diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 701bf364..1834df85 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,6 +72,20 @@ login_from(provider) # Tries to login from the external provider's callback
 create_from(provider) # Create the user in the local app database
 ```
 
+### JWT authentication
+
+```ruby
+jwt_require_auth # This is a before action
+jwt_auth(email, password) # => return json web token
+jwt_encode # This method creating JWT token by payload
+jwt_decode # This method decoding JWT token
+jwt_from_header # Take token from header, by key defined in config
+jwt_user_data(token = jwt_from_header) # Return user data which decoded from token
+jwt_user_id # Return user id from user data if id present.
+jwt_not_authenticated # This method called if user not authenticated
+
+```
+
 ### Remember Me
 
 ```ruby
diff --git a/lib/generators/sorcery/templates/initializer.rb b/lib/generators/sorcery/templates/initializer.rb
index bb7cece2..eb58741c 100644
--- a/lib/generators/sorcery/templates/initializer.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/sorcery/templates/initializer.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The first thing you need to configure is which modules you need in your app.
 # The default is nothing which will include only core features (password encryption, login/logout).
 # Available submodules are: :user_activation, :http_basic_auth, :remember_me,
-# :reset_password, :session_timeout, :brute_force_protection, :activity_logging, :external
+# :reset_password, :session_timeout, :brute_force_protection, :activity_logging, :external, :jwt_auth
 Rails.application.config.sorcery.submodules = []
 
 # Here you can configure each submodule's features.
@@ -442,6 +442,38 @@
     # Default: `:uid`
     #
     # user.provider_uid_attribute_name =
+
+    # -- jwt_auth --
+
+    # Parameters passed for generating payload part of token
+    # Default: [:id]
+    #
+    # config.jwt_user_params =
+
+    # Header name which will parsed
+    # Default: `Authorization`
+    #
+    # config.jwt_headers_key =
+
+    # Key on which returned user data
+    # Default: :user_data
+    #
+    # config.jwt_user_data_key =
+
+    # Key on which returned token
+    # Default: :auth_token
+    #
+    # config.jwt_auth_token_key =
+
+    # A flag that specifies whether to perform a database query to set the current_user
+    # Default: true
+    #
+    # config.jwt_set_user =
+
+    # Secret key for token generation
+    # Default: nil
+    #
+    # config.jwt_secret_key = '<%= SecureRandom.hex(64) %>'
   end
 
   # This line must come after the 'user config' block.
diff --git a/lib/sorcery.rb b/lib/sorcery.rb
index e0df9312..ecac1e1d 100644
--- a/lib/sorcery.rb
+++ b/lib/sorcery.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ module Submodules
       require 'sorcery/controller/submodules/http_basic_auth'
       require 'sorcery/controller/submodules/activity_logging'
       require 'sorcery/controller/submodules/external'
+      require 'sorcery/controller/submodules/jwt_auth'
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/sorcery/controller/config.rb b/lib/sorcery/controller/config.rb
index 99e1f3fb..20ec7770 100644
--- a/lib/sorcery/controller/config.rb
+++ b/lib/sorcery/controller/config.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ class << self
         attr_accessor :after_failed_login
         attr_accessor :before_logout
         attr_accessor :after_logout
+        attr_accessor :jwt_user_params
+        attr_accessor :jwt_headers_key
+        attr_accessor :jwt_user_data_key
+        attr_accessor :jwt_auth_token_key
+        # If true, will set user by request to db.
+        # If false will use data from jwt_user_params without executing db requests.
+        attr_accessor :jwt_set_user
+        attr_accessor :jwt_secret_key
 
