diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-security.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-security.adoc
index e5382137..e891b3e2 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-security.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-security.adoc
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ Github for instance, your OAuth2 provider doesn't like header
 authentication). The `spring.oauth2.client.*` properties are bound to an instance 
 of `AuthorizationCodeResourceDetails` so all its properties can be specified.
 
+=== Token Type in User Info
+
+Google (and certain other 3rd party identity providers) is more strict
+about the token type name that is sent in the headers to the user info
+endpoint. The default is "Bearer" which suits most providers and
+matches the spec, but if you need to change it you can set
+`spring.oauth2.resource.tokenType`.
+
 === Customizing the RestTemplate
 
 The SSO (and Resource Server) features use an `OAuth2RestTemplate`
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/ResourceServerProperties.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/ResourceServerProperties.java
index 77743614..dafc37be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/ResourceServerProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/ResourceServerProperties.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.common.DefaultOAuth2AccessToken;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
 import org.springframework.validation.Validator;
@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ public class ResourceServerProperties implements Validator {
 	 */
 	private boolean preferTokenInfo = true;
 	
+	/**
+	 * The token type to send when using the userInfoUri.
+	 */
+	private String tokenType = DefaultOAuth2AccessToken.BEARER_TYPE;
+	
 	private Jwt jwt = new Jwt();
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/ResourceServerTokenServicesConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/ResourceServerTokenServicesConfiguration.java
index 4aa78a33..34b0d1d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/ResourceServerTokenServicesConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/ResourceServerTokenServicesConfiguration.java
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ public SpringSocialTokenServices socialTokenServices() {
 			public UserInfoTokenServices userInfoTokenServices() {
 				UserInfoTokenServices services = new UserInfoTokenServices(
 						sso.getUserInfoUri(), sso.getClientId());
+				services.setTokenType(sso.getTokenType());
 				services.setRestTemplate(restTemplate);
 				return services;
 			}
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ public UserInfoTokenServices userInfoTokenServices() {
 				UserInfoTokenServices services = new UserInfoTokenServices(
 						sso.getUserInfoUri(), sso.getClientId());
 				services.setRestTemplate(restTemplate);
+				services.setTokenType(sso.getTokenType());
 				return services;
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/UserInfoTokenServices.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/UserInfoTokenServices.java
index ee243016..b1dace3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/UserInfoTokenServices.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/UserInfoTokenServices.java
@@ -42,10 +42,16 @@ public class UserInfoTokenServices implements ResourceServerTokenServices {
 
 	private OAuth2RestOperations restTemplate;
 
+	private String tokenType = DefaultOAuth2AccessToken.BEARER_TYPE;
+
 	public UserInfoTokenServices(String userInfoEndpointUrl, String clientId) {
 		this.userInfoEndpointUrl = userInfoEndpointUrl;
 		this.clientId = clientId;
 	}
+	
+	public void setTokenType(String tokenType) {
+		this.tokenType = tokenType;
+	}
 
 	public void setRestTemplate(OAuth2RestOperations restTemplate) {
 		this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
@@ -99,8 +105,9 @@ private Map<String, Object> getMap(String path, String accessToken) {
 			resource.setClientId(clientId);
 			restTemplate = new OAuth2RestTemplate(resource);
 		}
-		restTemplate.getOAuth2ClientContext().setAccessToken(
-				new DefaultOAuth2AccessToken(accessToken));
+		DefaultOAuth2AccessToken token = new DefaultOAuth2AccessToken(accessToken);
+		token.setTokenType(tokenType);
+		restTemplate.getOAuth2ClientContext().setAccessToken(token);
 		@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 		Map map = restTemplate.getForEntity(path, Map.class).getBody();
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/UserInfoTokenServicesTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/UserInfoTokenServicesTests.java
index c803ad4a..489dff3e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/UserInfoTokenServicesTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/security/oauth2/resource/UserInfoTokenServicesTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.resource.BaseOAuth2ProtectedResourceDetails;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.resource.UserRedirectRequiredException;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.common.DefaultOAuth2AccessToken;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.common.OAuth2AccessToken;
 
 /**
  * @author Dave Syer
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ public class UserInfoTokenServicesTests {
 			"http://example.com", "foo");
 	private BaseOAuth2ProtectedResourceDetails resource = new BaseOAuth2ProtectedResourceDetails();
 	private OAuth2RestOperations template = Mockito.mock(OAuth2RestOperations.class);
+	private OAuth2ClientContext clientContext = Mockito.mock(OAuth2ClientContext.class);
 	private Map<String, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
 
 	@Before
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ public void init() {
 				new DefaultOAuth2AccessToken("FOO"));
 		Mockito.when(template.getResource()).thenReturn(resource);
 		Mockito.when(template.getOAuth2ClientContext()).thenReturn(
-				Mockito.mock(OAuth2ClientContext.class));
+				clientContext);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -64,6 +67,16 @@ public void sunnyDay() {
 		assertEquals("unknown", services.loadAuthentication("FOO").getName());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void tokenType() {
+		services.setRestTemplate(template);
+		services.setTokenType("access_token");
+		assertEquals("unknown", services.loadAuthentication("FOO").getName());
+		ArgumentCaptor<OAuth2AccessToken> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(OAuth2AccessToken.class);
+		Mockito.verify(clientContext).setAccessToken(argument.capture());
+		assertEquals("access_token", argument.getValue().getTokenType());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void noClientId() {
 		services = new UserInfoTokenServices("http://example.com", null);