diff --git a/app/Config/App.php b/app/Config/App.php
index 21271622fb75..ffe0c6c8c67e 100644
--- a/app/Config/App.php
+++ b/app/Config/App.php
@@ -237,12 +237,14 @@ class App extends BaseConfig
 	| recommended CSRF protection be enabled.
 	|
 	| CSRFTokenName   = The token name
+	| CSRFHeaderName  = The header name
 	| CSRFCookieName  = The cookie name
 	| CSRFExpire      = The number in seconds the token should expire.
 	| CSRFRegenerate  = Regenerate token on every submission
 	| CSRFRedirect    = Redirect to previous page with error on failure
 	*/
 	public $CSRFTokenName  = 'csrf_test_name';
+	public $CSRFHeaderName = 'X-CSRF-TOKEN';
 	public $CSRFCookieName = 'csrf_cookie_name';
 	public $CSRFExpire     = 7200;
 	public $CSRFRegenerate = true;
diff --git a/system/Security/Security.php b/system/Security/Security.php
index a53525cb545d..cc2b2619ebde 100644
--- a/system/Security/Security.php
+++ b/system/Security/Security.php
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ class Security
 	 */
 	protected $CSRFTokenName = 'CSRFToken';
 
+	/**
+	 * CSRF Header name
+	 *
+	 * Token name for Cross Site Request Forgery protection cookie.
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $CSRFHeaderName = 'CSRFToken';
+
 	/**
 	 * CSRF Cookie name
 	 *
@@ -171,6 +180,7 @@ public function __construct($config)
 		// Store our CSRF-related settings
 		$this->CSRFExpire     = $config->CSRFExpire;
 		$this->CSRFTokenName  = $config->CSRFTokenName;
+		$this->CSRFHeaderName = $config->CSRFHeaderName;
 		$this->CSRFCookieName = $config->CSRFCookieName;
 		$this->CSRFRegenerate = $config->CSRFRegenerate;
 
@@ -206,12 +216,14 @@ public function CSRFVerify(RequestInterface $request)
 		{
 			return $this->CSRFSetCookie($request);
 		}
-
-		// Do the token exist in _POST or php://input (json) data?
-		$CSRFTokenValue = $_POST[$this->CSRFTokenName] ??
-            (!empty($input = file_get_contents('php://input')) && !empty($json = json_decode($input)) && json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE ?
-                ($json->{$this->CSRFTokenName} ?? null) :
-                null);
+		
+		// Do the tokens exist in _POST, HEADER or optionally php:://input - json data
+        $CSRFTokenValue = $_POST[$this->CSRFTokenName] ??
+            (!is_null($request->getHeader($this->CSRFHeaderName)) && !empty($request->getHeader($this->CSRFHeaderName)->getValue()) ?
+                $request->getHeader($this->CSRFHeaderName)->getValue() :
+                (!empty($request->getBody()) && !empty($json = json_decode($request->getBody())) && json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE ?
+                    ($json->{$this->CSRFTokenName} ?? null) :
+                    null));
 		
 		// Do the tokens exist in both the _POST/POSTed JSON and _COOKIE arrays?
 		if (! isset($CSRFTokenValue, $_COOKIE[$this->CSRFCookieName]) || $CSRFTokenValue !== $_COOKIE[$this->CSRFCookieName]
diff --git a/tests/_support/Config/MockAppConfig.php b/tests/_support/Config/MockAppConfig.php
index 554e2ddf1b5d..23eef138e6cb 100644
--- a/tests/_support/Config/MockAppConfig.php
+++ b/tests/_support/Config/MockAppConfig.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class MockAppConfig
 
 	public $CSRFProtection  = false;
 	public $CSRFTokenName   = 'csrf_test_name';
+	public $CSRFHeaderName  = 'X-CSRF-TOKEN';
 	public $CSRFCookieName  = 'csrf_cookie_name';
 	public $CSRFExpire      = 7200;
 	public $CSRFRegenerate  = true;