diff --git a/lib/route-utils/authPreHandlers.spec.ts b/lib/route-utils/authPreHandlers.spec.ts
index a1bd9f5..a8f0d22 100644
--- a/lib/route-utils/authPreHandlers.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/route-utils/authPreHandlers.spec.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ describe('authPreHandlers', () => {
         })
       },
     })
+
+    // Using custom header name
+    app.route({
+      method: 'GET',
+      url: '/developer',
+      preHandler: createStaticTokenAuthPreHandler(
+        SECRET_TOKEN,
+        (_req) => globalLogger,
+        'developer-token',
+      ),
+      handler: (_req: FastifyRequest, res: FastifyReply) => {
+        res.status(200).send({
+          data: 'ok',
+        })
+      },
+    })
+
     //For showing 4xx errors in pre handler throws error (instead of 500).
     app.setErrorHandler(
       createErrorHandler({
@@ -32,42 +49,93 @@ describe('authPreHandlers', () => {
     await app.ready()
   })
 
-  it('accepts request if secret token provided in request is valid', async () => {
-    const response = await app
-      .inject()
-      .get('/')
-      .headers({
-        authorization: `Bearer ${SECRET_TOKEN}`,
+  describe('default header name', () => {
+    it('accepts request if secret token provided in request is valid', async () => {
+      const response = await app
+        .inject()
+        .get('/')
+        .headers({
+          authorization: `Bearer ${SECRET_TOKEN}`,
+        })
+        .end()
+
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
+      expect(response.json()).toEqual({
+        data: 'ok',
       })
-      .end()
+    })
 
-    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
-    expect(response.json()).toEqual({
-      data: 'ok',
+    it('rejects with 401 if no token', async () => {
+      const response = await app.inject().get('/').end()
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(401)
+      expect(response.json()).toEqual({
+        errorCode: 'AUTH_FAILED',
+        message: 'Authentication failed',
+      })
     })
-  })
 
-  it('rejects with 401 if no token', async () => {
-    const response = await app.inject().get('/').end()
-    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(401)
-    expect(response.json()).toEqual({
-      errorCode: 'AUTH_FAILED',
-      message: 'Authentication failed',
+    it('rejects with 401 if invalid token', async () => {
+      const response = await app
+        .inject()
+        .get('/')
+        .headers({
+          authorization: 'bearer invalid_token',
+        })
+        .end()
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(401)
+      expect(response.json()).toEqual({
+        errorCode: 'AUTH_FAILED',
+        message: 'Authentication failed',
+      })
     })
   })
 
-  it('rejects with 401 if invalid token', async () => {
-    const response = await app
-      .inject()
-      .get('/')
-      .headers({
-        authorization: 'bearer invalid_token',
+  describe('custom header name', () => {
+    it('accepts request if token is valid', async () => {
+      const response = await app
+        .inject()
+        .get('/developer')
+        .headers({
+          'developer-token': `Bearer ${SECRET_TOKEN}`,
+        })
+        .end()
+
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
+      expect(response.json()).toEqual({
+        data: 'ok',
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('rejects with 401 if token is not provided', async () => {
+      const response = await app
+        .inject()
+        .get('/developer')
+        .headers({
+          authorization: `Bearer ${SECRET_TOKEN}`, // Using default header name while custom one is specified
+        })
+        .end()
+
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(401)
+      expect(response.json()).toEqual({
+        errorCode: 'AUTH_FAILED',
+        message: 'Authentication failed',
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('rejects with 401 if token is invalid', async () => {
+      const response = await app
+        .inject()
+        .get('/developer')
+        .headers({
+          authorization: 'Bearer invalid-token',
+        })
+        .end()
+
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(401)
+      expect(response.json()).toEqual({
+        errorCode: 'AUTH_FAILED',
+        message: 'Authentication failed',
       })
-      .end()
-    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(401)
-    expect(response.json()).toEqual({
-      errorCode: 'AUTH_FAILED',
-      message: 'Authentication failed',
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/lib/route-utils/authPreHandlers.ts b/lib/route-utils/authPreHandlers.ts
index 9928338..bf3026a 100644
--- a/lib/route-utils/authPreHandlers.ts
+++ b/lib/route-utils/authPreHandlers.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const BEARER_PREFIX_LENGTH = BEARER_PREFIX.length
 export function createStaticTokenAuthPreHandler(
   configuredSecretToken: string,
   loggerProvider: (req: FastifyRequest) => CommonLogger,
+  authHeaderName = 'authorization',
 ) {
   return function preHandlerStaticTokenAuth(
     req: FastifyRequest,
@@ -15,7 +16,10 @@ export function createStaticTokenAuthPreHandler(
   ) {
     const logger: CommonLogger = loggerProvider(req)
 
-    const authHeader = req.headers.authorization
+    const authHeaderValue = req.headers[authHeaderName]
+    const authHeader =
+      !!authHeaderValue && Array.isArray(authHeaderValue) ? authHeaderValue[0] : authHeaderValue
+
     if (!authHeader?.startsWith(BEARER_PREFIX)) {
       logger.error('Token not present')
       return done(new AuthFailedError())