diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 3fd54d8..0106a24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./
         with:
           debug: true
+      - name: test custom GitHub token
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CUSTOM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1937d3..4c9ccf5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Link Checker
         id: lychee
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1.8.0
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
 
       - name: Create Issue From File
         if: env.lychee_exit_code != 0
@@ -45,8 +43,6 @@ jobs:
           labels: report, automated issue
 ```
 
-(You don't need to configure the `GITHUB_TOKEN` yourself; it is automatically set by Github.)
-
 If you always want to use the latest features but avoid breaking changes, you can replace the version with
 `lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1`.
 
@@ -75,8 +71,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1.8.0
         with:
           fail: true
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
 ```
 
 ## Passing arguments
@@ -95,10 +89,13 @@ On top of that, the action also supports some additional arguments.
 | jobSummary    | `false`                 | Write Github job summary (on Markdown output only).                              |
 | lycheeVersion | `0.13.0`                | Overwrite the lychee version to be used.                                         |
 | output        | `lychee/results.md`     | Summary output file path.                                                        |
+| token         | `""`                    | Custom Github token to use for API calls.                                               |
 
 See [action.yml](./action.yml) for a full list of supported arguments and their default values.
 
-### Example of argument passing
+### Passing arguments
+
+Here is how to pass the arguments.
 
 ```yml
 - name: Link Checker
@@ -110,10 +107,17 @@ See [action.yml](./action.yml) for a full list of supported arguments and their
     format: json
     # Use different output file path
     output: /tmp/foo.txt
+    # Use a custom Github token, which 
+    token: ${{ secrets.CUSTOM_TOKEN }}
     # Fail action on broken links
     fail: true
 ```
 
+(If you need a token that requires permissions that aren't available in the
+default `GITHUB_TOKEN`, you can create a [personal access
+token](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token)
+and pass it to the action via the `token` parameter.)
+
 ## Utilising the cache feature
 
 In order to mitigate issues regarding rate limiting or to reduce stress on external resources, one can setup lychee's cache similar to this:
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index db12072..08dc61b 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "Summary output file path"
     default: "lychee/out.md"
     required: false
+  token:
+    description: 'Your GitHub Access Token, defaults to: {{ github.token }}'
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
+    required: false
 outputs:
   exit_code:
     description: "The exit code returned from Lychee"
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index b6a9411..b837bce 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ fi
 LYCHEE_TMP="$(mktemp)"
 GITHUB_WORKFLOW_URL="https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}?check_suite_focus=true"
 
+# If custom GitHub token is set, export it as environment variable
+if [ -n "${INPUT_TOKEN}" ]; then
+    export GITHUB_TOKEN="${INPUT_TOKEN}"
+fi
+
 ARGS="${INPUT_ARGS}"
 FORMAT=""
 # Backwards compatibility: