diff --git a/framework/replay/download_utils.py b/framework/replay/download_utils.py
index 3119a24a2..4e776ca85 100644
--- a/framework/replay/download_utils.py
+++ b/framework/replay/download_utils.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from email.utils import formatdate
 from os import path
 from time import time
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import requests
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter, Retry
 from requests.utils import requote_uri
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ def get_minio_credentials(url):
             minio_credentials['SessionToken'])
 
 
-def get_authorization_headers(url, resource):
+def get_minio_authorization_headers(url, resource):
     minio_key, minio_secret, minio_token = get_minio_credentials(url)
 
     content_type = 'application/octet-stream'
@@ -106,6 +107,17 @@ def get_authorization_headers(url, resource):
     return headers
 
 
+def get_jwt_authorization_headers(url, resource):
+    date = formatdate(timeval=None, localtime=False, usegmt=True)
+    jwt = OPTIONS.download['jwt']
+    host = urlparse(url).netloc
+
+    headers = {'Host': host,
+               'Date': date,
+               'Authorization': 'Bearer %s' % (jwt)}
+    return headers
+
+
 def download(url: str, file_path: str, headers, attempts=2) -> None:
     """Downloads a URL content into a file
 
@@ -174,7 +186,9 @@ def ensure_file(file_path):
         assert OPTIONS.download['minio_bucket']
         assert OPTIONS.download['role_session_name']
         assert OPTIONS.download['jwt']
-        headers = get_authorization_headers(url, file_path)
+        headers = get_minio_authorization_headers(url, file_path)
+    elif OPTIONS.download['jwt']:
+        headers = get_jwt_authorization_headers(url, file_path)
     else:
         headers = None
 
diff --git a/unittests/framework/replay/test_download_utils.py b/unittests/framework/replay/test_download_utils.py
index 1e78b26e7..749c5d835 100644
--- a/unittests/framework/replay/test_download_utils.py
+++ b/unittests/framework/replay/test_download_utils.py
@@ -195,3 +195,17 @@ class TestDownloadUtils(object):
         get_request = requests_mock.request_history[1]
         assert(get_request.method == 'GET')
         assert(requests_mock.request_history[1].headers['Authorization'].startswith('AWS Key'))
+
+    def test_jwt_authorization(self, requests_mock):
+        """download_utils.ensure_file: Check we send the authentication headers to the server"""
+        # reset minio_host from previous tests
+        OPTIONS.download['minio_host'] = ''
+        OPTIONS.download['jwt'] = 'jwt'
+
+        assert not self.trace_file.check()
+        download_utils.ensure_file(self.trace_path)
+        TestDownloadUtils.check_same_file(self.trace_file, "remote")
+
+        get_request = requests_mock.request_history[0]
+        assert(get_request.method == 'GET')
+        assert(requests_mock.request_history[0].headers['Authorization'].startswith('Bearer'))