diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 8578134..0330035 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -88,7 +88,15 @@ static Janet c_send_request(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
      method = (char *)janet_unwrap_string(janet_method);
   }
 
+  Janet janet_headers = janet_table_get(options, janet_ckeywordv("headers"));
+  JanetArray *request_headers = NULL;
+
+  if(janet_checktype(janet_headers, JANET_ARRAY)) {
+     request_headers = janet_unwrap_array(janet_headers);
+  }
+
   JanetTable *response_table = NULL;
+  struct curl_slist *curl_slist = NULL;
 
   if(curl) {
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
@@ -113,6 +121,16 @@ static Janet c_send_request(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
     // tcp keep alive
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE, keep_alive);
 
+    // request headers
+    if(request_headers != NULL) {
+      for(int32_t i = 0; i < request_headers->count; i++) {
+        Janet header_string = janet_array_pop(request_headers);
+        curl_slist = curl_slist_append(curl_slist, (char *)janet_unwrap_string(header_string));
+      }
+
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, curl_slist);
+    }
+
     // request body
     if(request_body) {
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, request_body);
@@ -145,6 +163,7 @@ static Janet c_send_request(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
 
     /* cleanup */
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+    curl_slist_free_all(curl_slist);
     curl_global_cleanup();
     free(body.memory);
     free(headers.memory);
diff --git a/http_lib.janet b/http_lib.janet
index d50c8b4..383b228 100644
--- a/http_lib.janet
+++ b/http_lib.janet
@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@
          (freeze))))
 
 
+(defn prep-headers [headers]
+  (when headers
+    (map |(string/format "%s: %s" (first $) (last $)) (pairs headers))))
+
+
 (defn request [method url options]
   (let [options (merge options {:method method})
+        options (update options :headers prep-headers)
         response (send-request url options)
         headers (parse-headers response)]
     (merge response {:headers headers})))
diff --git a/test/http-test.janet b/test/http-test.janet
index 5c6b8c3..37126de 100644
--- a/test/http-test.janet
+++ b/test/http-test.janet
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 (import tester :prefix "" :exit true)
 (import build/http :as http)
 
-
 (deftest
+  (test "prep-headers"
+    (deep= @["accept: application/json"] (http/prep-headers {"accept" "application/json"})))
+
+  (test "request headers"
+    (string/find "text/plain"
+       (-> (http/get "https://postman-echo.com/get" :headers {"Accept" "text/plain"})
+           (get :body))))
+
   (test "get"
     (= 200
        (-> (http/get "http://example.com")