diff --git a/gerrit_util.py b/gerrit_util.py
index f7bd210d3..9b5214660 100644
--- a/gerrit_util.py
+++ b/gerrit_util.py
@@ -200,11 +200,13 @@ class CookiesAuthenticator(Authenticator):
             continue
           domain, xpath, key, value = fields[0], fields[2], fields[5], fields[6]
           if xpath == '/' and key == 'o':
-            login, secret_token = value.split('=', 1)
-            gitcookies[domain] = (login, secret_token)
+            if value.startswith('git-'):
+              login, secret_token = value.split('=', 1)
+              gitcookies[domain] = (login, secret_token)
+            else:
+              gitcookies[domain] = ('', value)
         except (IndexError, ValueError, TypeError) as exc:
           LOGGER.warning(exc)
-
     return gitcookies
 
   def _get_auth_for_host(self, host):
@@ -216,7 +218,10 @@ class CookiesAuthenticator(Authenticator):
   def get_auth_header(self, host):
     a = self._get_auth_for_host(host)
     if a:
-      return 'Basic %s' % (base64.b64encode('%s:%s' % (a[0], a[2])))
+      if a[0]:
+        return 'Basic %s' % (base64.b64encode('%s:%s' % (a[0], a[2])))
+      else:
+        return 'Bearer %s' % a[2]
     return None
 
   def get_auth_email(self, host):
diff --git a/tests/git_cl_test.py b/tests/git_cl_test.py
index cb20c194c..6df29c6c1 100755
--- a/tests/git_cl_test.py
+++ b/tests/git_cl_test.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import metrics
 # We have to disable monitoring before importing git_cl.
 metrics.DISABLE_METRICS_COLLECTION = True
 
+import gerrit_util
 import git_cl
 import git_common
 import git_footers
@@ -2104,6 +2105,18 @@ class TestGitCl(TestCase):
         auth={}, skip_auth_check=True)
     self.assertIsNone(cl.EnsureAuthenticated(force=False))
 
+  def test_gerrit_ensure_authenticated_bearer_token(self):
+    cl = self._test_gerrit_ensure_authenticated_common(auth={
+      'chromium.googlesource.com':
+          ('', None, 'secret'),
+      'chromium-review.googlesource.com':
+          ('', None, 'secret'),
+    })
+    self.assertIsNone(cl.EnsureAuthenticated(force=False))
+    header = gerrit_util.CookiesAuthenticator().get_auth_header(
+        'chromium.googlesource.com')
+    self.assertTrue('Bearer' in header)
+
   def test_cmd_set_commit_rietveld(self):
     self.mock(git_cl._RietveldChangelistImpl, 'SetFlags',
               lambda _, v: self._mocked_call(['SetFlags', v]))