diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index e26180382..d182d589d 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -192,7 +192,17 @@ PAPERLESS_ENABLE_HTTP_REMOTE_USER=<bool>
     applications.
 
     Defaults to `false` which disables this feature.
-
+    
+PAPERLESS_HTTP_REMOTE_USER_HEADER_NAME=<strl>
+    If `PAPERLESS_ENABLE_HTTP_REMOTE_USER` is enabled, this property allows to 
+    customize the name of the HTTP header from which the username is extracted.
+    Values are in terms of
+    [HttpRequest.META](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/request-response/#django.http.HttpRequest.META).
+    Thus, the configured value must start with `HTTP_` followed by the 
+    normalized actual header name.
+    
+    Defaults to `HTTP_REMOTE_USER`.
+    
 .. _configuration-ocr:
 
 OCR settings
diff --git a/src/paperless/auth.py b/src/paperless/auth.py
index cd717e56b..3bc6344cd 100644
--- a/src/paperless/auth.py
+++ b/src/paperless/auth.py
@@ -33,5 +33,4 @@ class HttpRemoteUserMiddleware(RemoteUserMiddleware):
     """ This class allows authentication via HTTP_REMOTE_USER which is set for
         example by certain SSO applications.
     """
-
-    header = 'HTTP_REMOTE_USER'
+    header = settings.HTTP_REMOTE_USER_HEADER_NAME
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index 8cc12c1ff..3330da19c 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ if AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME:
     MIDDLEWARE.insert(_index+1, 'paperless.auth.AutoLoginMiddleware')
 
 ENABLE_HTTP_REMOTE_USER = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_ENABLE_HTTP_REMOTE_USER")
+HTTP_REMOTE_USER_HEADER_NAME = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_HTTP_REMOTE_USER_HEADER_NAME", "HTTP_REMOTE_USER")
 
 if ENABLE_HTTP_REMOTE_USER:
     MIDDLEWARE.append(