diff --git a/lib/strategy.js b/lib/strategy.js
index 0f4b07f..ef96581 100644
--- a/lib/strategy.js
+++ b/lib/strategy.js
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Strategy.prototype.userProfile = function(accessToken, done) {
 
 
     if (self._scope && self._scope.indexOf('user:email') !== -1) {
-      self._oauth2._request('GET', self._userProfileURL + '/emails', { 'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.v3+json' }, '', accessToken, function(err, body, res) {
+      self._oauth2._request('GET', self._userProfileURL + '/emails', { 'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.v3+json', 'Authorization': 'token ' + accessToken }, '', accessToken, function(err, body, res) {
         if (err) {
           // If the attempt to fetch email addresses fails, return the profile
           // information that was obtained.