         def init!
           @defaults = {
@@ -30,7 +38,13 @@ def init!
             :@before_logout                        => [],
             :@after_logout                         => [],
             :@save_return_to_url                   => true,
-            :@cookie_domain                        => nil
+            :@cookie_domain                        => nil,
+            :@jwt_user_params                      => [:id],
+            :@jwt_headers_key                      => 'Authorization',
+            :@jwt_user_data_key                    => :user_data,
+            :@jwt_auth_token_key                   => :auth_token,
+            :@jwt_set_user                         => true,
+            :@jwt_secret_key                       => ''
           }
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/sorcery/controller/submodules/jwt_auth.rb b/lib/sorcery/controller/submodules/jwt_auth.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1efe4539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sorcery/controller/submodules/jwt_auth.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+module Sorcery
+  module Controller
+    module Submodules
+      module JwtAuth
+        def self.included(base)
+          base.send(:include, InstanceMethods)
+        end
+
+        module InstanceMethods
+          # This method return generated token if user can be authenticated
+          def jwt_auth(*credentials)
+            user = user_class.authenticate(*credentials)
+            if user
+              user_params = Config.jwt_user_params.each_with_object({}) do |val, acc|
+                acc[val] = user.public_send(val)
+              end
+              { Config.jwt_user_data_key => user_params,
+                Config.jwt_auth_token_key => jwt_encode(user_params) }
+            end
+          end
+
+          # To be used as a before_action.
+          def jwt_require_auth
+            jwt_not_authenticated && return unless jwt_user_id
+
+            @current_user = Config.jwt_set_user ? User.find(jwt_user_id) : jwt_user_data
+          rescue JWT::VerificationError, JWT::DecodeError
+            jwt_not_authenticated && return
+          end
+
+          # This method creating JWT token by payload
+          def jwt_encode(payload)
+            JWT.encode(payload, Config.jwt_secret_key)
+          end
+
+          # This method decoding JWT token
+          # Return nil if token incorrect
+          def jwt_decode(token)
+            HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(
+              JWT.decode(token, Config.jwt_secret_key)[0]
+            )
+          rescue JWT::DecodeError
+            nil
+          end
+
+          # Take token from header, by key defined in config
+          # With memoization
+          def jwt_from_header
+            @jwt_header_token ||= request.headers[Config.jwt_headers_key]
+          end
+
+          # Return user data which decoded from token
+          # With memoization
+          def jwt_user_data(token = jwt_from_header)
+            @jwt_user_data ||= jwt_decode(token)
+          end
+
+          # Return user id from user data if id present.
+          # Else return nil
+          def jwt_user_id
+            jwt_user_data.try(:[], :id)
+          end
+
+          # This method called if user not authenticated
+          def jwt_not_authenticated
+            respond_to do |format|
+              format.html { not_authenticated }
+              format.json { render json: { status: 401 }, status: 401 }
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sorcery.gemspec b/sorcery.gemspec
index 644ce0ce..ed264adc 100644
--- a/sorcery.gemspec
+++ b/sorcery.gemspec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'oauth', '~> 0.4', '>= 0.4.4'
   s.add_dependency 'oauth2', '~> 1.0', '>= 0.8.0'
   s.add_dependency 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'jwt', '~> 1.5'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.6.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'timecop'
diff --git a/spec/controllers/controller_jwt_auth_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/controller_jwt_auth_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88be451c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/controller_jwt_auth_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe SorceryController, type: :controller do
+  let!(:user) { double('user', id: 42) }
+  before(:each) do
+    request.env['HTTP_ACCEPT'] = "application/json" if ::Rails.version < '5.0.0'
+  end
+
+  describe 'with jwt auth features' do
+    let(:user_email) { 'test@test.test' }
+    let(:user_password) { 'testpass' }
+    let(:auth_token) { 'eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6NDJ9.rrjj-sXvbIjT8y4MLGb88Cv7XvfpJXj-HEgaBimT_-0' }
+    let(:response_data) do
+      {
+        user_data: { id: user.id },
+        auth_token: auth_token
+      }
+    end
+
+    before(:all) do
+      sorcery_reload!([:jwt_auth])
+    end
+
+    describe '#jwt_auth' do
+      context 'when success' do
+        before do
+          allow(User).to receive(:authenticate).with(user_email, user_password).and_return(user)
+
+          post :test_jwt_auth, params: { email: user_email, password: user_password }
+        end
+
+        it 'assigns user to @token variable' do
+          expect(assigns[:token]).to eq response_data
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when fails' do
+        before do
+          allow(User).to receive(:authenticate).with(user_email, user_password).and_return(nil)
+
+          post :test_jwt_auth, params: { email: user_email, password: user_password }
+        end
+
+        it 'assigns user to @token variable' do
+          expect(assigns[:token]).to eq nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#jwt_require_auth' do
+      context 'when success' do
+        before do
+          allow(User).to receive(:find).with(user.id).and_return(user)
+          allow(user).to receive(:set_last_activity_at)
+        end
+
+        it 'does return 200' do
+          request.headers.merge! Authorization: auth_token
+
+          get :some_action_jwt, format: :json
+
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when fails' do
+        let(:user_email) { 'test@test.test' }
+        let(:user_password) { 'testpass' }
+
+        context 'without auth header' do
+          it 'does return 401' do
+            get :some_action_jwt, format: :json
+
+            expect(response.status).to eq(401)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'with incorrect auth header' do
+          let(:incorrect_header) { '123.123.123' }
+
+          it 'does return 401' do
+            request.headers.merge! Authorization: incorrect_header
+
+            get :some_action_jwt, format: :json
+
+            expect(response.status).to eq(401)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/rails_app/app/controllers/sorcery_controller.rb b/spec/rails_app/app/controllers/sorcery_controller.rb
index 1d916fe5..f9ea4c99 100644
--- a/spec/rails_app/app/controllers/sorcery_controller.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_app/app/controllers/sorcery_controller.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class SorceryController < ActionController::Base
 
   before_action :require_login_from_http_basic, only: [:test_http_basic_auth]
   before_action :require_login, only: [:test_logout, :test_logout_with_force_forget_me, :test_should_be_logged_in, :some_action]
+  before_action :jwt_require_auth, only: [:some_action_jwt]
 
   def index; end
 
@@ -367,4 +368,13 @@ def test_create_from_provider_with_block
       redirect_to 'blu', alert: 'Failed!'
     end
   end
+
+  def test_jwt_auth
+    @token = jwt_auth(params[:email], params[:password])
+    head :ok
+  end
+
+  def some_action_jwt
+    head :ok
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/rails_app/config/routes.rb b/spec/rails_app/config/routes.rb
index 712d7f6a..c278163e 100644
--- a/spec/rails_app/config/routes.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_app/config/routes.rb
@@ -60,5 +60,7 @@
     post :test_login_with_remember
     get :test_create_from_provider_with_block
     get :login_at_test_with_state
+    post :test_jwt_auth
+    get :some_action_jwt
   end
 end