diff --git a/src/JwtValidateMiddleware.php b/src/JwtValidateMiddleware.php
index c1376e1..4e4ed89 100644
--- a/src/JwtValidateMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/JwtValidateMiddleware.php
@@ -74,9 +74,15 @@ protected function parseAuthorizationHeader($header)
             return $decodedParts[1];
         }
 
+        if (strpos($header, "Bearer") === 0) {
+            list($tokenString) = sscanf($header, "Bearer %s");
+            
+            return $tokenString;
+        }
+
         // Otherwise we expect the token to be specific directly (not encoded) with the "Token" label
         list($tokenString) = sscanf($header, "Token %s");
 
         return $tokenString;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/MiddlewareTest.php b/tests/MiddlewareTest.php
index 5f47342..4238cc7 100644
--- a/tests/MiddlewareTest.php
+++ b/tests/MiddlewareTest.php
@@ -73,9 +73,12 @@ public function testTokenInAuthorizationHeader()
 
         $request = new \Illuminate\Http\Request();
         $request->headers->set('Authorization', 'Basic' . base64_encode('username:foobar'));
-
         $this->assertEquals("foobar", $middleware->findJWT($request));
 
+        $request = new \Illuminate\Http\Request();
+        $request->headers->set('Authorization', 'Bearer baz');
+        $this->assertEquals("baz", $middleware->findJWT($request));
+        
         $request = new \Illuminate\Http\Request();
         $request->headers->set('Authorization', 'Token baz');
         $this->assertEquals("baz", $middleware->findJWT($request));
@@ -118,4 +121,4 @@ public function testSpecifiedId()
         $this->expectExceptionMessage('The token is not identified with the expected ID');
         $this->assertEquals("success", $middleware->handle($request, function() { return "success"; }, 'different-id'));
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}