diff --git a/internal/authorization/rbac/rbac.go b/internal/authorization/rbac/rbac.go
index 383273c..18187e5 100644
--- a/internal/authorization/rbac/rbac.go
+++ b/internal/authorization/rbac/rbac.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const (
 	// This creates a higher guarantee that your informer’s store has a perfect picture of the resources it is watching.
 	// There are situations where events can be missed entirely and resyncing every so often solves this.
 	// Setting to 0 disables the resync and makes the informer subscribe to individual updates only.
-	defaultResyncDuration =  time.Minute * 10
+	defaultResyncDuration = time.Minute * 10
 )
 
 // Logger is an interface for basic log output
diff --git a/internal/configuration/config.go b/internal/configuration/config.go
index d4332bb..a4aaf72 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/config.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/config.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	UserCookieName          string               `long:"user-cookie-name" env:"USER_COOKIE_NAME" default:"_forward_auth_name" description:"User Cookie Name"`
 	CSRFCookieName          string               `long:"csrf-cookie-name" env:"CSRF_COOKIE_NAME" default:"_forward_auth_csrf" description:"CSRF Cookie Name"`
 	ClaimsSessionName       string               `long:"claims-session-name" env:"CLAIMS_SESSION_NAME" default:"_forward_auth_claims" description:"Name of the claims session"`
-	DefaultAction           string               `long:"default-action" env:"DEFAULT_ACTION" default:"auth" choice:"auth" choice:"allow" description:"Default action"`
+	DefaultAction           string               `long:"default-action" env:"DEFAULT_ACTION" default:"auth" choice:"auth" choice:"allow" choice:"allow-with-auth" description:"Default action"`
 	Domains                 CommaSeparatedList   `long:"domain" env:"DOMAIN" description:"Only allow given email domains, can be set multiple times"`
 	LifetimeString          int                  `long:"lifetime" env:"LIFETIME" default:"43200" description:"Lifetime in seconds"`
 	Path                    string               `long:"url-path" env:"URL_PATH" default:"/_oauth" description:"Callback URL Path"`
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GroupClaimPrefix        string               `long:"group-claim-prefix" env:"GROUP_CLAIM_PREFIX" default:"oidc:" description:"prefix oidc group claims with this value"`
 	EncryptionKeyString     string               `long:"encryption-key" env:"ENCRYPTION_KEY" description:"Encryption key used to encrypt the cookie (required)" json:"-"`
 	GroupsAttributeName     string               `long:"groups-attribute-name" env:"GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE_NAME" default:"groups" description:"Map the correct attribute that contain the user groups"`
+	ForwardHeaders          string               `long:"forward-headers" env:"FORWARD_HEADERS" default:"" description:"Headers to forward to the upstream, separated by a comma. For example: X-CSRF-Token,X-Requested-With"`
 
 	// RBAC
 	EnableRBAC              bool               `long:"enable-rbac" env:"ENABLE_RBAC" description:"Indicates that RBAC support should be enabled"`
@@ -294,8 +295,8 @@ func (r *Rule) FormattedRule() string {
 
 // Validate validates the rule
 func (r *Rule) Validate() {
-	if r.Action != "auth" && r.Action != "allow" {
-		log.Fatal("invalid rule action, must be \"auth\" or \"allow\"")
+	if r.Action != "auth" && r.Action != "allow" && r.Action != "allow-with-auth" {
+		log.Fatal("invalid rule action, must be \"auth\", \"allow\" or \"allow-with-auth\"")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/handlers/server.go b/internal/handlers/server.go
index d3f4cc1..bad919c 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/server.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/server.go
@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ func (s *Server) buildRoutes() {
 	// Let's build a router
 	for name, rule := range s.config.Rules {
 		var err error
-		if rule.Action == "allow" {
+		switch rule.Action {
+		case "allow":
 			err = s.router.AddRoute(rule.FormattedRule(), 1, s.AllowHandler(name))
-		} else {
+		case "allow-with-auth":
+			err = s.router.AddRoute(rule.FormattedRule(), 1, s.AllowWithAuthHandler(name))
+		default:
 			err = s.router.AddRoute(rule.FormattedRule(), 1, s.AuthHandler(name))
 		}
 		if err != nil {
@@ -80,9 +83,12 @@ func (s *Server) buildRoutes() {
 	s.router.Handle(s.config.Path, s.AuthCallbackHandler())
 
 	// Add a default handler
-	if s.config.DefaultAction == "allow" {
+	switch s.config.DefaultAction {
+	case "allow":
 		s.router.NewRoute().Handler(s.AllowHandler("default"))
-	} else {
+	case "allow-with-auth":
+		s.router.NewRoute().Handler(s.AllowWithAuthHandler("default"))
+	default:
 		s.router.NewRoute().Handler(s.AuthHandler("default"))
 	}
 }
@@ -228,6 +234,15 @@ func (s *Server) AuthHandler(rule string) http.HandlerFunc {
 			w.Header().Add(s.config.ForwardTokenHeaderName, s.config.ForwardTokenPrefix+id.Token)
 		}
 
+		// Get all headers that we want to forward from the original request
+		// by reading the config
+		headers := strings.Split(s.config.ForwardHeaders, ",")
+
+		// Forward headers
+		for _, header := range headers {
+			w.Header().Add(header, r.Header.Get(header))
+		}
+
 		w.WriteHeader(200)
 	}
 }
@@ -515,3 +530,67 @@ func (s *Server) makeKubeUserInfo(email string, groups []string) authorization.U
 		Groups: g,
 	}
 }
+
+// AllowWithAuthHandler handles the request as "allow-with-auth", allowing the request through
+// but forwarding authentication headers if the user is authenticated
+func (s *Server) AllowWithAuthHandler(rule string) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		logger := s.logger(r, rule, "Allow with auth request")
+
+		// Get auth cookie
+		c, err := r.Cookie(s.config.CookieName)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Not authenticated, just return 200 without forwarding headers
+			w.WriteHeader(200)
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Validate cookie
+		id, err := s.authenticator.ValidateCookie(r, c)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Invalid cookie, just return 200 without forwarding headers
+			logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("cookie validation failure: %s", err.Error()))
+			w.WriteHeader(200)
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Validate user
+		valid := s.authenticator.ValidateEmail(id.Email)
+		if !valid {
+			// Invalid user, just return 200 without forwarding headers
+			logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+				"email": id.Email,
+			}).Errorf("Invalid email")
+			w.WriteHeader(200)
+			return
+		}
+
+		// User is authenticated, forward headers
+		for _, headerName := range s.config.EmailHeaderNames {
+			w.Header().Set(headerName, id.Email)
+		}
+
+		if s.config.EnableImpersonation {
+			// Set impersonation headers
+			logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("setting authorization token and impersonation headers: email: %s", id.Email))
+			w.Header().Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", s.config.ServiceAccountToken))
+			w.Header().Set(impersonateUserHeader, id.Email)
+			w.Header().Set(impersonateGroupHeader, "system:authenticated")
+			w.Header().Set("Connection", cleanupConnectionHeader(w.Header().Get("Connection")))
+		}
+
+		if s.config.ForwardTokenHeaderName != "" && id.Token != "" {
+			w.Header().Add(s.config.ForwardTokenHeaderName, s.config.ForwardTokenPrefix+id.Token)
+		}
+
+		// Get all headers that we want to forward from the original request
+		headers := strings.Split(s.config.ForwardHeaders, ",")
+
+		// Forward headers
+		for _, header := range headers {
+			w.Header().Add(header, r.Header.Get(header))
+		}
+
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+	}
+}