diff --git a/autogen/gentemplates/gen.go b/autogen/gentemplates/gen.go
index 910908d6e..06bf3c153 100644
--- a/autogen/gentemplates/gen.go
+++ b/autogen/gentemplates/gen.go
@@ -1365,7 +1365,9 @@ var _templatesKubernetesTmpl = []byte(`[backends]
 
     {{if $frontend.Auth }}
     [frontends."{{ $frontendName }}".auth]
-      headerField = "X-WebAuth-User"
+      {{if $frontend.Auth.HeaderField }}
+      headerField = "{{ $frontend.Auth.HeaderField }}"
+      {{end}}
 
       {{if $frontend.Auth.Basic }}
       [frontends."{{ $frontendName }}".auth.basic]
diff --git a/templates/kubernetes.tmpl b/templates/kubernetes.tmpl
index 80bd01466..961204cdd 100644
--- a/templates/kubernetes.tmpl
+++ b/templates/kubernetes.tmpl
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
 
     {{if $frontend.Auth }}
     [frontends."{{ $frontendName }}".auth]
-      headerField = "X-WebAuth-User"
+      {{if $frontend.Auth.HeaderField }}
+      headerField = "{{ $frontend.Auth.HeaderField }}"
+      {{end}}
 
       {{if $frontend.Auth.Basic }}
       [frontends."{{ $frontendName }}".auth.basic]