl specifies the url to use, defaults to https://example.com
 func WithUrl(reqUrl string) RequestOption {
 	return func(config *requestConfig) {
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index 5879535..6804b83 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ func TestPrepareRequest_CreatesExpectedContext(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := map[string]struct {
 		options []RequestOption
 
-		expectedBody   string
-		expectedUrl    string
-		expectedMethod string
-		expectedParams gin.Params
-		expectedError  error
+		expectedBody    string
+		expectedUrl     string
+		expectedMethod  string
+		expectedParams  gin.Params
+		expectedHeaders http.Header
+		expectedError   error
 	}{
 		"empty request": {
 			options: []RequestOption{},
@@ -81,6 +82,18 @@ func TestPrepareRequest_CreatesExpectedContext(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedMethod: http.MethodGet,
 			expectedUrl:    "https://maarten.dev?one=two&three=four&three=five",
 		},
+		"with headers": {
+			options: []RequestOption{
+				WithUrl("https://maarten.dev"),
+				WithHeaders(http.Header{"X-Test-Header": []string{"A", "B"}}),
+			},
+
+			expectedMethod: http.MethodGet,
+			expectedUrl:    "https://maarten.dev",
+			expectedHeaders: http.Header{
+				"X-Test-Header": []string{"A", "B"},
+			},
+		},
 		"maarten.dev url": {
 			options: []RequestOption{WithUrl("https://maarten.dev")},
 
@@ -130,6 +143,8 @@ func TestPrepareRequest_CreatesExpectedContext(t *testing.T) {
 
 			assert.Equal(t, testData.expectedMethod, context.Request.Method)
 			assert.Equal(t, testData.expectedUrl, context.Request.URL.String())
+			assert.Equal(t, testData.expectedHeaders, context.Request.Header)
+
 			assert.ElementsMatch(t, testData.expectedParams, context.Params)
 
 			if testData.expectedBody != "" {