diff --git a/oauthproxy.go b/oauthproxy.go
index d25c3c8e..df4dd997 100644
--- a/oauthproxy.go
+++ b/oauthproxy.go
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ type OAuthProxy struct {
 
 	SignInPath string
 
+	enableAuthRouters   bool
+	authRouters         []allowedRoute
 	allowedRoutes       []allowedRoute
 	apiRoutes           []apiRoute
 	redirectURL         *url.URL // the url to receive requests at
@@ -180,6 +182,11 @@ func NewOAuthProxy(opts *options.Options, validator func(string) bool) (*OAuthPr
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	authRouters, err := buildProxyRoutersList(opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	apiRoutes, err := buildAPIRoutes(opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -230,6 +237,8 @@ func NewOAuthProxy(opts *options.Options, validator func(string) bool) (*OAuthPr
 		upstreamProxy:      upstreamProxy,
 		redirectValidator:  redirectValidator,
 		appDirector:        appDirector,
+		authRouters:        authRouters,
+		enableAuthRouters:  opts.EnableAuthRouters,
 	}
 	p.buildServeMux(opts.ProxyPrefix)
 
@@ -485,6 +494,34 @@ func buildRoutesAllowlist(opts *options.Options) ([]allowedRoute, error) {
 	return routes, nil
 }
 
+func buildProxyRoutersList(opts *options.Options) ([]allowedRoute, error) {
+	routes := make([]allowedRoute, 0, len(opts.AuthRouters))
+
+	for _, mPath := range opts.AuthRouters {
+		method, path := "", ""
+
+		ps := strings.SplitN(mPath, "=", 2)
+		if len(ps) == 1 {
+			path = ps[0]
+		} else {
+			method = strings.ToUpper(ps[0])
+			path = ps[1]
+		}
+
+		compiledRegex, err := regexp.Compile(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		routes = append(routes, allowedRoute{
+			method:    method,
+			pathRegex: compiledRegex,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return routes, nil
+}
+
 // buildAPIRoutes builds an []apiRoute from ApiRoutes option
 func buildAPIRoutes(opts *options.Options) ([]apiRoute, error) {
 	routes := make([]apiRoute, 0, len(opts.APIRoutes))
@@ -573,6 +610,16 @@ func (p *OAuthProxy) isAllowedRoute(req *http.Request) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (p *OAuthProxy) isProxyRoute(req *http.Request) bool {
+	for _, route := range p.authRouters {
+		if (route.method == "" || req.Method == route.method) && route.pathRegex.MatchString(req.URL.Path) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func (p *OAuthProxy) isAPIPath(req *http.Request) bool {
 	for _, route := range p.apiRoutes {
 		if route.pathRegex.MatchString(req.URL.Path) {
@@ -1045,6 +1092,10 @@ func (p *OAuthProxy) getAuthenticatedSession(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.R
 		return session, nil
 	}
 
+	if p.enableAuthRouters && !p.isProxyRoute(req) {
+		return session, nil
+	}
+
 	if session == nil {
 		return nil, ErrNeedsLogin
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/options/options.go b/pkg/apis/options/options.go
index 0af8df3f..f0733a35 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/options/options.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ type Options struct {
 	SSLInsecureSkipVerify bool     `flag:"ssl-insecure-skip-verify" cfg:"ssl_insecure_skip_verify"`
 	SkipAuthPreflight     bool     `flag:"skip-auth-preflight" cfg:"skip_auth_preflight"`
 	ForceJSONErrors       bool     `flag:"force-json-errors" cfg:"force_json_errors"`
+	EnableAuthRouters     bool     `flag:"enable-auth-routers" cfg:"enable_auth_routers"`
+	AuthRouters           []string `flag:"auth-routers" cfg:"auth_routers"`
 
 	SignatureKey    string `flag:"signature-key" cfg:"signature_key"`
 	GCPHealthChecks bool   `flag:"gcp-healthchecks" cfg:"gcp_healthchecks"`
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ func NewFlagSet() *pflag.FlagSet {
 	flagSet.Bool("skip-auth-preflight", false, "will skip authentication for OPTIONS requests")
 	flagSet.Bool("ssl-insecure-skip-verify", false, "skip validation of certificates presented when using HTTPS providers")
 	flagSet.Bool("skip-jwt-bearer-tokens", false, "will skip requests that have verified JWT bearer tokens (default false)")
+	flagSet.Bool("enable-auth-routers", false, "will proxy only routes configured by authrouters")
+	flagSet.StringSlice("auth-routers", []string{}, "authentication for requests that match the method & path. Format: method=path_regex OR path_regex alone for all methods.")
 	flagSet.Bool("force-json-errors", false, "will force JSON errors instead of HTTP error pages or redirects")
 	flagSet.StringSlice("extra-jwt-issuers", []string{}, "if skip-jwt-bearer-tokens is set, a list of extra JWT issuer=audience pairs (where the issuer URL has a .well-known/openid-configuration or a .well-known/jwks.json)")
 
diff --git a/pkg/validation/allowlist.go b/pkg/validation/allowlist.go
index 7a36027a..af1999d9 100644
--- a/pkg/validation/allowlist.go
+++ b/pkg/validation/allowlist.go
@@ -67,6 +67,25 @@ func validateAPIRoutes(o *options.Options) []string {
 	return validateRegexes(o.APIRoutes)
 }
 
+// validateAuthRoutes validates method=path routes passed with options.AuthRouters
+func validateAuthRoutes1(o *options.Options) []string {
+	msgs := []string{}
+	for _, route := range o.AuthRouters {
+		var regex string
+		parts := strings.SplitN(route, "=", 2)
+		if len(parts) == 1 {
+			regex = parts[0]
+		} else {
+			regex = parts[1]
+		}
+		_, err := regexp.Compile(regex)
+		if err != nil {
+			msgs = append(msgs, fmt.Sprintf("error compiling regex /%s/: %v", regex, err))
+		}
+	}
+	return msgs
+}
+
 // validateRegexes validates all regexes and returns a list of messages in case of error
 func validateRegexes(regexes []string) []string {
 	msgs := []string{}
diff --git a/pkg/validation/options.go b/pkg/validation/options.go
index a3ce0518..e0293b24 100644
--- a/pkg/validation/options.go
+++ b/pkg/validation/options.go
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ func Validate(o *options.Options) error {
 	// Do this after ReverseProxy validation for TrustedIP coordinated checks
 	msgs = append(msgs, validateAllowlists(o)...)
 
+	msgs = append(msgs, validateAuthRoutes1(o)...)
+
 	if len(msgs) != 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration:\n  %s",
 			strings.Join(msgs, "\n  "))