diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index 62d89781..4309bbed 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ class Request(dict):
 
         return self.parsed_json
 
+    @property
+    def token(self):
+        """
+        Attempts to return the auth header token.
+        :return: token related to request
+        """
+        auth_header = self.headers.get('Authorization')
+        if auth_header is not None:
+            return auth_header.split()[1]
+        return auth_header
+
     @property
     def form(self):
         if self.parsed_form is None:
diff --git a/tests/test_requests.py b/tests/test_requests.py
index 13225892..ead76424 100644
--- a/tests/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/test_requests.py
@@ -117,6 +117,24 @@ def test_query_string():
     assert request.args.get('test2') == 'false'
 
 
+def test_token():
+    app = Sanic('test_post_token')
+
+    @app.route('/')
+    async def handler(request):
+        return text('OK')
+
+    # uuid4 generated token.
+    token = 'a1d895e0-553a-421a-8e22-5ff8ecb48cbf'
+    headers = {
+        'content-type': 'application/json',
+        'Authorization': 'Token {}'.format(token)
+    }
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, headers=headers)
+
+    assert request.token == token
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ #
 #  POST
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ #