diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1263dd3fe..f8504fcf6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-## 0.7.5-dev1
+## 0.7.5-dev2
 
 ### Enhancements
 
 * Adds functionality to sort elements in `partition_pdf` for `fast` strategy
 * Adds ingest tests with `--fast` strategy on PDF documents
+* Adds --api-key to unstructured-ingest
+
 
 ### Features
 
diff --git a/unstructured/__version__.py b/unstructured/__version__.py
index c9bc2f642..05d356e5d 100644
--- a/unstructured/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.5-dev1"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.7.5-dev2"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured/ingest/interfaces.py b/unstructured/ingest/interfaces.py
index 9552d3b98..973a7ee8f 100644
--- a/unstructured/ingest/interfaces.py
+++ b/unstructured/ingest/interfaces.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class StandardConnectorConfig:
     metadata_include: Optional[str] = None
     partition_by_api: bool = False
     partition_endpoint: str = "https://api.unstructured.io/general/v0/general"
+    api_key: str = ""
     preserve_downloads: bool = False
     re_download: bool = False
 
@@ -179,9 +180,13 @@ class BaseIngestDoc(ABC):
             logger.debug(f"Using remote partition ({endpoint})")
 
             with open(self.filename, "rb") as f:
+                headers_dict = {}
+                if len(self.standard_config.api_key) > 0:
+                    headers_dict["UNSTRUCTURED-API-KEY"] = self.standard_config.api_key
                 response = requests.post(
                     f"{endpoint}",
                     files={"files": (str(self.filename), f)},
+                    headers=headers_dict,
                     # TODO: add m_data_source_metadata to unstructured-api pipeline_api and then
                     # pass the stringified json here
                 )
diff --git a/unstructured/ingest/main.py b/unstructured/ingest/main.py
index 2d4e0dc9e..d795bca40 100755
--- a/unstructured/ingest/main.py
+++ b/unstructured/ingest/main.py
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ class MainProcess:
     help="The method that will be used to process the documents. "
     "Default: auto. Other strategies include `fast` and `hi_res`.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--api-key",
+    default="",
+    help="API Key for partition endpoint.",
+)
 @click.option(
     "--local-input-path",
     default=None,
@@ -443,6 +448,7 @@ def main(
     partition_by_api,
     partition_endpoint,
     partition_strategy,
+    api_key,
     local_input_path,
     local_recursive,
     local_file_glob,
@@ -545,6 +551,7 @@ def main(
         partition_endpoint=partition_endpoint,
         preserve_downloads=preserve_downloads,
         re_download=re_download,
+        api_key=api_key,
     )
     if remote_url:
         protocol = urlparse(remote_url).scheme