diff --git a/doc/06-config.md b/doc/06-config.md
index 0f110a428..603de014a 100644
--- a/doc/06-config.md
+++ b/doc/06-config.md
@@ -79,16 +79,16 @@ an OAuth token for GitHub.
 
 A list of domain names and oauth keys. For example using `{"gitlab.com":
 "oauthtoken"}` as the value of this option will use `oauthtoken` to access
-private repositories on gitlab. Please note: If the package is not hosted at 
-gitlab.com the domain names must be also specified with the 
+private repositories on gitlab. Please note: If the package is not hosted at
+gitlab.com the domain names must be also specified with the
 [`gitlab-domains`](06-config.md#gitlab-domains) option.
 
 ## gitlab-token
 
 A list of domain names and private tokens. For example using `{"gitlab.com":
 "privatetoken"}` as the value of this option will use `privatetoken` to access
-private repositories on gitlab. Please note: If the package is not hosted at 
-gitlab.com the domain names must be also specified with the 
+private repositories on gitlab. Please note: If the package is not hosted at
+gitlab.com the domain names must be also specified with the
 [`gitlab-domains`](06-config.md#gitlab-domains) option.
 
 ## disable-tls
@@ -129,11 +129,17 @@ A list of domain names and username/passwords to authenticate against them. For
 example using `{"example.org": {"username": "alice", "password": "foo"}}` as the
 value of this option will let Composer authenticate against example.org.
 
-> **Note:** Authentication-related config options like `http-basic` and
+> **Note:** Authentication-related config options like `http-basic`, `bearer` and
 > `github-oauth` can also be specified inside a `auth.json` file that goes
 > besides your `composer.json`. That way you can gitignore it and every
 > developer can place their own credentials in there.
 
+## bearer
+
+A list of domain names and tokens to authenticate against them. For example using
+`{"example.org": "foo"}` as the value of this option will let Composer authenticate
+against example.org using an `Authorization: Bearer foo` header.
+
 ## platform
 
 Lets you fake platform packages (PHP and extensions) so that you can emulate a
@@ -298,7 +304,7 @@ in the composer home, cache, and data directories.
 
 ## lock
 
-Defaults to `true`. If set to `false`, Composer will not create a `composer.lock` 
+Defaults to `true`. If set to `false`, Composer will not create a `composer.lock`
 file.
 
 ← [Repositories](05-repositories.md)  |  [Community](07-community.md) →
diff --git a/res/composer-schema.json b/res/composer-schema.json
index a74819baa..d238c265e 100644
--- a/res/composer-schema.json
+++ b/res/composer-schema.json
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@
                     "description": "A hash of domain name => gitlab private tokens, typically {\"gitlab.com\":\"<token>\"}.",
                     "additionalProperties": true
                 },
+                "bearer": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "description": "A hash of domain name => bearer authentication token, for example {\"example.com\":\"<token>\"}.",
+                    "additionalProperties": true
+                },
                 "disable-tls": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "description": "Defaults to `false`. If set to true all HTTPS URLs will be tried with HTTP instead and no network level encryption is performed. Enabling this is a security risk and is NOT recommended. The better way is to enable the php_openssl extension in php.ini."
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ConfigCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ConfigCommand.php
index 7f79f3251..be1743ba0 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/ConfigCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ConfigCommand.php
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ EOT
         }
         if ($input->getOption('global') && !$this->authConfigFile->exists()) {
             touch($this->authConfigFile->getPath());
-            $this->authConfigFile->write(array('bitbucket-oauth' => new \ArrayObject, 'github-oauth' => new \ArrayObject, 'gitlab-oauth' => new \ArrayObject, 'gitlab-token' => new \ArrayObject, 'http-basic' => new \ArrayObject));
+            $this->authConfigFile->write(array('bitbucket-oauth' => new \ArrayObject, 'github-oauth' => new \ArrayObject, 'gitlab-oauth' => new \ArrayObject, 'gitlab-token' => new \ArrayObject, 'http-basic' => new \ArrayObject, 'bearer' => new \ArrayObject));
             Silencer::call('chmod', $this->authConfigFile->getPath(), 0600);
         }
 
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ EOT
         }
 
         // handle auth
-        if (preg_match('/^(bitbucket-oauth|github-oauth|gitlab-oauth|gitlab-token|http-basic)\.(.+)/', $settingKey, $matches)) {
+        if (preg_match('/^(bitbucket-oauth|github-oauth|gitlab-oauth|gitlab-token|http-basic|bearer)\.(.+)/', $settingKey, $matches)) {
             if ($input->getOption('unset')) {
                 $this->authConfigSource->removeConfigSetting($matches[1].'.'.$matches[2]);
                 $this->configSource->removeConfigSetting($matches[1].'.'.$matches[2]);
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ EOT
                 }
                 $this->configSource->removeConfigSetting($matches[1].'.'.$matches[2]);
                 $this->authConfigSource->addConfigSetting($matches[1].'.'.$matches[2], array('consumer-key' => $values[0], 'consumer-secret' => $values[1]));
-            } elseif (in_array($matches[1], array('github-oauth', 'gitlab-oauth', 'gitlab-token'), true)) {
+            } elseif (in_array($matches[1], array('github-oauth', 'gitlab-oauth', 'gitlab-token', 'bearer'), true)) {
                 if (1 !== count($values)) {
                     throw new \RuntimeException('Too many arguments, expected only one token');
                 }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Config.php b/src/Composer/Config.php
index 1050096b1..e57d21cab 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Config.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Config.php
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class Config
         // gitlab-oauth
         // gitlab-token
         // http-basic
+        // bearer
     );
 
     public static $defaultRepositories = array(
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class Config
         // override defaults with given config
         if (!empty($config['config']) && is_array($config['config'])) {
             foreach ($config['config'] as $key => $val) {
-                if (in_array($key, array('bitbucket-oauth', 'github-oauth', 'gitlab-oauth', 'gitlab-token', 'http-basic')) && isset($this->config[$key])) {
+                if (in_array($key, array('bitbucket-oauth', 'github-oauth', 'gitlab-oauth', 'gitlab-token', 'http-basic', 'bearer')) && isset($this->config[$key])) {
                     $this->config[$key] = array_merge($this->config[$key], $val);
                 } elseif ('preferred-install' === $key && isset($this->config[$key])) {
                     if (is_array($val) || is_array($this->config[$key])) {
diff --git a/src/Composer/Config/JsonConfigSource.php b/src/Composer/Config/JsonConfigSource.php
index f455845a4..6084d66e8 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Config/JsonConfigSource.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Config/JsonConfigSource.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class JsonConfigSource implements ConfigSourceInterface
     {
         $authConfig = $this->authConfig;
         $this->manipulateJson('addConfigSetting', $name, $value, function (&$config, $key, $val) use ($authConfig) {
-            if (preg_match('{^(bitbucket-oauth|github-oauth|gitlab-oauth|gitlab-token|http-basic|platform)\.}', $key)) {
+            if (preg_match('{^(bitbucket-oauth|github-oauth|gitlab-oauth|gitlab-token|bearer|http-basic|platform)\.}', $key)) {
                 list($key, $host) = explode('.', $key, 2);
                 if ($authConfig) {
                     $config[$key][$host] = $val;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class JsonConfigSource implements ConfigSourceInterface
     {
         $authConfig = $this->authConfig;
         $this->manipulateJson('removeConfigSetting', $name, function (&$config, $key) use ($authConfig) {
-            if (preg_match('{^(bitbucket-oauth|github-oauth|gitlab-oauth|gitlab-token|http-basic|platform)\.}', $key)) {
+            if (preg_match('{^(bitbucket-oauth|github-oauth|gitlab-oauth|gitlab-token|bearer|http-basic|platform)\.}', $key)) {
                 list($key, $host) = explode('.', $key, 2);
                 if ($authConfig) {
                     unset($config[$key][$host]);