diff --git a/premake.make b/premake.make
index acf816c..817f530 100644
--- a/premake.make
+++ b/premake.make
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 LDLIBS := -lcurl -lsclogging -lscterm
 
 MAJOR := 1
-MINOR := 1
+MINOR := 2
 PATCH := 0
 
 GENERATELIBHEADER := 1
diff --git a/src/requester.cpp b/src/requester.cpp
index 9218a53..73a6f2a 100644
--- a/src/requester.cpp
+++ b/src/requester.cpp
@@ -54,18 +54,20 @@ std::string requester::post(const std::string& url, const std::string& json) {
     curl_easy_setopt(_h.get(), CURLOPT_POST, 1L);
     curl_easy_setopt(_h.get(), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json.c_str());
     curl_easy_setopt(_h.get(), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, json.size());
-
-    struct curl_slist* headers {nullptr};
-    headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
-    std::unique_ptr<struct curl_slist, void(*)(struct curl_slist*)> hdrs {headers, curl_slist_free_all};
-    curl_easy_setopt(_h.get(), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
-    perform();
+    add_header("Content-Type: application/json");
+    perform_with_headers();
     return _text;
 }
 
+void requester::add_header(const std::string& hdr) {
+    _headers.push_back(hdr);
+}
+
 void requester::perform() {
-    _text = "";
-    curl_easy_setopt(_h.get(), CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, this);
+    _text = ""; // clear response text
+    curl_easy_setopt(_h.get(), CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, this); // setup callback user data
+
+    // perform request
     auto success = curl_easy_perform(_h.get());
     if (success != CURLE_OK) {
         std::ostringstream oss;
@@ -74,6 +76,22 @@ void requester::perform() {
     }
 }
 
+void requester::perform_with_headers() {
+    if (_headers.size()) {
+        // setup headers
+        struct curl_slist* headers {nullptr};
+        for (const auto& hdr : _headers) {
+            headers = curl_slist_append(headers, hdr.c_str());
+        }
+        curl_easy_setopt(_h.get(), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
+        std::unique_ptr<struct curl_slist, void(*)(struct curl_slist*)> hdrs {headers, curl_slist_free_all};
+        _headers.clear(); // start fresh for next request
+        perform();
+    } else {
+        perform();
+    }
+}
+
 void requester::check_status(long status) {
     auto success = curl_easy_getinfo(_h.get(), CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &_status);
     if (success != CURLE_OK || _status != status) {
diff --git a/src/requester.hpp b/src/requester.hpp
index 440c0ac..aab88fa 100644
--- a/src/requester.hpp
+++ b/src/requester.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <memory>
+#include <vector>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 #include <libsclogging.hpp>
 
@@ -31,16 +32,20 @@ namespace sc {
             // perform a http get request
             std::string get(const std::string& url);
 
-            // perform a http post request
+            // perform a http post request with a json payload
             std::string post(const std::string& url, const std::string& json);
 
+            void add_header(const std::string& hdr);
+
         private:
             std::unique_ptr<CURL, void(*)(CURL*)> _h {nullptr, curl_easy_cleanup};
             sc::logger* _logger {nullptr};
             std::string _text;
             long _status;
+            std::vector<std::string> _headers;
 
             void perform();
+            void perform_with_headers();
             void check_status(long status);
     };