diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/authtls/main.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/authtls/main.go
index adedb084a..762dcc2af 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/authtls/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/authtls/main.go
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ const (
 	defaultAuthTLSDepth     = 1
 	defaultAuthVerifyClient = "on"
 
-	annotationAuthTLSSecret             = "auth-tls-secret" //#nosec G101
-	annotationAuthTLSVerifyClient       = "auth-tls-verify-client"
-	annotationAuthTLSVerifyDepth        = "auth-tls-verify-depth"
-	annotationAuthTLSErrorPage          = "auth-tls-error-page"
-	annotationAuthTLSPassCertToUpstream = "auth-tls-pass-certificate-to-upstream" //#nosec G101
-	annotationAuthTLSMatchCN            = "auth-tls-match-cn"
+	annotationAuthTLSSecret                   = "auth-tls-secret" //#nosec G101
+	annotationAuthTLSVerifyClient             = "auth-tls-verify-client"
+	annotationAuthTLSVerifyDepth              = "auth-tls-verify-depth"
+	annotationAuthTLSErrorPage                = "auth-tls-error-page"
+	annotationAuthTLSPassCertToUpstream       = "auth-tls-pass-certificate-to-upstream" //#nosec G101
+	annotationAuthTLSPassCertToUpstreamHeader = "auth-tls-pass-certificate-to-upstream-header" //#nosec G101
+	annotationAuthTLSMatchCN                  = "auth-tls-match-cn"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -80,6 +81,12 @@ var authTLSAnnotations = parser.Annotation{
 			Risk:          parser.AnnotationRiskLow,
 			Documentation: `This annotation defines if the received certificates should be passed or not to the upstream server in the header "ssl-client-cert"`,
 		},
+		annotationAuthTLSPassCertToUpstreamHeader: {
+			Validator:     parser.ValidateNull,
+			Scope:         parser.AnnotationScopeLocation,
+			Risk:          parser.AnnotationRiskLow,
+			Documentation: `This annotation defines the header name in which the client certificate will be passed to the upstream server`,
+		},
 		annotationAuthTLSMatchCN: {
 			Validator:     parser.ValidateRegex(commonNameRegex, true),
 			Scope:         parser.AnnotationScopeLocation,
@@ -93,12 +100,13 @@ var authTLSAnnotations = parser.Annotation{
 // and the configured ValidationDepth
 type Config struct {
 	resolver.AuthSSLCert
-	VerifyClient       string `json:"verify_client"`
-	ValidationDepth    int    `json:"validationDepth"`
-	ErrorPage          string `json:"errorPage"`
-	PassCertToUpstream bool   `json:"passCertToUpstream"`
-	MatchCN            string `json:"matchCN"`
-	AuthTLSError       string
+	VerifyClient             string `json:"verify_client"`
+	ValidationDepth          int    `json:"validationDepth"`
+	ErrorPage                string `json:"errorPage"`
+	PassCertToUpstream       bool   `json:"passCertToUpstream"`
+	PassCertToUpstreamHeader string `json:"passCertToUpstreamHeader"`
+	MatchCN                  string `json:"matchCN"`
+	AuthTLSError             string
 }
 
 // Equal tests for equality between two Config types
@@ -125,6 +133,10 @@ func (assl1 *Config) Equal(assl2 *Config) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
+	if assl1.PassCertToUpstreamHeader != assl2.PassCertToUpstreamHeader {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -200,6 +212,14 @@ func (a authTLS) Parse(ing *networking.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
 		config.PassCertToUpstream = false
 	}
 
