diff --git a/clients/clients.go b/clients/clients.go
index dc2d3c1..048968c 100644
--- a/clients/clients.go
+++ b/clients/clients.go
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type WgConfig struct {
-	IpAddress string     `json:"ipAddress"`
-	Peers     []Peer     `json:"peers"`
-	Targets   []Target   `json:"targets"`
-	Certs     []CertData `json:"certs"`
-	ChainId   string     `json:"chainId"`
+	IpAddress        string                     `json:"ipAddress"`
+	Peers            []Peer                     `json:"peers"`
+	Targets          []Target                   `json:"targets"`
+	Certs            []CertData                 `json:"certs"`
+	ClientIdentities []netstack2.ClientIdentity `json:"clientIdentities"`
+	ChainId          string                     `json:"chainId"`
 }
 
 type Target struct {
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ func NewWireGuardService(interfaceName string, port uint16, mtu int, host string
 	wsClient.RegisterHandler("newt/wg/targets/update", service.handleUpdateTarget)
 	wsClient.RegisterHandler("newt/certs/add", service.handleAddCerts)
 	wsClient.RegisterHandler("newt/certs/remove", service.handleRemoveCerts)
+	wsClient.RegisterHandler("newt/wg/client-identities/add", service.handleAddClientIdentities)
 
 	return service, nil
 }
@@ -589,6 +591,10 @@ func (s *WireGuardService) handleConfig(msg websocket.WSMessage) {
 		logger.Error("Failed to ensure WireGuard peers: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if s.tnet != nil {
+		s.tnet.ReplaceClientIdentities(config.ClientIdentities)
+	}
+
 	if err := s.ensureTargets(config.Targets); err != nil {
 		logger.Error("Failed to ensure WireGuard targets: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -697,13 +703,43 @@ func (s *WireGuardService) handleRemoveCerts(msg websocket.WSMessage) {
 	logger.Info("Removed %d certs", len(data.IDs))
 }
 
