diff --git a/src/generator/config/config.ts b/src/generator/config/config.ts
index 260b94aec..9bbc9d249 100644
--- a/src/generator/config/config.ts
+++ b/src/generator/config/config.ts
@@ -298,7 +298,10 @@ const createConfigSchema = async (
       const graffle = Graffle
         .create()
         .use(introspection)
-        .transport({ url: input.schema.url })
+        .transport({
+          url: input.schema.url,
+          headers: input.schema.headers,
+        })
       // todo introspection method should not be available without a transport
       const data = await graffle.introspect()
       if (!data) {
diff --git a/src/generator/config/configInit.ts b/src/generator/config/configInit.ts
index 951cdd423..3b7060f92 100644
--- a/src/generator/config/configInit.ts
+++ b/src/generator/config/configInit.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ export interface ConfigInitSchemaUrl {
   type: `url`
   url: URL
   options?: InputIntrospectionOptions
+  /**
+   * HTTP headers that will be sent with the introspection request.
+   */
+  headers?: HeadersInit
 }
 
 export type ConfigInitSchema =
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ export type ConfigInitSchema =
   | ConfigInitSchemaInstance
   | ConfigInitSchemaSdlFile
   | ConfigInitSchemaUrl
+
 export interface ConfigInit {
   /**
    * File system API to use.
diff --git a/src/generator/generator/generate.test.ts b/src/generator/generator/generate.test.ts
index ee29d1cf8..a886430f6 100644
--- a/src/generator/generator/generate.test.ts
+++ b/src/generator/generator/generate.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import { globby } from 'globby'
 import * as Memfs from 'memfs'
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import * as Path from 'node:path'
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { describe, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { test } from '../../../tests/_/helpers.js'
 import type { ConfigInitSchemaSdl } from '../_.js'
 import { generate } from './generate.js'
 
@@ -96,3 +97,16 @@ test(`custom scalars module results in client prefilling those custom scalars`,
   const ScalarTs = Memfs.fs.readFileSync(`./graffle/modules/scalar.ts`, `utf8`)
   expect(ScalarTs).toMatchSnapshot()
 })
+
+test(`custom headers can be set on introspection request`, async ({ fetch }) => {
+  await generate({
+    schema: {
+      type: `url`,
+      url: new URL(`https://example.com`),
+      headers: {
+        'x-custom': `test`,
+      },
+    },
+  }).catch(() => {/* ignore */})
+  expect(fetch.mock.calls[0]?.[0].headers.get(`x-custom`)).toBe(`test`)
+})