diff --git a/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/auth/AllowApiKeyInQueryParameter.java b/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/auth/AllowApiKeyInQueryParameter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1262bfc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/auth/AllowApiKeyInQueryParameter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Alpine.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright (c) Steve Springett. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+package alpine.server.auth;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.NameBinding;
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * An annotation that indicates that a method of a JAX-RX resource is authenticated using
+ * the URI query parameter 'apiKey' instead of the header 'X-API-Key'.
+ *
+ * @author Kirill Sybin
+ * @since 3.0.2
+ */
+@NameBinding
+@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+@Documented
+public @interface AllowApiKeyInQueryParameter {
+}
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diff --git a/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/auth/ApiKeyAuthenticationService.java b/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/auth/ApiKeyAuthenticationService.java
index 36af86e6..cfc5d837 100644
--- a/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/auth/ApiKeyAuthenticationService.java
+++ b/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/auth/ApiKeyAuthenticationService.java
@@ -37,12 +37,21 @@ public class ApiKeyAuthenticationService implements AuthenticationService {
 
     /**
      * Given the specified ContainerRequest, the constructor retrieves a header
-     * named 'X-Api-Key', if it exists.
+     * named 'X-Api-Key' or, if allowed, a URI query parameter named 'apiKey', if
+     * they exist.
      * @param request the ContainerRequest object
+     * @param allowByQuery allow looking for the API key in the query when
+     *                     it is not passed via header
      * @since 1.0.0
      */
-    public ApiKeyAuthenticationService(final ContainerRequest request) {
-        this.assertedApiKey = request.getHeaderString("X-Api-Key");
+    public ApiKeyAuthenticationService(final ContainerRequest request, boolean allowByQuery) {
+        if (request.getHeaderString("X-Api-Key") != null) {
+            this.assertedApiKey = request.getHeaderString("X-Api-Key");
+        } else if (allowByQuery) {
+            this.assertedApiKey = request.getUriInfo().getQueryParameters().getFirst("apiKey");
+        } else {
+            this.assertedApiKey = null;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -55,9 +64,9 @@ public boolean isSpecified() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Authenticates the API key (if it was specified in the X-Api-Key header)
-     * and returns a Principal if authentication is successful. Otherwise,
-     * returns an AuthenticationException.
+     * Authenticates the API key (if it was specified in the X-Api-Key header
+     * or apiKey query param and returns a Principal if authentication is
+     * successful. Otherwise, returns an AuthenticationException.
      * @return a Principal of which ApiKey is an instance of
      * @throws AuthenticationException upon an authentication failure
      * @since 1.0.0
diff --git a/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/filters/AuthenticationFilter.java b/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/filters/AuthenticationFilter.java
index 13ec980c..7838304f 100644
--- a/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/filters/AuthenticationFilter.java
+++ b/alpine-server/src/main/java/alpine/server/filters/AuthenticationFilter.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import alpine.common.logging.Logger;
 import alpine.model.ApiKey;
 import alpine.server.auth.ApiKeyAuthenticationService;
+import alpine.server.auth.AllowApiKeyInQueryParameter;
 import alpine.server.auth.JwtAuthenticationService;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ContainerRequest;
 import org.owasp.security.logging.SecurityMarkers;
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@
 import jakarta.ws.rs.container.ContainerRequestContext;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.container.ContainerRequestFilter;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.container.ResourceInfo;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Context;
 import javax.naming.AuthenticationException;
 import java.security.Principal;
 
@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@ public class AuthenticationFilter implements ContainerRequestFilter {
     // Setup logging
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(AuthenticationFilter.class);
 
+    @Context
+    private ResourceInfo resourceInfo;
+
     @Override
     public void filter(ContainerRequestContext requestContext) {
         if (requestContext instanceof ContainerRequest) {
@@ -59,7 +65,8 @@ public void filter(ContainerRequestContext requestContext) {
 
             Principal principal = null;
 
-            final ApiKeyAuthenticationService apiKeyAuthService = new ApiKeyAuthenticationService(request);
+            final boolean allowsApiKeyInQueryParameter = resourceInfo.getResourceMethod().isAnnotationPresent(AllowApiKeyInQueryParameter.class);
+            final ApiKeyAuthenticationService apiKeyAuthService = new ApiKeyAuthenticationService(request, allowsApiKeyInQueryParameter);
             if (apiKeyAuthService.isSpecified()) {
                 try {
                     principal = apiKeyAuthService.authenticate();