diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/CloneFixture.cs b/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/CloneFixture.cs
index 00dc9fee6..976ef9322 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/CloneFixture.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/CloneFixture.cs
@@ -557,5 +557,54 @@ public void CanCancelRecursiveClone()
 
             }
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CannotCloneWithForbiddenCustomHeaders()
+        {
+            var scd = BuildSelfCleaningDirectory();
+
+            const string url = "https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository";
+
+            const string knownHeader = "User-Agent: mygit-201";
+            var cloneOptions = new CloneOptions()
+            {
+                FetchOptions = new FetchOptions { CustomHeaders = new String[] { knownHeader } }
+            };
+
+            Assert.Throws<LibGit2SharpException>(() => Repository.Clone(url, scd.DirectoryPath, cloneOptions));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CannotCloneWithMalformedCustomHeaders()
+        {
+            var scd = BuildSelfCleaningDirectory();
+
+            const string url = "https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository";
+
+            const string knownHeader = "hello world";
+            var cloneOptions = new CloneOptions()
+            {
+                FetchOptions = new FetchOptions { CustomHeaders = new String[] { knownHeader } }
+            };
+
+            Assert.Throws<LibGit2SharpException>(() => Repository.Clone(url, scd.DirectoryPath, cloneOptions));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanCloneWithCustomHeaders()
+        {
+            var scd = BuildSelfCleaningDirectory();
+
+            const string url = "https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository";
+
+            const string knownHeader = "X-Hello: world";
+            var cloneOptions = new CloneOptions()
+            {
+                FetchOptions = new FetchOptions { CustomHeaders = new String[] { knownHeader } }
+            };
+
+            var clonedRepoPath = Repository.Clone(url, scd.DirectoryPath, cloneOptions);
+            Assert.True(Directory.Exists(clonedRepoPath));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/FetchFixture.cs b/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/FetchFixture.cs
index dfe958fc0..170b64d61 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/FetchFixture.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/FetchFixture.cs
@@ -239,5 +239,57 @@ public void FetchHonorsTheFetchPruneConfigurationEntry()
                 Assert.Equal(4, clonedRepo.Branches.Count(b => b.IsRemote));
             }
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CannotFetchWithForbiddenCustomHeaders()
+        {
+            var scd = BuildSelfCleaningDirectory();
+
+            const string url = "https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository";
+
+            string clonedRepoPath = Repository.Clone(url, scd.DirectoryPath);
+
+            const string knownHeader = "User-Agent: mygit-201";
+            var options = new FetchOptions { CustomHeaders = new String[] { knownHeader } };
+            using (var repo = new Repository(clonedRepoPath))
+            {
+                Assert.Throws<LibGit2SharpException>(() => Commands.Fetch(repo, "origin", new string[0], options, null));
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanFetchWithCustomHeaders()
+        {
+            var scd = BuildSelfCleaningDirectory();
+
+            const string url = "https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository";
+
+            string clonedRepoPath = Repository.Clone(url, scd.DirectoryPath);
+
+            const string knownHeader = "X-Hello: mygit-201";
+            var options = new FetchOptions { CustomHeaders = new String[] { knownHeader } };
+            using (var repo = new Repository(clonedRepoPath))
+            {
+                Commands.Fetch(repo, "origin", new string[0], options, null);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CannotFetchWithMalformedCustomHeaders()
+        {
+            var scd = BuildSelfCleaningDirectory();
+
+            const string url = "https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository";
+
+            string clonedRepoPath = Repository.Clone(url, scd.DirectoryPath);
+
+            const string knownHeader = "Hello world";
+            var options = new FetchOptions { CustomHeaders = new String[] { knownHeader } };
+            using (var repo = new Repository(clonedRepoPath))
+            {
+                Assert.Throws<LibGit2SharpException>(() => Commands.Fetch(repo, "origin", new string[0], options, null));
+            }
+        }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/CloneOptions.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/CloneOptions.cs
index 8d260db74..f88ff58d7 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/CloneOptions.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/CloneOptions.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ public CloneOptions()
         /// </summary>
         public CheckoutProgressHandler OnCheckoutProgress { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the fetch options.
+        /// </summary>
+        public FetchOptions FetchOptions { get; set; }
+
         #region IConvertableToGitCheckoutOpts
 
         CheckoutCallbacks IConvertableToGitCheckoutOpts.GenerateCallbacks()
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/Commands/Fetch.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/Commands/Fetch.cs
index ed8ca66c0..d61fca5a5 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/Commands/Fetch.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/Commands/Fetch.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public static void Fetch(Repository repository, string remote, IEnumerable<strin
 
             options = options ?? new FetchOptions();
             using (var remoteHandle = RemoteFromNameOrUrl(repository.Handle, remote))
+            using (var fetchOptionsWrapper = new GitFetchOptionsWrapper())
             {
 
                 var callbacks = new RemoteCallbacks(options);
@@ -51,11 +52,9 @@ public static void Fetch(Repository repository, string remote, IEnumerable<strin
                 //
                 // Also, if GitRemoteCallbacks were a class instead of a struct, we would need to guard against
                 // GC occuring in between setting the remote callbacks and actual usage in one of the functions afterwords.
-                var fetchOptions = new GitFetchOptions
-                {
-                    RemoteCallbacks = gitCallbacks,
-                    download_tags = Proxy.git_remote_autotag(remoteHandle),
-                };
+                var fetchOptions = fetchOptionsWrapper.Options;
+                fetchOptions.RemoteCallbacks = gitCallbacks;
+                fetchOptions.download_tags = Proxy.git_remote_autotag(remoteHandle);
 
                 if (options.TagFetchMode.HasValue)
                 {
@@ -71,6 +70,11 @@ public static void Fetch(Repository repository, string remote, IEnumerable<strin
                     fetchOptions.Prune = FetchPruneStrategy.FromConfigurationOrDefault;
                 }
 
+                if (options.CustomHeaders != null && options.CustomHeaders.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    fetchOptions.CustomHeaders = GitStrArrayManaged.BuildFrom(options.CustomHeaders);
+                }
+
                 fetchOptions.ProxyOptions = new GitProxyOptions { Version = 1 };
 
                 Proxy.git_remote_fetch(remoteHandle, refspecs, fetchOptions, logMessage);
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/Core/GitFetchOptions.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/Core/GitFetchOptions.cs
index 298c5ae33..3f0baa2c2 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/Core/GitFetchOptions.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/Core/GitFetchOptions.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ internal class GitFetchOptions
         public bool UpdateFetchHead = true;
         public TagFetchMode download_tags;
         public GitProxyOptions ProxyOptions;
-        public GitStrArrayManaged custom_headers;
+        public GitStrArrayManaged CustomHeaders;
     }
 }
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/Core/GitFetchOptionsWrapper.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/Core/GitFetchOptionsWrapper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..351947bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/Core/GitFetchOptionsWrapper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace LibGit2Sharp.Core
+{
+    /// <summary> 
+    /// Git fetch options wrapper. Disposable wrapper for GitFetchOptions 
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class GitFetchOptionsWrapper : IDisposable
+    {
+        public GitFetchOptionsWrapper() : this(new GitFetchOptions()) { }
+
+        public GitFetchOptionsWrapper(GitFetchOptions fetchOptions)
+        {
+            this.Options = fetchOptions;
+        }
+
+        public GitFetchOptions Options { get; private set; }
+
+        #region IDisposable
+        private bool disposedValue = false; // To detect redundant calls
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            if (disposedValue)
+                return;
+
+            this.Options.CustomHeaders.Dispose();
+            disposedValue = true;
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            Dispose(true);
+        }
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/FetchOptions.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/FetchOptions.cs
index a9d2fb2c7..487baed97 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/FetchOptions.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/FetchOptions.cs
@@ -25,5 +25,26 @@ public sealed class FetchOptions : FetchOptionsBase
         /// </para>
         /// </summary>
         public bool? Prune { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get/Set the custom headers.
+        /// 
+        /// <para> 
+        /// This allows you to set custom headers (e.g. X-Forwarded-For, 
+        /// X-Request-Id, etc),
+        /// </para>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Libgit2 sets some headers for HTTP requests (User-Agent, Host, 
+        /// Accept, Content-Type, Transfer-Encoding, Content-Length, Accept) that
+        /// cannot be overriden.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <example>
+        /// var fetchOptions - new FetchOptions() {
+        ///     CustomHeaders = new String[] {"X-Request-Id: 12345"}
+        /// };
+        /// </example>
+        /// <value>The custom headers string array</value>
+        public string[] CustomHeaders { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/Repository.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/Repository.cs
index 84110f409..f49e2fcfc 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/Repository.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/Repository.cs
@@ -703,21 +703,26 @@ public static string Clone(string sourceUrl, string workdirPath,
                 throw new UserCancelledException("Clone cancelled by the user.");
             }
 
-            using (GitCheckoutOptsWrapper checkoutOptionsWrapper = new GitCheckoutOptsWrapper(options))
+            using (var checkoutOptionsWrapper = new GitCheckoutOptsWrapper(options))
+            using (var fetchOptionsWrapper = new GitFetchOptionsWrapper())
             {
                 var gitCheckoutOptions = checkoutOptionsWrapper.Options;
 
-                var remoteCallbacks = new RemoteCallbacks(options);
-                var gitRemoteCallbacks = remoteCallbacks.GenerateCallbacks();
-
-                var gitProxyOptions = new GitProxyOptions { Version = 1 };
+                var gitFetchOptions = fetchOptionsWrapper.Options;
+                gitFetchOptions.ProxyOptions = new GitProxyOptions { Version = 1 };
+                gitFetchOptions.RemoteCallbacks = new RemoteCallbacks(options).GenerateCallbacks();
+                if (options.FetchOptions != null && options.FetchOptions.CustomHeaders != null)
+                {
+                    gitFetchOptions.CustomHeaders =
+                        GitStrArrayManaged.BuildFrom(options.FetchOptions.CustomHeaders);
+                }
 
                 var cloneOpts = new GitCloneOptions
                 {
                     Version = 1,
                     Bare = options.IsBare ? 1 : 0,
                     CheckoutOpts = gitCheckoutOptions,
-                    FetchOpts = new GitFetchOptions { ProxyOptions = gitProxyOptions, RemoteCallbacks = gitRemoteCallbacks },
+                    FetchOpts = gitFetchOptions,
                 };
 
                 string clonedRepoPath;