diff --git a/ntfy/bot.py b/ntfy/bot.py
index 057785a..c5681ea 100644
--- a/ntfy/bot.py
+++ b/ntfy/bot.py
@@ -76,14 +76,15 @@ class NtfyBot(Plugin):
 
     @ntfy.subcommand("subscribe", aliases=("sub",), help="Subscribe this room to a ntfy topic.")
     @command.argument("topic", "topic URL", matches="(([a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,63}\\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,6}/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,64})")
-    async def subscribe(self, evt: MessageEvent, topic: Tuple[str, Any]) -> None:
+    @command.argument("token", "access token", required=False, matches="tk_[a-zA-Z0-9]{29}")
+    async def subscribe(self, evt: MessageEvent, topic: Tuple[str, Any], token: Tuple[str, Any]) -> None:
         # see https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/blob/82df434d19e3ef45ada9c00dfe9fc0f8dfba15e6/server/server.go#L61 for the valid topic regex
         if not await self.can_use_command(evt):
             return None
         server, topic = topic[0].split("/")
         db_topic = await self.db.get_topic(server, topic)
         if not db_topic:
-            db_topic = await self.db.create_topic(Topic(id=-1, server=server, topic=topic, last_event_id=None))
+            db_topic = await self.db.create_topic(Topic(id=-1, server=server, topic=topic, token=token, last_event_id=None))
         existing_subscriptions = await self.db.get_subscriptions(db_topic.id)
         sub, _ = await self.db.get_subscription(db_topic.id, evt.room_id)
         if sub:
@@ -150,7 +151,9 @@ class NtfyBot(Plugin):
         task.add_done_callback(log_task_exc)
 
     async def run_topic_subscription(self, topic: Topic, url: str) -> None:
-        async with self.http.get(url, timeout=ClientTimeout()) as resp:
+        headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {topic.token}"}
+        async with self.http.get(url, timeout=ClientTimeout(),
+                                 headers=headers if topic.token else None) as resp:
             while True:
                 line = await resp.content.readline()
                 # convert to string and remove trailing newline
diff --git a/ntfy/db.py b/ntfy/db.py
index 7b0c36b..7a353c1 100644
--- a/ntfy/db.py
+++ b/ntfy/db.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ async def upgrade_v1(conn: Connection, scheme: Scheme) -> None:
             id INTEGER {gen},
             server TEXT NOT NULL,
             topic TEXT NOT NULL,
+            token TEXT,
             last_event_id TEXT,
 
             PRIMARY KEY (id),
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class Topic:
     server: str
     topic: str
     last_event_id: str
+    token: str | None = None
 
     subscriptions: List[Subscription] = attr.ib(factory=lambda: [])
 
@@ -53,11 +55,13 @@ class Topic:
         id = row["id"]
         server = row["server"]
         topic = row["topic"]
+        token = row["token"]
         last_event_id = row["last_event_id"]
         return cls(
             id=id,
             server=server,
             topic=topic,
+            token=token,
             last_event_id=last_event_id,
             subscriptions=[]
         )
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ class DB:
 
     async def get_topics(self) -> List[Topic]:
         query = """
-        SELECT id, server, topic, last_event_id, topic_id, room_id
+        SELECT id, server, topic, token, last_event_id, topic_id, room_id
         FROM topics
         INNER JOIN
             subscriptions ON topics.id = subscriptions.topic_id
@@ -119,14 +123,15 @@ class DB:
 
     async def create_topic(self, topic: Topic) -> Topic:
         query = """
-        INSERT INTO topics (server, topic, last_event_id)
-        VALUES ($1, $2, $3) RETURNING (id)
+        INSERT INTO topics (server, topic, token, last_event_id)
+        VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4) RETURNING (id)
         """
         if self.db.scheme == Scheme.SQLITE:
             cur = await self.db.execute(
                 query.replace("RETURNING (id)", ""),
                 topic.server,
                 topic.topic,
+                topic.token,
                 topic.last_event_id,
             )
             topic.id = cur.lastrowid
@@ -135,21 +140,23 @@ class DB:
                 query,
                 topic.server,
                 topic.topic,
+                topic.token,
                 topic.last_event_id,
             )
         return topic
 
     async def get_topic(self, server: str, topic: str) -> Topic | None:
         query = """
-        SELECT id, server, topic, last_event_id
+        SELECT id, server, topic, token, last_event_id
         FROM topics
         WHERE server = $1 AND topic = $2
         """
         return Topic.from_row(await self.db.fetchrow(query, server, topic))
 
-    async def get_subscription(self, topic_id: int, room_id: RoomID) -> Tuple[Subscription | None, Topic | None]:
+    async def get_subscription(self, topic_id: int, room_id: RoomID) -> Tuple[
+        Subscription | None, Topic | None]:
         query = """
-        SELECT id, server, topic, last_event_id, topic_id, room_id
+        SELECT id, server, topic, token, last_event_id, topic_id, room_id
         FROM topics
         INNER JOIN
             subscriptions ON topics.id = subscriptions.topic_id AND subscriptions.room_id = $2