diff --git a/api/decision_test.go b/api/decision_test.go
index d4c6d07236..aeb85e3d8a 100644
--- a/api/decision_test.go
+++ b/api/decision_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ func TestDecisionAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(n)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
+	ruleNoOpAuthenticatorWithMutator := rule.Rule{
+		Match:          &rule.Match{Methods: []string{"GET"}, URL: ts.URL + "/authn-noop-mutator/<[0-9]+>"},
+		Authenticators: []rule.Handler{{Handler: "noop"}},
+		Authorizer:     rule.Handler{Handler: "allow"},
+		Mutators:       []rule.Handler{{Handler: "id_token"}},
+		Upstream:       rule.Upstream{URL: ""},
+	}
+
 	ruleNoOpAuthenticator := rule.Rule{
 		Match:          &rule.Match{Methods: []string{"GET"}, URL: ts.URL + "/authn-noop/<[0-9]+>"},
 		Authenticators: []rule.Handler{{Handler: "noop"}},
@@ -66,6 +74,13 @@ func TestDecisionAPI(t *testing.T) {
 		Upstream:       rule.Upstream{URL: "", StripPath: "/strip-path/", PreserveHost: true},
 	}
 
+	ruleNoOpAuthenticatorWithMutatorGLOB := rule.Rule{
+        Match:          &rule.Match{Methods: []string{"GET"}, URL: ts.URL + "/authn-noop-mutator/<[0-9]*>"},    
+        Authenticators: []rule.Handler{{Handler: "noop"}},    
+        Authorizer:     rule.Handler{Handler: "allow"},    
+        Mutators:       []rule.Handler{{Handler: "id_token"}},    
+        Upstream:       rule.Upstream{URL: ""},  
+	}
 	ruleNoOpAuthenticatorGLOB := rule.Rule{
 		Match:          &rule.Match{Methods: []string{"GET"}, URL: ts.URL + "/authn-noop/<[0-9]*>"},
 		Authenticators: []rule.Handler{{Handler: "noop"}},
@@ -105,6 +120,17 @@ func TestDecisionAPI(t *testing.T) {
 			rulesGlob:   []rule.Rule{ruleNoOpAuthenticatorGLOB, ruleNoOpAuthenticatorGLOB},
 			code:        http.StatusInternalServerError,
 		},
+		{
+			d:           "should pass and skip mutator with noop authenticator",
+			url:         ts.URL + "/decisions" + "/authn-noop-mutator/1234",
+			rulesRegexp: []rule.Rule{ruleNoOpAuthenticatorWithMutator},
+			rulesGlob:   []rule.Rule{ruleNoOpAuthenticatorWithMutatorGLOB},
+			code:        http.StatusOK,
+			transform: func(r *http.Request) {
+				r.Header.Add("Authorization", "basic user:pass")
+			},
+			authz: "basic user:pass",
+		},
 		{
 			d:           "should pass",
 			url:         ts.URL + "/decisions" + "/authn-noop/1234",
diff --git a/proxy/request_handler.go b/proxy/request_handler.go
index 7c2aaae9f3..9abab5594f 100644
--- a/proxy/request_handler.go
+++ b/proxy/request_handler.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ func (d *requestHandler) HandleRequest(r *http.Request, rl *rule.Rule) (session
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	useNoopAuthenticator := false
 	for _, a := range rl.Authenticators {
 		anh, err := d.r.PipelineAuthenticator(a.Handler)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -225,6 +226,10 @@ func (d *requestHandler) HandleRequest(r *http.Request, rl *rule.Rule) (session
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		} else {
+			// If we hit the no-op authenticator then make a note of it
+			if anh.GetID() == "noop" {
+				useNoopAuthenticator = true
+			}
 			// The first authenticator that matches must return the session
 			found = true
 			fields["subject"] = session.Subject
@@ -242,6 +247,14 @@ func (d *requestHandler) HandleRequest(r *http.Request, rl *rule.Rule) (session
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if useNoopAuthenticator {
+		// This is essentially what the noop mutator does so if we choose to
+		// use noop authentication and skip other parts of the pipeline then
+		// we need to set the session from the request headers
+		session.Header = r.Header
+		return session, nil
+	}
+
 	azh, err := d.r.PipelineAuthorizer(rl.Authorizer.Handler)
 	if err != nil {
 		d.r.Logger().WithError(err).
diff --git a/proxy/request_handler_test.go b/proxy/request_handler_test.go
index 4fe5a0ea6f..9c55e7ba74 100644
--- a/proxy/request_handler_test.go
+++ b/proxy/request_handler_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ func newTestRequest(u string) *http.Request {
 	return &http.Request{URL: x.ParseURLOrPanic(u), Method: "GET", Header: TestHeader}
 }
 
+func newTestRequestWithBasicAuth(u string) *http.Request {
+	headers := TestHeader.Clone()
+	headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6c2VjcmV0Cg==")
+	return &http.Request{URL: x.ParseURLOrPanic(u), Method: "GET", Header: headers}
+}
+
 func TestHandleError(t *testing.T) {
 	for k, tc := range []struct {
 		d          string
@@ -443,6 +449,54 @@ func TestRequestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRequestHandlerWithNoopAuthorizer(t *testing.T) {
+	for k, tc := range []struct {
+		d         string
+		setup     func()
+		rule      rule.Rule
+		r         *http.Request
+		expectErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			d: "should skip other authorizers / mutators when noop is enabled",
+			setup: func() {
+				viper.Set(configuration.ViperKeyAuthenticatorNoopIsEnabled, true)
+				viper.Set(configuration.ViperKeyAuthorizerAllowIsEnabled, false)
+				viper.Set(configuration.ViperKeyMutatorNoopIsEnabled, false)
+			},
+			// TODO: Test for Basic Auth header to come through...
+			r: newTestRequestWithBasicAuth("http://localhost"),
+			rule: rule.Rule{
+				Authenticators: []rule.Handler{{Handler: "noop"}},
+				Authorizer:     rule.Handler{Handler: "allow"},
+				Mutators:       []rule.Handler{{Handler: "invalid-id"}},
+			},
+		},
+		// TODO: Could we create a test that asserts if a given handler was NOT evaluated
+		// not sure based on the current setup...
+	} {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("case=%d/description=%s", k, tc.d), func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			conf := internal.NewConfigurationWithDefaults()
+			reg := internal.NewRegistry(conf)
+
+			if tc.setup != nil {
+				tc.setup()
+			}
+
+			session, err := reg.ProxyRequestHandler().HandleRequest(tc.r, &tc.rule)
+			t.Logf("Found the session: %+v", session)
+			user, pass, ok := tc.r.BasicAuth()
+			t.Logf("Request headers: %+v, %s:%s %v", tc.r.Header, user, pass, ok)
+			if tc.expectErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestInitializeSession(t *testing.T) {
 	for k, tc := range []struct {
 		d                string