diff --git a/docs/docs/api/EventSource.md b/docs/docs/api/EventSource.md
index 27b146785b9..8244aa77ed9 100644
--- a/docs/docs/api/EventSource.md
+++ b/docs/docs/api/EventSource.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # EventSource
 
+> ⚠️ Warning: the EventSource API is experimental.
+
 Undici exposes a WHATWG spec-compliant implementation of [EventSource](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventSource)
 for [Server-Sent Events](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Server-sent_events/Using_server-sent_events).
 
@@ -11,11 +13,33 @@ follows:
 ```mjs
 import { EventSource } from 'undici'
 
-const evenSource = new EventSource('http://localhost:3000')
-evenSource.onmessage = (event) => {
+const eventSource = new EventSource('http://localhost:3000')
+eventSource.onmessage = (event) => {
   console.log(event.data)
 }
 ```
 
+## Using a custom Dispatcher
+
+undici allows you to set your own Dispatcher in the EventSource constructor.
+
+An example which allows you to modify the request headers is:
+
+```mjs
+import { EventSource, Agent } from 'undici'
+
+class CustomHeaderAgent extends Agent {
+  dispatch (opts) {
+    opts.headers['x-custom-header'] = 'hello world'
+    return super.dispatch(...arguments)
+  }
+}
+
+const eventSource = new EventSource('http://localhost:3000', {
+  dispatcher: new CustomHeaderAgent()
+})
+
+```
+
 More information about the EventSource API can be found on
-[MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventSource).
\ No newline at end of file
+[MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventSource).
diff --git a/lib/web/eventsource/eventsource.js b/lib/web/eventsource/eventsource.js
index 708caef1258..e6fee88b04b 100644
--- a/lib/web/eventsource/eventsource.js
+++ b/lib/web/eventsource/eventsource.js
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ class EventSource extends EventTarget {
   #request = null
   #controller = null
 
+  #dispatcher
+
   /**
    * @type {object}
    * @property {string} lastEventId
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ class EventSource extends EventTarget {
     url = webidl.converters.USVString(url)
     eventSourceInitDict = webidl.converters.EventSourceInitDict(eventSourceInitDict)
 
+    this.#dispatcher = eventSourceInitDict.dispatcher
+
     // 2. Let settings be ev's relevant settings object.
     // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/webappapis.html#environment-settings-object
     this.#settings = {
@@ -226,7 +230,8 @@ class EventSource extends EventTarget {
     this.#readyState = CONNECTING
 
     const fetchParam = {
-      request: this.#request
+      request: this.#request,
+      dispatcher: this.#dispatcher
     }
 
     // 14. Let processEventSourceEndOfBody given response res be the following step: if res is not a network error, then reestablish the connection.
@@ -471,7 +476,15 @@ Object.defineProperties(EventSource.prototype, {
 })
 
 webidl.converters.EventSourceInitDict = webidl.dictionaryConverter([
-  { key: 'withCredentials', converter: webidl.converters.boolean, defaultValue: false }
+  {
+    key: 'withCredentials',
+    converter: webidl.converters.boolean,
+    defaultValue: false
+  },
+  {
+    key: 'dispatcher', // undici only
+    converter: webidl.converters.any
+  }
 ])
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/test/eventsource/eventsource-custom-dispatcher.js b/test/eventsource/eventsource-custom-dispatcher.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e04c2f80673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/eventsource/eventsource-custom-dispatcher.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { createServer } = require('node:http')
+const { once } = require('node:events')
+const { Agent, EventSource } = require('../..')
+const { tspl } = require('@matteo.collina/tspl')
+const { test } = require('node:test')
+
+test('EventSource allows setting custom dispatcher.', async (t) => {
+  const { completed, deepStrictEqual } = tspl(t, { plan: 1 })
+
+  const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(200, 'OK', { 'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream' })
+    deepStrictEqual(req.headers['x-customer-header'], 'hello world')
+
+    res.end()
+  }).listen(0)
+
+  t.after(() => {
+    server.close()
+    eventSourceInstance.close()
+  })
+
+  await once(server, 'listening')
+
+  class CustomHeaderAgent extends Agent {
+    dispatch (opts) {
+      opts.headers['x-customer-header'] = 'hello world'
+      return super.dispatch(...arguments)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const eventSourceInstance = new EventSource(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`, {
+    dispatcher: new CustomHeaderAgent()
+  })
+
+  await completed
+})
diff --git a/test/types/event-source-d.ts b/test/types/event-source-d.ts
index 58cfa9364e8..9a3cc8c31af 100644
--- a/test/types/event-source-d.ts
+++ b/test/types/event-source-d.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { URL } from 'url'
-import { expectType } from 'tsd'
+import { expectType, expectAssignable } from 'tsd'
 
-import {
-	EventSource,
-} from '../../'
+import { EventSource, EventSourceInit, Dispatcher } from '../../'
 
 declare const eventSource: EventSource
+declare const agent: Dispatcher
 
 expectType<() => void>(eventSource.close)
 expectType<string>(eventSource.url)
@@ -18,3 +17,7 @@ expectType<EventSource>(new EventSource('https://example.com', {}))
 expectType<EventSource>(new EventSource('https://example.com', {
 	withCredentials: true,
 }))
+
+expectAssignable<EventSourceInit>({ dispatcher: agent })
+expectAssignable<EventSourceInit>({ withCredentials: true })
+expectAssignable<EventSourceInit>({})
diff --git a/types/eventsource.d.ts b/types/eventsource.d.ts
index af8b92e626c..eecda8c0151 100644
--- a/types/eventsource.d.ts
+++ b/types/eventsource.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { MessageEvent, ErrorEvent } from './websocket'
+import Dispatcher from './dispatcher'
 
 import {
   EventTarget,
@@ -57,5 +58,6 @@ export declare const EventSource: {
 }
 
 interface EventSourceInit {
-  withCredentials?: boolean
+  withCredentials?: boolean,
+  dispatcher?: Dispatcher
 }