+// handleAddClientIdentities processes a "newt/wg/client-identities/add"
+// message: an array of ClientIdentity to upsert into the HTTP proxy's
+// identity table.
+func (s *WireGuardService) handleAddClientIdentities(msg websocket.WSMessage) {
+	jsonData, err := json.Marshal(msg.Data)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Info("Error marshaling client identities data: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var identities []netstack2.ClientIdentity
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(jsonData, &identities); err != nil {
+		logger.Warn("Error unmarshaling client identities data: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if s.tnet == nil {
+		// Native interface mode - proxy features not available, skip silently
+		logger.Debug("Skipping client identities - using native interface (no proxy support)")
+		return
+	}
+
+	s.tnet.AddClientIdentities(identities)
+	logger.Info("Added %d client identities", len(identities))
+}
+
 // Sync synchronizes the clients WireGuard peers and targets with the desired state
 // received as part of the main newt/sync message.
-func (s *WireGuardService) Sync(peers []Peer, targets []Target) {
+func (s *WireGuardService) Sync(peers []Peer, targets []Target, identities []netstack2.ClientIdentity) {
 	if err := s.syncPeers(peers); err != nil {
 		logger.Error("Failed to sync client peers: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if s.tnet != nil {
+		s.tnet.ReplaceClientIdentities(identities)
+	}
+
 	if err := s.syncTargets(targets); err != nil {
 		logger.Error("Failed to sync client targets: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/netstack2/client_identity.go b/netstack2/client_identity.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a85690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netstack2/client_identity.go
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package netstack2
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/netip"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/fosrl/newt/logger"
+)
+
+// Header names match the defaults that Badger sets for resources behind
+// Traefik, so downstream services see the same identity headers regardless of
+// whether a request came through Pangolin's public proxy or through newt.
+const (
+	remoteUserIDHeader = "Remote-User-Id"
+	remoteUserHeader   = "Remote-User"
+	remoteEmailHeader  = "Remote-Email"
+	remoteNameHeader   = "Remote-Name"
+	remoteRoleHeader   = "Remote-Role"
+)
+
+// ClientIdentity describes who is behind a client's tunnel IP. The server
+// sends one per client that can reach an HTTP resource; the HTTP handler maps
+// a request's source address to it to set the Remote-* headers. Machine
+// clients have no user, so only Name and Role are set for them.
+type ClientIdentity struct {
+	IP       string `json:"ip"`
+	UserID   string `json:"userId,omitempty"`
+	Username string `json:"username,omitempty"`
+	Email    string `json:"email,omitempty"`
+	Name     string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Role     string `json:"role,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// clientIdentityStore maps client tunnel IPs to their identity.
+type clientIdentityStore struct {
+	mu         sync.RWMutex
+	identities map[netip.Addr]ClientIdentity
+}
+
+func parseIdentityAddr(id ClientIdentity) (netip.Addr, bool) {
+	addr, err := netip.ParseAddr(id.IP)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Warn("Ignoring client identity with invalid IP %q: %v", id.IP, err)
+		return netip.Addr{}, false
+	}
+	return addr.Unmap(), true
+}
+
+// replace swaps in the full set of identities, as sent on every full sync.
+func (s *clientIdentityStore) replace(ids []ClientIdentity) {
+	m := make(map[netip.Addr]ClientIdentity, len(ids))
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		if addr, ok := parseIdentityAddr(id); ok {
+			m[addr] = id
+		}
+	}
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	s.identities = m
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// upsert adds or overwrites the given identities, keeping all others.
+func (s *clientIdentityStore) upsert(ids []ClientIdentity) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	if s.identities == nil {
+		s.identities = make(map[netip.Addr]ClientIdentity, len(ids))
+	}
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		if addr, ok := parseIdentityAddr(id); ok {
+			s.identities[addr] = id
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// lookup returns the identity for the source address of a request
+// ("ip:port", as found in http.Request.RemoteAddr).
+func (s *clientIdentityStore) lookup(remoteAddr string) (ClientIdentity, bool) {
+	addrPort, err := netip.ParseAddrPort(remoteAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ClientIdentity{}, false
+	}
+	s.mu.RLock()
+	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
+	id, ok := s.identities[addrPort.Addr().Unmap()]
+	return id, ok
+}
+
+// setRemoteHeaders strips any client-supplied Remote-* headers from out, so a
+// client can never spoof them, then sets them from the identity of the client
+// the request came from, if known.
+func (s *clientIdentityStore) setRemoteHeaders(out http.Header, remoteAddr string) {
+	out.Del(remoteUserIDHeader)
+	out.Del(remoteUserHeader)
+	out.Del(remoteEmailHeader)
+	out.Del(remoteNameHeader)
+	out.Del(remoteRoleHeader)
+
+	id, ok := s.lookup(remoteAddr)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	set := func(name, value string) {
+		if value != "" {
+			out.Set(name, value)
+		}
+	}
+	set(remoteUserIDHeader, id.UserID)
+	set(remoteUserHeader, id.Username)
+	set(remoteEmailHeader, id.Email)
+	set(remoteNameHeader, id.Name)
+	set(remoteRoleHeader, id.Role)
+}
diff --git a/netstack2/client_identity_test.go b/netstack2/client_identity_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..700a7e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netstack2/client_identity_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package netstack2
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestHTTPHandlerSetsRemoteHeaders(t *testing.T) {
+	received := make(chan http.Header, 1)
+	backend := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		received <- r.Header.Clone()
+	}))
+	defer backend.Close()
+
+	backendURL, err := url.Parse(backend.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse backend URL: %v", err)
+	}
+	backendHost, backendPort, err := net.SplitHostPort(backendURL.Host)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("split backend host: %v", err)
+	}
+	port, err := net.LookupPort("tcp", backendPort)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse backend port: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	handler := NewHTTPHandler(nil, nil)
+	handler.ReplaceClientIdentities([]ClientIdentity{
+		{IP: "100.90.128.5", UserID: "u1", Username: "alice", Email: "alice@example.com", Name: "Alice", Role: "Admin, Member"},
+		{IP: "100.90.128.6", Name: "build-server", Role: "CI"},
+	})
+	rule := &SubnetRule{
+		Protocol: "http",
+		HTTPTargets: []HTTPTarget{
+			{DestAddr: backendHost, DestPort: uint16(port), Scheme: backendURL.Scheme},
+		},
+	}
+
+	send := func(remoteAddr string) http.Header {
+		t.Helper()
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://app.internal/", nil)
+		req.RemoteAddr = remoteAddr
+		// a client must not be able to spoof any of these
+		req.Header.Set("Remote-User", "mallory")
+		req.Header.Set("Remote-Role", "Admin")
+		req = req.WithContext(context.WithValue(req.Context(), connCtxKey{}, rule))
+		handler.handleRequest(httptest.NewRecorder(), req)
+		return <-received
+	}
+
+	user := send("100.90.128.5:51234")
+	for name, want := range map[string]string{
+		"Remote-User-Id": "u1",
+		"Remote-User":    "alice",
+		"Remote-Email":   "alice@example.com",
+		"Remote-Name":    "Alice",
+		"Remote-Role":    "Admin, Member",
+	} {
+		if got := user.Get(name); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("user client: %s = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	machine := send("100.90.128.6:51234")
+	for name, want := range map[string]string{
+		"Remote-User-Id": "",
+		"Remote-User":    "",
+		"Remote-Email":   "",
+		"Remote-Name":    "build-server",
+		"Remote-Role":    "CI",
+	} {
+		if got := machine.Get(name); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("machine client: %s = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	unknown := send("100.90.128.7:51234")
+	for _, name := range []string{"Remote-User", "Remote-Role"} {
+		if got := unknown.Get(name); got != "" {
+			t.Errorf("unknown client: %s = %q, want it stripped", name, got)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// an incremental add overwrites a stale entry for a reused IP
+	handler.AddClientIdentities([]ClientIdentity{{IP: "100.90.128.5", Name: "other-machine"}})
+	reused := send("100.90.128.5:51234")
+	if got := reused.Get("Remote-User"); got != "" {
+		t.Errorf("reused IP: Remote-User = %q, want empty", got)
+	}
+	if got := reused.Get("Remote-Name"); got != "other-machine" {
+		t.Errorf("reused IP: Remote-Name = %q, want %q", got, "other-machine")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/netstack2/http_handler.go b/netstack2/http_handler.go
index 2ec7ff8..ed307b1 100644
--- a/netstack2/http_handler.go
+++ b/netstack2/http_handler.go
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ type HTTPHandler struct {
 	// silently dropping every connection.
 	fallbackTLSOnce sync.Once
 	fallbackTLSCfg  *tls.Config
+
+	// identities maps client tunnel IPs to the user or machine behind them,
+	// used to set Remote-* headers on proxied requests.
+	identities clientIdentityStore
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -169,6 +173,16 @@ func NewHTTPHandler(s *stack.Stack, ph *ProxyHandler) *HTTPHandler {
 	}
 }
 
