diff --git a/docs/generators/r.md b/docs/generators/r.md
index d5bf0df1a2f..2665c5fc0b1 100644
--- a/docs/generators/r.md
+++ b/docs/generators/r.md
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ These options may be applied as additional-properties (cli) or configOptions (pl
 |BasicAuth|✓|OAS2,OAS3
 |ApiKey|✓|OAS2,OAS3
 |OpenIDConnect|✗|OAS3
-|BearerToken|✗|OAS3
+|BearerToken|✓|OAS3
 |OAuth2_Implicit|✓|OAS2,OAS3
 |OAuth2_Password|✗|OAS2,OAS3
 |OAuth2_ClientCredentials|✗|OAS2,OAS3
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/RClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/RClientCodegen.java
index 24669ea6db1..fea410e1072 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/RClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/RClientCodegen.java
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ public class RClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
                 .securityFeatures(EnumSet.of(
                         SecurityFeature.BasicAuth,
                         SecurityFeature.ApiKey,
-                        SecurityFeature.OAuth2_Implicit
+                        SecurityFeature.OAuth2_Implicit,
+                        SecurityFeature.BearerToken
                 ))
                 .excludeGlobalFeatures(
                         GlobalFeature.XMLStructureDefinitions,