diff --git a/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyRequestFactory.java b/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyRequestFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..713ac9c6f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyRequestFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.bumptech.glide.integration.volley;
+
+import com.android.volley.Request;
+import com.android.volley.Request.Priority;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Used to construct a custom Volley request, such as for authentication header decoration.
+ */
+public interface VolleyRequestFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a Volley request for the given image url. The given future should be set as a
+     * listener or called when the request completes.
+     */
+    Request<byte[]> create(String url, VolleyRequestFuture<InputStream> future, Priority priority);
+
+}
diff --git a/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyStreamFetcher.java b/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyStreamFetcher.java
index ee3f5cb78f..00de8e619f 100644
--- a/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyStreamFetcher.java
+++ b/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyStreamFetcher.java
@@ -16,7 +16,19 @@
  * A DataFetcher backed by volley for fetching images via http.
  */
 public class VolleyStreamFetcher implements DataFetcher<InputStream> {
+    public static final VolleyRequestFactory DEFAULT_REQUEST_FACTORY = new VolleyRequestFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public Request<byte[]> create(
+                    String url, VolleyRequestFuture<InputStream> future,
+                    Request.Priority priority) {
+            return new GlideRequest(url, future, priority);
+        }
+
+    };
+
     private final RequestQueue requestQueue;
+    private final VolleyRequestFactory requestFactory;
     private final GlideUrl url;
     private VolleyRequestFuture<InputStream> requestFuture;
 
@@ -27,8 +39,14 @@ public VolleyStreamFetcher(RequestQueue requestQueue, GlideUrl url) {
 
     public VolleyStreamFetcher(RequestQueue requestQueue, GlideUrl url,
             VolleyRequestFuture<InputStream> requestFuture) {
+        this(requestQueue, url, requestFuture, DEFAULT_REQUEST_FACTORY);
+    }
+
+    public VolleyStreamFetcher(RequestQueue requestQueue, GlideUrl url,
+            VolleyRequestFuture<InputStream> requestFuture, VolleyRequestFactory requestFactory) {
         this.requestQueue = requestQueue;
         this.url = url;
+        this.requestFactory = requestFactory;
         this.requestFuture = requestFuture;
         if (requestFuture == null) {
             this.requestFuture = VolleyRequestFuture.newFuture();
@@ -39,7 +57,8 @@ public VolleyStreamFetcher(RequestQueue requestQueue, GlideUrl url,
     public InputStream loadData(Priority priority) throws Exception {
         // Make sure the string url safely encodes non ascii characters.
         String stringUrl = url.toURL().toString();
-        GlideRequest request = new GlideRequest(stringUrl, requestFuture, glideToVolleyPriority(priority));
+        Request<byte[]> request = requestFactory.create(
+                stringUrl, requestFuture, glideToVolleyPriority(priority));
 
         requestFuture.setRequest(requestQueue.add(request));
 
@@ -80,7 +99,7 @@ private static Request.Priority glideToVolleyPriority(Priority priority) {
 
     private static class GlideRequest extends Request<byte[]> {
         private final VolleyRequestFuture<InputStream> future;
-        private Priority priority;
+        private final Priority priority;
 
         public GlideRequest(String url, VolleyRequestFuture<InputStream> future, Priority priority) {
             super(Method.GET, url, future);
diff --git a/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyUrlLoader.java b/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyUrlLoader.java
index 686cb21a07..b1be94abdf 100644
--- a/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyUrlLoader.java
+++ b/integration/volley/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/integration/volley/VolleyUrlLoader.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class VolleyUrlLoader implements ModelLoader<GlideUrl, InputStream> {
     public static class Factory implements ModelLoaderFactory<GlideUrl, InputStream> {
         private static RequestQueue internalQueue;
         private RequestQueue requestQueue;
+        private final VolleyRequestFactory requestFactory;
 
         private static RequestQueue getInternalQueue(Context context) {
             if (internalQueue == null) {
@@ -46,12 +47,21 @@ public Factory(Context context) {
          * Constructor for a new Factory that runs requests using the given {@link RequestQueue}.
          */
         public Factory(RequestQueue requestQueue) {
+            this(requestQueue, VolleyStreamFetcher.DEFAULT_REQUEST_FACTORY);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Constructor for a new Factory with a custom Volley request factory that runs requests
+         * using the given {@link RequestQueue}.
+         */
+        public Factory(RequestQueue requestQueue, VolleyRequestFactory requestFactory) {
+            this.requestFactory = requestFactory;
             this.requestQueue = requestQueue;
         }
 
         @Override
         public ModelLoader<GlideUrl, InputStream> build(Context context, GenericLoaderFactory factories) {
-            return new VolleyUrlLoader(requestQueue);
+            return new VolleyUrlLoader(requestQueue, requestFactory);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -61,13 +71,20 @@ public void teardown() {
     }
 
     private final RequestQueue requestQueue;
+    private final VolleyRequestFactory requestFactory;
 
     public VolleyUrlLoader(RequestQueue requestQueue) {
+        this(requestQueue, VolleyStreamFetcher.DEFAULT_REQUEST_FACTORY);
+    }
+
+    public VolleyUrlLoader(RequestQueue requestQueue, VolleyRequestFactory requestFactory) {
         this.requestQueue = requestQueue;
+        this.requestFactory = requestFactory;
     }
 
     @Override
     public DataFetcher<InputStream> getResourceFetcher(GlideUrl url, int width, int height) {
-        return new VolleyStreamFetcher(requestQueue, url, new VolleyRequestFuture<InputStream>());
+        return new VolleyStreamFetcher(
+            requestQueue, url, new VolleyRequestFuture<InputStream>(), requestFactory);
     }
 }