diff --git a/.changelog/18983.txt b/.changelog/18983.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a49a850eb35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/18983.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+api: added `Token` field to `ServiceRegisterOpts` type in Agent API
+```
diff --git a/api/agent.go b/api/agent.go
index 3c0934f675c7..8c2bf6b455c8 100644
--- a/api/agent.go
+++ b/api/agent.go
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ type ServiceRegisterOpts struct {
 	// having to manually deregister checks.
 	ReplaceExistingChecks bool
 
+	// Token is used to provide a per-request ACL token
+	// which overrides the agent's default token.
+	Token string
+
 	// ctx is an optional context pass through to the underlying HTTP
 	// request layer. Use WithContext() to set the context.
 	ctx context.Context
@@ -835,6 +839,9 @@ func (a *Agent) serviceRegister(service *AgentServiceRegistration, opts ServiceR
 	if opts.ReplaceExistingChecks {
 		r.params.Set("replace-existing-checks", "true")
 	}
+	if opts.Token != "" {
+		r.header.Set("X-Consul-Token", opts.Token)
+	}
 	_, resp, err := a.c.doRequest(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/api/agent_test.go b/api/agent_test.go
index 133cbd968f5e..2c359fe86e3d 100644
--- a/api/agent_test.go
+++ b/api/agent_test.go
@@ -297,6 +297,21 @@ func TestAgent_ServiceRegisterOpts_WithContextTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded), "expected timeout")
 }
 
+func TestAgent_ServiceRegisterOpts_Token(t *testing.T) {
+	c, s := makeACLClient(t)
+	defer s.Stop()
+
+	reg := &AgentServiceRegistration{Name: "example"}
+	opts := &ServiceRegisterOpts{}
+	opts.Token = "invalid"
+	err := c.Agent().ServiceRegisterOpts(reg, *opts)
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "Unexpected response code: 403 (ACL not found)")
+
+	opts.Token = "root"
+	err = c.Agent().ServiceRegisterOpts(reg, *opts)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestAPI_NewClient_TokenFileCLIFirstPriority(t *testing.T) {
 	os.Setenv("CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN_FILE", "httpTokenFile.txt")
 	os.Setenv("CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN", "httpToken")