diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/Core/GitPushOptionsWrapper.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/Core/GitPushOptionsWrapper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..680839d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/Core/GitPushOptionsWrapper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace LibGit2Sharp.Core
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Git push options wrapper. Disposable wrapper for <see cref="GitPushOptions"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class GitPushOptionsWrapper : IDisposable
+    {
+        public GitPushOptionsWrapper() : this(new GitPushOptions()) { }
+
+        public GitPushOptionsWrapper(GitPushOptions pushOptions)
+        {
+            this.Options = pushOptions;
+        }
+
+        public GitPushOptions Options { get; private set; }
+
+        #region IDisposable
+        private bool disposedValue = false; // To detect redundant calls
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            if (disposedValue)
+                return;
+
+            this.Options.CustomHeaders.Dispose();
+            disposedValue = true;
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            Dispose(true);
+        }
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/Network.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/Network.cs
index d5f032058..825f3c886 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/Network.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/Network.cs
@@ -365,18 +365,27 @@ public virtual void Push(Remote remote, IEnumerable<string> pushRefSpecs, PushOp
 
             // Load the remote.
             using (RemoteHandle remoteHandle = Proxy.git_remote_lookup(repository.Handle, remote.Name, true))
+
+            // Create a git options wrapper so managed strings are disposed.
+            using (var pushOptionsWrapper = new GitPushOptionsWrapper())
             {
                 var callbacks = new RemoteCallbacks(pushOptions);
                 GitRemoteCallbacks gitCallbacks = callbacks.GenerateCallbacks();
 
+                var gitPushOptions = pushOptionsWrapper.Options;
+                gitPushOptions.PackbuilderDegreeOfParallelism = pushOptions.PackbuilderDegreeOfParallelism;
+                gitPushOptions.RemoteCallbacks = gitCallbacks;
+                gitPushOptions.ProxyOptions = new GitProxyOptions { Version = 1 };
+
+                // If there are custom headers, create a managed string array.
+                if (pushOptions.CustomHeaders != null && pushOptions.CustomHeaders.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    gitPushOptions.CustomHeaders = GitStrArrayManaged.BuildFrom(pushOptions.CustomHeaders);
+                }
+
                 Proxy.git_remote_push(remoteHandle,
                                       pushRefSpecs,
-                                      new GitPushOptions()
-                                      {
-                                          PackbuilderDegreeOfParallelism = pushOptions.PackbuilderDegreeOfParallelism,
-                                          RemoteCallbacks = gitCallbacks,
-                                          ProxyOptions = new GitProxyOptions { Version = 1 },
-                                      });
+                                      gitPushOptions);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/PushOptions.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/PushOptions.cs
index 99c65dd8b..b406b2350 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/PushOptions.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/PushOptions.cs
@@ -51,5 +51,25 @@ public sealed class PushOptions
         /// information about what updates will be performed.
         /// </summary>
         public PrePushHandler OnNegotiationCompletedBeforePush { get; set; }
+
+         /// <summary>
+        /// Get/Set the custom headers.
+        /// <para>
+        /// This allows you to set custom headers (e.g. X-Forwarded-For,
+        /// X-Request-Id, etc),
+        /// </para>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Libgit2 sets some headers for HTTP requests (User-Agent, Host,
+        /// Accept, Content-Type, Transfer-Encoding, Content-Length, Accept) that
+        /// cannot be overriden.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <example>
+        /// var pushOptions - new PushOptions() {
+        ///     CustomHeaders = new String[] {"X-Request-Id: 12345"}
+        /// };
+        /// </example>
+        /// <value>The custom headers string array</value>
+        public string[] CustomHeaders { get; set; }
     }
 }