diff --git a/src/pages/api/ping.js b/src/pages/api/ping.js
index cfc2aafa8..8c18a7e6f 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/ping.js
+++ b/src/pages/api/ping.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { performance } from "perf_hooks";
 import { getServiceItem } from "utils/config/service-helpers";
 import createLogger from "utils/logger";
 import { httpProxy } from "utils/proxy/http";
+import {importCookieHeader} from "utils/proxy/cookie-jar";
 
 const logger = createLogger("ping");
 
@@ -25,20 +26,24 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
         });
     }
 
+    if (req.headers.cookie) {
+        importCookieHeader(pingURL, req.headers.cookie)
+    }
+
     try {
       let startTime = performance.now();
       let [status] = await httpProxy(pingURL, {
         method: "HEAD"
       });
       let endTime = performance.now();
-      
+
       if (status > 403) {
         // try one more time as a GET in case HEAD is rejected for whatever reason
         startTime = performance.now();
         [status] = await httpProxy(pingURL);
         endTime = performance.now();
       }
-  
+
       return res.status(200).json({
         status,
         latency: endTime - startTime
diff --git a/src/utils/proxy/cookie-jar.js b/src/utils/proxy/cookie-jar.js
index 6519231cc..8ed8617cc 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxy/cookie-jar.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxy/cookie-jar.js
@@ -37,3 +37,27 @@ export function addCookieToJar(url, headers) {
     cookieJar.setCookieSync(cookies[i], url.toString(), { ignoreError: true });
   }
 }
+
+export function importCookieHeader(url, cookieHeader) {
+    const cookies = cookieHeader.split(';');
+    for (let i = 0; i < cookies.length; i += 1) {
+        const [key, value] = cookies[i].trim().split('=');
+
+        // If there's an existing cookie with a matching key for this url,
+        // we want to update it. Otherwise, we add a new cookie
+        let existingCookie;
+        try {
+            existingCookie = cookieJar.getCookiesSync(url).find(existing => existing.key === key);
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.debug(`Failed to get cookies for ${url}: ${e}`)
+        }
+
+        if (existingCookie) {
+            existingCookie.value = value;
+        } else {
+            cookieJar.setCookieSync(new Cookie({
+                key, value
+            }), url.toString(), { ignoreError: true });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js
index 93037dc57..7a6ba4c5f 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import validateWidgetData from "utils/proxy/validate-widget-data";
 import { httpProxy } from "utils/proxy/http";
 import createLogger from "utils/logger";
 import widgets from "widgets/widgets";
+import {importCookieHeader} from "utils/proxy/cookie-jar";
 
 const logger = createLogger("genericProxyHandler");
 
@@ -34,14 +35,18 @@ export default async function genericProxyHandler(req, res, map) {
         params.body = req.body;
       }
 
+      if (req.headers.cookie) {
+          importCookieHeader(url, req.headers.cookie)
+      }
+
       const [status, contentType, data] = await httpProxy(url, params);
 
       let resultData = data;
-      
+
       if (resultData.error?.url) {
         resultData.error.url = sanitizeErrorURL(url);
       }
-      
+
       if (status === 200) {
         if (!validateWidgetData(widget, endpoint, resultData)) {
           return res.status(status).json({error: {message: "Invalid data", url: sanitizeErrorURL(url), data: resultData}});