+	config.PassCertToUpstreamHeader, err = parser.GetStringAnnotation(annotationAuthTLSPassCertToUpstreamHeader, ing, a.annotationConfig.Annotations)
+	if err != nil {
+		if ing_errors.IsValidationError(err) {
+			return &Config{}, err
+		}
+		config.PassCertToUpstreamHeader = "ssl-client-cert"
+	}
+
 	config.MatchCN, err = parser.GetStringAnnotation(annotationAuthTLSMatchCN, ing, a.annotationConfig.Annotations)
 	if err != nil {
 		if ing_errors.IsValidationError(err) {
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/authtls/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/authtls/main_test.go
index 0dd442e4f..6efe0dac3 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/authtls/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/authtls/main_test.go
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ func TestAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	if u.PassCertToUpstream != false {
 		t.Errorf("expected %v but got %v", false, u.PassCertToUpstream)
 	}
+	if u.PassCertToUpstreamHeader != "ssl-client-cert" {
+		t.Errorf("expected %v but got %v", "ssl-client-cert", u.PassCertToUpstreamHeader)
+	}
 	if u.MatchCN != "" {
 		t.Errorf("expected empty string, but got %v", u.MatchCN)
 	}
@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ func TestAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAuthTLSVerifyDepth)] = "2"
 	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAuthTLSErrorPage)] = "ok.com/error"
 	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAuthTLSPassCertToUpstream)] = "true"
+	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAuthTLSPassCertToUpstreamHeader)] = "X-SSL-CERT"
 	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAuthTLSMatchCN)] = "CN=(hello-app|ok|goodbye)"
 
 	ing.SetAnnotations(data)
@@ -169,6 +173,9 @@ func TestAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	if u.PassCertToUpstream != true {
 		t.Errorf("expected %v but got %v", true, u.PassCertToUpstream)
 	}
+	if u.PassCertToUpstreamHeader != "X-SSL-CERT" {
+		t.Errorf("expected %v but got %v", "X-SSL-CERT", u.PassCertToUpstreamHeader)
+	}
 	if u.MatchCN != "CN=(hello-app|ok|goodbye)" {
 		t.Errorf("expected %v but got %v", "CN=(hello-app|ok|goodbye)", u.MatchCN)
 	}
@@ -235,6 +242,14 @@ func TestInvalidAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	delete(data, parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAuthTLSPassCertToUpstream))
 
+	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAuthTLSPassCertToUpstreamHeader)] = 1
+	ing.SetAnnotations(data)
+	_, err = NewParser(fakeSecret).Parse(ing)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected error with ingress but got nil")
+	}
+	delete(data, parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAuthTLSPassCertToUpstreamHeader))
+
 	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix(annotationAuthTLSMatchCN)] = "<script>nope</script>"
 	ing.SetAnnotations(data)
 	_, err = NewParser(fakeSecret).Parse(ing)
@@ -263,6 +278,9 @@ func TestInvalidAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	if u.PassCertToUpstream != false {
 		t.Errorf("expected %v but got %v", false, u.PassCertToUpstream)
 	}
+	if u.PassCertToUpstreamHeader != "ssl-client-cert" {
+		t.Errorf("expected %v but got %v", "ssl-client-cert", u.PassCertToUpstreamHeader)
+	}
 	if u.MatchCN != "" {
 		t.Errorf("expected empty string but got %v", u.MatchCN)
 	}
@@ -333,6 +351,15 @@ func TestEquals(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	cfg2.PassCertToUpstream = true
 
+	// Different Pass to Upstream Header
+	cfg1.PassCertToUpstreamHeader = "ssl-client-cert"
+	cfg2.PassCertToUpstreamHeader = "X-SSL-CERT"
+	result = cfg1.Equal(cfg2)
+	if result != false {
+		t.Errorf("Expected false")
+	}
+	cfg2.PassCertToUpstreamHeader = "ssl-client-cert"
+
 	// Equal Configs
 	result = cfg1.Equal(cfg2)
 	if result != true {
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index ccd7b4411..952f49bc6 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ stream {
             # Pass the extracted client certificate to the auth provider
             {{ if not (empty $server.CertificateAuth.CAFileName) }}
             {{ if $server.CertificateAuth.PassCertToUpstream }}
-            proxy_set_header ssl-client-cert        $ssl_client_escaped_cert;
+            proxy_set_header {{ $server.CertificateAuth.PassCertToUpstreamHeader }} $ssl_client_escaped_cert;
             {{ end }}
             proxy_set_header ssl-client-verify      $ssl_client_verify;
             proxy_set_header ssl-client-subject-dn  $ssl_client_s_dn;