diff --git a/asab/api/discovery.py b/asab/api/discovery.py
index c9b86046..0a37b38d 100644
--- a/asab/api/discovery.py
+++ b/asab/api/discovery.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	jwcrypto = None
 
 from .. import Service
-from ..contextvars import Tenant
+from ..contextvars import Tenant, Request
 
 
 L = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -401,10 +401,17 @@ def session(
 				...
 		"""
 		_headers = {}
-		if isinstance(auth, aiohttp.web.Request):
-			# TODO: This should be the default option. Use contextvar to access the request.
+
+		if auth is None:
+			# By default, use the authorization from the incoming request
+			request = Request.get(None)
+			if request is not None:
+				_headers["Authorization"] = request.headers.get("Authorization")
+
+		elif isinstance(auth, aiohttp.web.Request):
 			assert "Authorization" in auth.headers
 			_headers["Authorization"] = auth.headers.get("Authorization")
+
 		elif auth == "internal":
 			if jwcrypto is None:
 				raise ModuleNotFoundError(
@@ -412,8 +419,7 @@ def session(
 					"Please run 'pip install jwcrypto' or install asab with 'authz' optional dependency."
 				)
 			_headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer {}".format(self.InternalAuthToken.serialize())
-		elif auth is None:
-			pass
+
 		else:
 			raise ValueError(
 				"Invalid 'auth' value. "
diff --git a/asab/contextvars.py b/asab/contextvars.py
index 18babb99..0ab01daa 100644
--- a/asab/contextvars.py
+++ b/asab/contextvars.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 import contextvars
 
 Tenant = contextvars.ContextVar("Tenant")
+
+# Contains aiohttp.web.Request
+Request = contextvars.ContextVar("Request")
diff --git a/asab/web/container.py b/asab/web/container.py
index 10acd480..fd94cc5f 100644
--- a/asab/web/container.py
+++ b/asab/web/container.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from ..tls import SSLContextBuilder
 from .service import WebService
 from ..application import Application
+from ..contextvars import Request
 
 #
 
@@ -136,6 +137,19 @@ def __init__(self, websvc: WebService, config_section_name: str, config: typing.
 			preflight_paths = re.split(r"[,\s]+", preflight_str, re.MULTILINE)
 			self.add_preflight_handlers(preflight_paths)
 
+		@aiohttp.web.middleware
+		async def set_request_context(request: aiohttp.web.Request, handler):
+			"""
+			Make sure that the incoming aiohttp.web.Request is available via Request context variable
+			"""
+			request_ctx = Request.set(request)
+			try:
+				return await handler(request)
+			finally:
+				Request.reset(request_ctx)
+
+		self.WebApp.middlewares.append(set_request_context)
+
 
 	async def _start(self, app: Application):
 		await self.WebAppRunner.setup()