+// ReplaceClientIdentities replaces the full set of known client identities.
+func (h *HTTPHandler) ReplaceClientIdentities(ids []ClientIdentity) {
+	h.identities.replace(ids)
+}
+
+// AddClientIdentities adds or overwrites the given client identities.
+func (h *HTTPHandler) AddClientIdentities(ids []ClientIdentity) {
+	h.identities.upsert(ids)
+}
+
 // SetRequestLogger attaches an HTTPRequestLogger so that every proxied request
 // is recorded and periodically shipped to the server.
 func (h *HTTPHandler) SetRequestLogger(rl *HTTPRequestLogger) {
@@ -387,6 +401,8 @@ func (h *HTTPHandler) getProxy(target HTTPTarget) *httputil.ReverseProxy {
 			if isTLS, _ := pr.In.Context().Value(connTLSKey{}).(bool); isTLS {
 				pr.Out.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", "https")
 			}
+
+			h.identities.setRemoteHeaders(pr.Out.Header, pr.In.RemoteAddr)
 		},
 		Transport: transport,
 	}
diff --git a/netstack2/proxy.go b/netstack2/proxy.go
index 28b6506..963eb98 100644
--- a/netstack2/proxy.go
+++ b/netstack2/proxy.go
@@ -291,6 +291,24 @@ func (p *ProxyHandler) ReplaceAllSubnetRules(rules []SubnetRule) {
 	p.subnetLookup.ReplaceAll(rules)
 }
 
