diff --git a/scanner/.env.example b/scanner/.env.example
index cd43a51c..4d2b6f35 100644
--- a/scanner/.env.example
+++ b/scanner/.env.example
@@ -13,3 +13,13 @@ THEMOVIEDB_API_ACCESS_TOKEN=""
 KYOO_URL="http://api:3567/api"
 KYOO_APIKEY=""
 
+JWKS_URL="http://auth:4568/.well-known/jwks.json"
+JWT_ISSUER=$PUBLIC_URL
+
+# The behavior of the below variables match what is documented here:
+# https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-envars.html
+PGUSER=kyoo
+PGPASSWORD=password
+PGDATABASE=kyooDB
+PGHOST=postgres
+PGPORT=5432
diff --git a/scanner/requirements.txt b/scanner/requirements.txt
index 0575ee6c..bf7ed2e4 100644
--- a/scanner/requirements.txt
+++ b/scanner/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ aiohttp
 watchfiles
 langcodes
 asyncpg
+pyjwt[crypto]
diff --git a/scanner/scanner/__init__.py b/scanner/scanner/__init__.py
index 4ed5ceca..ad2d3b08 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner/__init__.py
+++ b/scanner/scanner/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from typing import Annotated
 
 import asyncpg
-from fastapi import BackgroundTasks, FastAPI
+from fastapi import BackgroundTasks, FastAPI, Security
 
 from .client import KyooClient
 from .fsscan import Scanner
+from .jwt import validate_bearer
 from .providers.composite import CompositeProvider
 from .providers.themoviedatabase import TheMovieDatabase
 from .requests import RequestCreator, RequestProcessor
@@ -71,8 +73,13 @@ app = FastAPI(
 @app.put(
 	"/scan",
 	status_code=204,
-	description="Trigger a full scan of the filesystem, trying to find new videos & deleting old ones.",
 	response_description="Scan started.",
 )
-async def trigger_scan(tasks: BackgroundTasks):
+async def trigger_scan(
+	tasks: BackgroundTasks,
+	_: Annotated[None, Security(validate_bearer, scopes=["scanner."])],
+):
+	"""
+	Trigger a full scan of the filesystem, trying to find new videos & deleting old ones.
+	"""
 	tasks.add_task(scanner.scan)
diff --git a/scanner/scanner/jwt.py b/scanner/scanner/jwt.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d070cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanner/scanner/jwt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import os
+from typing import Annotated
+
+import jwt
+from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException
+from fastapi.security import HTTPAuthorizationCredentials, HTTPBearer, SecurityScopes
+from jwt import PyJWKClient
+
+jwks_client = PyJWKClient(
+	os.environ.get("JWKS_URL", "http://auth:4568/.well-known/jwks.json")
+)
+
+security = HTTPBearer(scheme_name="Bearer")
+
+
+def validate_bearer(
+	token: Annotated[HTTPAuthorizationCredentials, Depends(security)],
+	perms: SecurityScopes,
+):
+	try:
+		payload = jwt.decode(
+			token.credentials,
+			jwks_client.get_signing_key_from_jwt(token.credentials).key,
+			issuer=os.environ.get("JWT_ISSUER"),
+		)
+		for scope in perms.scopes:
+			if scope not in payload["permissions"]:
+				raise HTTPException(
+					status_code=403,
+					detail=f"Missing permissions {', '.join(perms.scopes)}",
+					headers={
+						"WWW-Authenticate": f'Bearer permissions="{",".join(perms.scopes)}"'
+					},
+				)
+		return payload
+	except Exception as e:
+		raise HTTPException(
+			status_code=403,
+			detail="Could not validate credentials",
+			headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+		) from e
diff --git a/scanner/shell.nix b/scanner/shell.nix
index 816ec910..b5e442da 100644
--- a/scanner/shell.nix
+++ b/scanner/shell.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
       watchfiles
       langcodes
       asyncpg
+      pyjwt
     ]);
 in
   pkgs.mkShell {