diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 423082b..9b2b725 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function Ajax(Alpine) {
     window.location.reload(true)
   })
 
-  Alpine.directive('target', (el, { modifiers, expression }, { cleanup }) => {
+  Alpine.directive('target', (el, { modifiers, expression }, { evaluate, cleanup }) => {
     let config = {
       targets: parseIds(el, expression),
       events: true,
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ function Ajax(Alpine) {
 
     sendConfig.set(el, config)
 
+    config.headers = evaluate(Alpine.bound(el, 'x-headers', '{}'))
+
     if (isLocalLink(el)) {
       cleanup(listenForNavigate(el, config))
     } else if (isForm(el)) {
@@ -62,10 +64,18 @@ function Ajax(Alpine) {
         }
       }
 
+      let headers = options.headers
+      if (!headers) {
+        headers = el.hasAttribute('x-headers')
+          ? Alpine.evaluate(el, Alpine.bound(el, 'x-headers', '{}'))
+          : {}
+      }
+
       let request = {
         action,
         method,
         body,
+        headers,
         referrer: source(el),
       }
 
@@ -141,6 +151,7 @@ function listenForNavigate(el, config) {
     event.stopPropagation()
 
     let request = navigateRequest(el)
+    request.headers = config.headers || {}
     let targets = addSyncTargets(findTargets(config.targets))
 
     try {
@@ -180,6 +191,7 @@ function listenForSubmit(el, config) {
     event.stopPropagation()
 
     let request = formRequest(el, event.submitter)
+    request.headers = config.headers || {}
     let targets = addSyncTargets(findTargets(config.targets))
 
     try {
@@ -268,10 +280,14 @@ async function render(request, targets, el, config) {
 
   if (!dispatch(el, 'ajax:before')) return
 
+  let targetIds = []
   targets.forEach(target => {
     target.setAttribute('aria-busy', 'true')
+    targetIds.push(target.id)
   })
 
+  request.headers['X-Alpine-Request'] = 'true'
+  request.headers['X-Alpine-Target'] = targetIds.join('  ')
   let response = await send(request, config.followRedirects)
 
   if (response.ok) {
diff --git a/src/send.js b/src/send.js
index 38c037c..0e9252f 100644
--- a/src/send.js
+++ b/src/send.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 let jobs = {}
 
-export async function send({ method, action, body, referrer }, followRedirects) {
+export async function send({ method, action, body, referrer, headers }, followRedirects) {
   // When duplicate `GET` requests are issued we'll proxy
   // the initial request to save network roundtrips.
   let proxy
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export async function send({ method, action, body, referrer }, followRedirects)
   referrer = referrer || window.location.href
 
   let response = fetch(action, {
-    headers: { 'X-Alpine-Request': 'true' },
+    headers,
     referrer,
     method,
     body,
diff --git a/tests/ajax.cy.js b/tests/ajax.cy.js
index 597dc25..8a8c972 100644
--- a/tests/ajax.cy.js
+++ b/tests/ajax.cy.js
@@ -19,6 +19,35 @@ test('GET request data is added to the URL',
   }
 )
 
+test('custom headers can be set through options',
+  html`<button type="button" id="replace" x-init @click="$ajax('/tests', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'X-Test': 'test' }
+  })"></button>`,
+  ({ intercept, get, wait }) => {
+    intercept('POST', '/tests', {
+      statusCode: 200,
+      body: '<h1 id="title">Success</h1><div id="replace">Replaced</div>'
+    }).as('response')
+    get('button').click()
+    wait('@response').its('request.headers').should('have.property', 'x-test', 'test')
+  }
+)
+
+test('[x-headers] can set custom headers',
+  html`<button type="button" id="replace" x-init x-headers="{ 'X-Test': 'test' }" @click="$ajax('/tests', {
+    method: 'POST',
+  })"></button>`,
+  ({ intercept, get, wait }) => {
+    intercept('POST', '/tests', {
+      statusCode: 200,
+      body: '<h1 id="title">Success</h1><div id="replace">Replaced</div>'
+    }).as('response')
+    get('button').click()
+    wait('@response').its('request.headers').should('have.property', 'x-test', 'test')
+  }
+)
+
 test('follows redirects by default',
   html`<button type="button" id="replace" x-init @click="$ajax('/tests', {
     method: 'POST',
diff --git a/tests/form.cy.js b/tests/form.cy.js
index 9b2f6fc..845f3f8 100644
--- a/tests/form.cy.js
+++ b/tests/form.cy.js
@@ -170,7 +170,19 @@ test('[x-target] handles extra whitespace',
   }
 )
 
-test('ajax:before event is fired',
+test('[x-headers] sets request headers',
+  html`<form x-init x-target x-headers="{ 'x-test': 'test' }" id="replace" method="post"><button></button></form>`,
+  ({ intercept, get, wait }) => {
+    intercept('POST', '/tests', {
+      statusCode: 200,
+      body: '<h1 id="title">Success</h1><div id="replace">Replaced</div>'
+    }).as('response')
+    get('button').click()
+    wait('@response').its('request.headers').should('have.property', 'x-test', 'test')
+  }
+)
+
+test('[ajax:before] event is fired',
   html`<p id="before">CHANGE ME</p><form x-init x-target id="replace" @ajax:before="document.getElementById('before').textContent = 'Changed'" method="post" action="/tests"><button></button></form>`,
   ({ intercept, get, wait }) => {
     intercept('POST', '/tests', {
@@ -185,7 +197,7 @@ test('ajax:before event is fired',
   }
 )
 
-test('ajax:before can cancel AJAX requests',
+test('[ajax:before] can cancel AJAX requests',
   html`<h1 id="title">Replace me</h1><form x-init x-target="title" @ajax:before="$event.preventDefault()" method="post" action="/tests"><button></button></form>`,
   ({ intercept, get, wait }) => {
     cy.on('fail', (error, runnable) => {
@@ -204,7 +216,7 @@ test('ajax:before can cancel AJAX requests',
   }
 )
 
-test('formnoajax can cancel AJAX requests',
+test('[formnoajax] can cancel AJAX requests',
   html`<h1 id="title">Replace me</h1><form x-init x-target="title" method="post" action="/tests"><button formnoajax></button></form>`,
   ({ intercept, get, wait }) => {
     cy.on('fail', (error, runnable) => {
diff --git a/tests/link.cy.js b/tests/link.cy.js
index af3c24d..9606071 100644
--- a/tests/link.cy.js
+++ b/tests/link.cy.js
@@ -45,3 +45,15 @@ test('target can be set in attribute',
     })
   }
 )
+
+test('[x-headers] sets request headers',
+  html`<div id="replace"></div><a href="/tests" x-init x-target="replace" x-headers="() => ({ 'x-test': 'te' + 'st' })">Link</a>`,
+  ({ intercept, get, wait }) => {
+    intercept('GET', '/tests', {
+      statusCode: 200,
+      body: '<h1 id="title">Success</h1><div id="replace">Replaced</div>'
+    }).as('response')
+    get('a').click()
+    wait('@response').its('request.headers').should('have.property', 'x-test', 'test')
+  }
+)