diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index bd5c8fc..6997992 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -86,16 +86,50 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                         ->end()
                         ->arrayNode('authentication')
                             ->children()
-                                ->scalarNode('name')->isRequired()->end()
                                 ->scalarNode('delivery')
                                     ->isRequired()
                                     ->validate()
-                                        ->ifNotInArray(array('query', 'http_basic', 'header'))
+                                        ->ifNotInArray(array('query', 'http', 'header'))
                                         ->thenInvalid("Unknown authentication delivery type '%s'.")
                                     ->end()
                                 ->end()
+                                ->scalarNode('name')->isRequired()->end()
+                                ->enumNode('type')
+                                    ->info('Required if http delivery is selected.')
+                                    ->values(array('basic', 'bearer'))
+                                ->end()
                                 ->booleanNode('custom_endpoint')->defaultFalse()->end()
                             ->end()
+                            ->validate()
+                                ->ifTrue(function($v) {
+                                    return 'http' === $v['delivery'] && !$v['type'] ;
+                                })
+                                ->thenInvalid('"type" is required when using http delivery.')
+                            ->end()
+                            # http_basic BC
+                            ->beforeNormalization()
+                                ->ifTrue(function ($v) {
+                                    return 'http_basic' === $v['delivery'];
+                                })
+                                ->then(function ($v) {
+                                    $v['delivery'] = 'http';
+                                    $v['type'] = 'basic';
+
+                                    return $v;
+                                })
+                            ->end()
+                            ->beforeNormalization()
+                                ->ifTrue(function ($v) {
+                                    return 'http' === $v['delivery'];
+                                })
+                                ->then(function ($v) {
+                                    if ('http' === $v['delivery'] && !isset($v['name'])) {
+                                        $v['name'] = 'Authorization';
+                                    }
+
+                                    return $v;
+                                })
+                            ->end()
                         ->end()
                     ->end()
                 ->end()
diff --git a/Resources/config/schema/api_doc.xsd b/Resources/config/schema/api_doc.xsd
index b8c97ab..21b7567 100644
--- a/Resources/config/schema/api_doc.xsd
+++ b/Resources/config/schema/api_doc.xsd
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     <xsd:complexType name="authentication">
         <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string"/>
         <xsd:attribute name="delivery" type="authentication_delivery_enum"/>
+        <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string"/>
         <xsd:attribute name="custom_endpoint" type="xsd:boolean" default="false"/>
     </xsd:complexType>
 
diff --git a/Resources/doc/index.md b/Resources/doc/index.md
index 7744b0e..f632a27 100644
--- a/Resources/doc/index.md
+++ b/Resources/doc/index.md
@@ -307,7 +307,10 @@ configure this sandbox using the following parameters:
 
                 name: access_token      # access token name or query parameter name or header name
 
-                delivery: query         # `query`, `http_basic`, and `header` are supported
+                delivery: http          # `query`, `http`, and `header` are supported
+
+                # Required if http delivery is selected.
+                type:     basic         # `basic`, `bearer` are supported
 
                 custom_endpoint: true   # default is `false`, if `true`, your user will be able to
                                         # specify its own endpoint
@@ -365,6 +368,29 @@ You can specify your own API name:
     nelmio_api_doc:
         name: My API
 
+You can choose between different authentication methods:
+
+    # app/config/config.yml
+    nelmio_api_doc:
+        authentication:
+            delivery: header
+            name:     X-Custom
+
+    # app/config/config.yml
+    nelmio_api_doc:
+        authentication:
+            delivery: query
+            name:     param
+
+    # app/config/config.yml
+    nelmio_api_doc:
+        authentication:
+            delivery: http
+            type:     basic # or bearer
+
+When choosing an `http` delivery, `name` defaults to `Authorization`,
+and the header value will automatically be prefixed by the corresponding type (ie. `Basic` or `Bearer`).
+
 You can specify which sections to exclude from the documentation generation:
 
     # app/config/config.yml
@@ -440,5 +466,6 @@ nelmio_api_doc:
         authentication:
             name:                 ~ # Required
             delivery:             ~ # Required
+            type:                 ~
             custom_endpoint:      false
 ```
diff --git a/Resources/views/layout.html.twig b/Resources/views/layout.html.twig
index a1dd415..f1e44cf 100644
--- a/Resources/views/layout.html.twig
+++ b/Resources/views/layout.html.twig
@@ -30,14 +30,17 @@
                         <option value="{{ header }}"{{ defaultRequestFormat == format ? ' selected' : '' }}>{{ format }}</option>
                     {% endfor %}
                     </select>
-                    {% if authentication and authentication.delivery in ['query', 'http_basic', 'header'] %}
-                        api key: <input type="text" id="api_key" value=""/>
-                    {% endif %}
-                    {% if authentication and authentication.delivery in ['http_basic'] %}
-                        api pass: <input type="text" id="api_pass" value=""/>
-                    {% endif %}
-                    {% if authentication and authentication.custom_endpoint %}
-                        api endpoint: <input type="text" id="api_endpoint" value=""/>
+                    {% if authentication %}
+                        {% if authentication.delivery == 'http' and authentication.type == 'basic' %}
+                            api login: <input type="text" id="api_login" value=""/>
+                            api password: <input type="text" id="api_pass" value=""/>
+                        {% elseif authentication.delivery in ['query', 'http', 'header'] %}
+                            api key: <input type="text" id="api_key" value=""/>
+                        {% endif %}
+
+                        {% if authentication.custom_endpoint %}
+                            api endpoint: <input type="text" id="api_endpoint" value=""/>
+                        {% endif %}
                     {% endif %}
                 </div>
             {% endif %}
@@ -419,10 +422,20 @@
                         headers: headers,
                         crossDomain: true,
                         beforeSend: function (xhr) {
-                            if (authentication_delivery == 'http_basic') {
-                                xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', 'Basic ' + btoa($('#api_key').val() + ':' + $('#api_pass').val()));
-                            }else if(authentication_delivery == 'header') {
-                                xhr.setRequestHeader(api_key_parameter, $('#api_key').val());
+                            if (authentication_delivery) {
+                                var value;
+
+                                if ('http' == authentication_delivery) {
+                                    if ('basic' == authentication_type) {
+                                        value = 'Basic ' + btoa($('#api_login').val() + ':' + $('#api_pass').val());
+                                    } else if ('bearer' == authentication_type) {
+                                        value = 'Bearer ' + $('#api_key').val();
+                                    }
+                                } else if ('header' == authentication_delivery) {
+                                    value = $('#api_key').val();
+                                }
+
+                                xhr.setRequestHeader(api_key_parameter, value);
                             }
                         },
                         complete: function(xhr) {
@@ -547,8 +560,10 @@
 
                 });
 
-                {% if authentication and authentication.delivery == 'http_basic' %}
+                {% if authentication and authentication.delivery == 'http' %}
                 var authentication_delivery = '{{ authentication.delivery }}';
+                var api_key_parameter = '{{ authentication.name }}';
+                var authentication_type = '{{ authentication.type }}';
                 {% elseif authentication and authentication.delivery == 'query' %}
                 var authentication_delivery = '{{ authentication.delivery }}';
                 var api_key_parameter = '{{ authentication.name }}';