diff --git a/config.template.yml b/config.template.yml
index 6457bbf8..70889e4a 100644
--- a/config.template.yml
+++ b/config.template.yml
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ access_control:
 # 
 # The session cookies identify the user once logged in.
 session:
+  # The name of the session cookie. (default: authelia_session).
+  name: authelia_session
+
   # The secret to encrypt the session cookie.
   secret: unsecure_session_secret
   
diff --git a/server/src/lib/configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder.spec.ts b/server/src/lib/configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder.spec.ts
index 0d5cc11f..a03507d6 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder.spec.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ describe("configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder", function () {
       },
       port: 8080,
       session: {
+        name: "authelia_session",
         domain: "example.com",
         expiration: 3600,
         secret: "secret"
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ describe("configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder", function () {
     const options = SessionConfigurationBuilder.build(configuration, deps);
 
     const expectedOptions = {
+      name: "authelia_session",
       secret: "secret",
       resave: false,
       saveUninitialized: true,
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ describe("configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder", function () {
       },
       port: 8080,
       session: {
+        name: "authelia_session",
         domain: "example.com",
         expiration: 3600,
         secret: "secret",
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ describe("configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder", function () {
       secret: "secret",
       resave: false,
       saveUninitialized: true,
+      name: "authelia_session",
       cookie: {
         secure: true,
         httpOnly: true,
diff --git a/server/src/lib/configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder.ts b/server/src/lib/configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder.ts
index 427cec72..716a1f74 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/configuration/SessionConfigurationBuilder.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export class SessionConfigurationBuilder {
 
   static build(configuration: Configuration, deps: GlobalDependencies): ExpressSession.SessionOptions {
     const sessionOptions: ExpressSession.SessionOptions = {
+      name: configuration.session.name,
       secret: configuration.session.secret,
       resave: false,
       saveUninitialized: true,
diff --git a/server/src/lib/configuration/schema/SessionConfiguration.spec.ts b/server/src/lib/configuration/schema/SessionConfiguration.spec.ts
index b63e7eed..e5401083 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/configuration/schema/SessionConfiguration.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/configuration/schema/SessionConfiguration.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ describe("configuration/schema/SessionConfiguration", function() {
     };
     const newConfiguration = complete(configuration);
 
+    Assert.equal(newConfiguration.name, 'authelia_session');
     Assert.equal(newConfiguration.expiration, 3600000);
     Assert.equal(newConfiguration.inactivity, undefined);
   });
diff --git a/server/src/lib/configuration/schema/SessionConfiguration.ts b/server/src/lib/configuration/schema/SessionConfiguration.ts
index e628cb0d..4b5d555b 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/configuration/schema/SessionConfiguration.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/configuration/schema/SessionConfiguration.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export interface SessionRedisOptions {
 }
 
 export interface SessionConfiguration {
+  name?: string;
   domain: string;
   secret: string;
   expiration?: number;
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ export interface SessionConfiguration {
 export function complete(configuration: SessionConfiguration): SessionConfiguration {
   const newConfiguration: SessionConfiguration = (configuration) ? JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(configuration)) : {};
 
+  if (!newConfiguration.name) {
+    newConfiguration.name = "authelia_session";
+  }
+
   if (!newConfiguration.expiration) {
     newConfiguration.expiration = 3600000; // 1 hour
   }
diff --git a/test/features/forward-headers.feature b/test/features/forward-headers.feature
index b5bbc0b5..3e45c135 100644
--- a/test/features/forward-headers.feature
+++ b/test/features/forward-headers.feature
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Feature: User and groups headers are correctly forwarded to backend
+Feature: Headers are correctly forwarded to backend
   @need-authenticated-user-john
   Scenario: Custom-Forwarded-User and Custom-Forwarded-Groups are correctly forwarded to protected backend
     When I visit "https://public.example.com:8080/headers"
diff --git a/test/features/step_definitions/forward-headers.ts b/test/features/step_definitions/forward-headers.ts
index cbefd1a7..a459a4bf 100644
--- a/test/features/step_definitions/forward-headers.ts
+++ b/test/features/step_definitions/forward-headers.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import {Then} from "cucumber";
 import seleniumWebdriver = require("selenium-webdriver");
 import CustomWorld = require("../support/world");
 import Util = require("util");
-import BluebirdPromise = require("bluebird");
+import Bluebird = require("bluebird");
+import Request = require("request-promise");
 
 Then("I see header {string} set to {string}",
   { timeout: 5000 },
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ Then("I see header {string} set to {string}",
       .then(function (txt: string) {
         const expectedLine = Util.format("\"%s\": \"%s\"", expectedHeaderName, expectedValue);
         if (txt.indexOf(expectedLine) > 0)
-          return BluebirdPromise.resolve();
+          return Bluebird.resolve();
         else
-          return BluebirdPromise.reject(new Error(Util.format("No such header or with unexpected value.")));
+          return Bluebird.reject(new Error(Util.format("No such header or with unexpected value.")));
       });
-  })
+  })
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