diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce5888c8..60c7306f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ Similarly to bearer token, the API Key Authentication also has the token entry k
 
 The API Key scheme has an additional property that requires where to add the API key in the request token: header, cookie or query. The inner provider takes care of that for you.
 
+If an `Authorization` header is present, then the value of this header is used as API Key. This behaviour can be changed by setting the property `use-authorization-header-value` to `false`.
+
 ### OAuth2 Authentication
 
 The extension will generate a `ClientRequestFilter` capable to add OAuth2 authentication capabilities to the OpenAPI operations that require it. This means that you can use
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/providers/ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider.java b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/providers/ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider.java
index 93968948..56bed1ea 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/providers/ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/providers/ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider extends AbstractAuthProvider {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider.class);
 
     static final String API_KEY = "api-key";
+    static final String USE_AUTHORIZATION_HEADER_VALUE = "use-authorization-header-value";
 
     private final ApiKeyIn apiKeyIn;
     private final String apiKeyName;
@@ -43,11 +44,12 @@ public void filter(ClientRequestContext requestContext) throws IOException {
                 requestContext.setUri(UriBuilder.fromUri(requestContext.getUri()).queryParam(apiKeyName, getApiKey()).build());
                 break;
             case cookie:
-                requestContext.getCookies().put(apiKeyName, new Cookie(apiKeyName, getApiKey()));
+                requestContext.getCookies().put(apiKeyName, new Cookie.Builder(apiKeyName).value(getApiKey()).build());
                 break;
             case header:
                 if (requestContext.getHeaderString("Authorization") != null
-                        && !requestContext.getHeaderString("Authorization").isEmpty()) {
+                        && !requestContext.getHeaderString("Authorization").isEmpty()
+                        && isUseAuthorizationHeaderValue()) {
                     requestContext.getHeaders().putSingle(apiKeyName, requestContext.getHeaderString("Authorization"));
                 } else
                     requestContext.getHeaders().putSingle(apiKeyName, getApiKey());
@@ -63,6 +65,11 @@ private String getApiKey() {
         return key;
     }
 
+    private boolean isUseAuthorizationHeaderValue() {
+        final String value = getAuthConfigParam(USE_AUTHORIZATION_HEADER_VALUE, "true");
+        return "true".equals(value);
+    }
+
     private void validateConfig() {
         if (isTokenPropagation()) {
             throw new OpenApiGeneratorException(
diff --git a/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/providers/ApiKeyAuthenticationProviderTest.java b/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/providers/ApiKeyAuthenticationProviderTest.java
index 5a5584ac..f7417c62 100644
--- a/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/providers/ApiKeyAuthenticationProviderTest.java
+++ b/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/providers/ApiKeyAuthenticationProviderTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class ApiKeyAuthenticationProviderTest extends AbstractAuthenticationProviderTes
 
     private static final String API_KEY_NAME = "API_KEY_NAME";
     private static final String API_KEY_VALUE = "API_KEY_VALUE";
+    private static final String API_KEY_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE = "API_KEY_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE";
 
     private static final URI INVOKED_URI = URI.create("https://example.com/my-service");
 
@@ -42,6 +43,31 @@ protected ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider createProvider(String openApiSpecId, Stri
                 openApiGeneratorConfig);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void filterHeaderFromAuthorizationHeaderDefaultCase() throws IOException {
+        doReturn(API_KEY_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE).when(requestContext).getHeaderString("Authorization");
+        provider.filter(requestContext);
+        assertHeader(headers, API_KEY_NAME, API_KEY_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void filterHeaderFromAuthorizationHeaderCase() throws IOException {
+        authConfig.authConfigParams.put(ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider.USE_AUTHORIZATION_HEADER_VALUE, "true");
+        doReturn(API_KEY_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE).when(requestContext).getHeaderString("Authorization");
+        provider.filter(requestContext);
+        assertHeader(headers, API_KEY_NAME, API_KEY_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE);
+        authConfig.authConfigParams.remove(ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider.USE_AUTHORIZATION_HEADER_VALUE);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void filterHeaderNotFromAuthorizationHeaderCase() throws IOException {
+        authConfig.authConfigParams.put(ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider.USE_AUTHORIZATION_HEADER_VALUE, "false");
+        doReturn(API_KEY_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE).when(requestContext).getHeaderString("Authorization");
+        provider.filter(requestContext);
+        assertHeader(headers, API_KEY_NAME, API_KEY_VALUE);
+        authConfig.authConfigParams.remove(ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider.USE_AUTHORIZATION_HEADER_VALUE);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void filterHeaderCase() throws IOException {
         provider.filter(requestContext);