+// ReplaceClientIdentities replaces the full set of client identities used by
+// the HTTP handler to set Remote-* headers.
+func (p *ProxyHandler) ReplaceClientIdentities(ids []ClientIdentity) {
+	if p == nil || !p.enabled || p.httpHandler == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	p.httpHandler.ReplaceClientIdentities(ids)
+}
+
+// AddClientIdentities adds or overwrites client identities used by the HTTP
+// handler to set Remote-* headers.
+func (p *ProxyHandler) AddClientIdentities(ids []ClientIdentity) {
+	if p == nil || !p.enabled || p.httpHandler == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	p.httpHandler.AddClientIdentities(ids)
+}
+
 // GetAllRules returns all subnet rules from the proxy handler
 func (p *ProxyHandler) GetAllRules() []SubnetRule {
 	if p == nil || !p.enabled {
diff --git a/netstack2/tun.go b/netstack2/tun.go
index 014cbf9..40274b1 100644
--- a/netstack2/tun.go
+++ b/netstack2/tun.go
@@ -376,6 +376,24 @@ func (net *Net) ReplaceProxySubnetRules(rules []SubnetRule) {
 	}
 }
 
+// ReplaceClientIdentities replaces the full set of client identities used by
+// the HTTP proxy to set Remote-* headers.
+func (net *Net) ReplaceClientIdentities(ids []ClientIdentity) {
+	tun := (*netTun)(net)
+	if tun.proxyHandler != nil {
+		tun.proxyHandler.ReplaceClientIdentities(ids)
+	}
+}
+
+// AddClientIdentities adds or overwrites client identities used by the HTTP
+// proxy to set Remote-* headers.
+func (net *Net) AddClientIdentities(ids []ClientIdentity) {
+	tun := (*netTun)(net)
+	if tun.proxyHandler != nil {
+		tun.proxyHandler.AddClientIdentities(ids)
+	}
+}
+
 // GetProxySubnetRules returns all subnet rules from the proxy handler
 func (net *Net) GetProxySubnetRules() []SubnetRule {
 	tun := (*netTun)(net)
diff --git a/newt/data.go b/newt/data.go
index 5870b72..f96b2e9 100644
--- a/newt/data.go
+++ b/newt/data.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (n *Newt) handleSync(msg websocket.WSMessage) {
 	// Sync clients WireGuard peers and targets, if clients are set up
 	if n.wgService != nil {
 		n.wgService.SetCerts(syncData.Certs)
-		n.wgService.Sync(syncData.Peers, syncData.ClientTargets)
+		n.wgService.Sync(syncData.Peers, syncData.ClientTargets, syncData.ClientIdentities)
 	}
 
 	// Sync browser gateway targets
diff --git a/newt/types.go b/newt/types.go
index 8b2a2e8..0ffc803 100644
--- a/newt/types.go
+++ b/newt/types.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	wgclients "github.com/fosrl/newt/clients"
 	"github.com/fosrl/newt/exitnode"
 	"github.com/fosrl/newt/healthcheck"
+	"github.com/fosrl/newt/netstack2"
 )
 
 type BrowserGatewayTarget struct {
@@ -52,11 +53,12 @@ type BlueprintResult struct {
 
 // Define the sync data structure
 type SyncData struct {
-	Targets               TargetsByType          `json:"proxyTargets"`
-	HealthCheckTargets    []healthcheck.Config   `json:"healthCheckTargets"`
-	RemoteExitNodeSubnets []string               `json:"remoteExitNodeSubnets"`
-	Peers                 []wgclients.Peer       `json:"peers"`
-	ClientTargets         []wgclients.Target     `json:"clientTargets"`
-	Certs                 []wgclients.CertData   `json:"certs"`
-	BrowserGatewayTargets []BrowserGatewayTarget `json:"browserGatewayTargets"`
+	Targets               TargetsByType              `json:"proxyTargets"`
+	HealthCheckTargets    []healthcheck.Config       `json:"healthCheckTargets"`
+	RemoteExitNodeSubnets []string                   `json:"remoteExitNodeSubnets"`
+	Peers                 []wgclients.Peer           `json:"peers"`
+	ClientTargets         []wgclients.Target         `json:"clientTargets"`
+	Certs                 []wgclients.CertData       `json:"certs"`
+	ClientIdentities      []netstack2.ClientIdentity `json:"clientIdentities"`
+	BrowserGatewayTargets []BrowserGatewayTarget     `json:"browserGatewayTargets"`
 }