diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e376b14..7eb3900 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ $Jira = \Badoo\Jira\REST\Client::instance();
 $Jira
     ->setJiraUrl('https://jira.example.com/')
     ->setAuth('user', 'token/password');
+    // or via bearer token
+    ->setBearerToken('token');
 ```
 
 ## Create new issue
diff --git a/src/REST/Client.php b/src/REST/Client.php
index ea6d947..55dad5a 100644
--- a/src/REST/Client.php
+++ b/src/REST/Client.php
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ public function setAuth(string $login, string $secret) : Client
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param string $token
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public function setBearerToken(string $token) : Client
+    {
+        $this->getRawClient()->setBearerToken($token);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return \Badoo\Jira\REST\Section\Jql
      */
diff --git a/src/REST/ClientRaw.php b/src/REST/ClientRaw.php
index 5fbb1c7..2a44059 100644
--- a/src/REST/ClientRaw.php
+++ b/src/REST/ClientRaw.php
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class ClientRaw
     private $login = '';
     /** @var string - login's authentication secret. It can be API token (good) or bare user password (deprecated) */
     private $secret = '';
+    /** @var string a bearer token. It can be Personal Access Token or OAuth Access Token.*/
+    private $bearerToken = '';
 
     protected $request_timeout = 60;
 
@@ -74,6 +76,19 @@ public function setAuth(string $login, string $secret) : ClientRaw
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set a bearer token to use in the Authorization header of a REST API call.
+     *
+     * @param string $token bearer token
+     * @return ClientRaw
+     */
+    public function setBearerToken(string $token) : ClientRaw
+    {
+        $this->bearerToken = $token;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function getLogin() : string
     {
         return $this->login;
@@ -226,7 +241,6 @@ private function request(string $http_method, string $api_method, $arguments = [
         }
 
         $curl_options = [
-            CURLOPT_USERPWD        => $this->login . ':' . $this->secret,
             CURLOPT_URL            => $url,
             CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => $this->request_timeout,
             CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
@@ -239,6 +253,12 @@ private function request(string $http_method, string $api_method, $arguments = [
             'Content-Type'      => 'application/json',
         ];
 
+        if (strlen($this->bearerToken) > 0) {
+            $header_options['Authorization'] = 'Bearer ' . $this->bearerToken;
+        } else {
+            $curl_options[CURLOPT_USERPWD] = $this->login . ':' . $this->secret;
+        }
+
         switch ($http_method) {
             case self::REQ_POST:
                 $arguments = json_encode($arguments);