diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 390f5a1c..a2748149 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ docs = [
     "mkdocs-material[imaging]>=9.6.16",
     "mkdocstrings[python]>=0.30.0",
 ]
+lambda = [
+    "mangum>=0.19.0",
+]
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 branch = true
diff --git a/src/stac_auth_proxy/lambda.py b/src/stac_auth_proxy/lambda.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b5af364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stac_auth_proxy/lambda.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"""Handler for AWS Lambda."""
+
+from stac_auth_proxy import create_app
+
+try:
+    from mangum import Mangum
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError(
+        "mangum is required to use the Lambda handler. Install stac-auth-proxy[lambda]."
+    )
+
+
+handler = Mangum(
+    create_app(),
+    # NOTE: lifespan="off" skips conformance check and upstream health checks on startup
+    lifespan="off",
+)
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index f1a5dbae..5df3c16d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -965,6 +965,18 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cd/58/4a1880ea64032185e9ae9f63940c9327c6952d5584ea544a8f66972f2fda/jwcrypto-1.5.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:150d2b0ebbdb8f40b77f543fb44ffd2baeff48788be71f67f03566692fd55789", size = 92520, upload-time = "2024-03-06T19:58:29.765Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mangum"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "typing-extensions" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/97/e0/6ee9bfa27226252a449cba12fc57d3f1c3ce661813377ab33e29245389a4/mangum-0.19.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e388e7c491b7b67970f8234e46fd4a7b21ff87785848f418de08148f71cf0bd6", size = 85792, upload-time = "2024-09-26T20:44:49.773Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/77/ec/dd1cae5f6b1b4a08c01de587b45e889036b2f8c06408621e0cb273909965/mangum-0.19.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e500b35f495d5e68ac98bc97334896d6101523f2ee2c57ba6a61893b65266e59", size = 17083, upload-time = "2024-09-26T20:44:48.357Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "markdown"
 version = "3.8.2"
@@ -1734,6 +1746,9 @@ docs = [
     { name = "mkdocs-material", extra = ["imaging"] },
     { name = "mkdocstrings", extra = ["python"] },
 ]
+lambda = [
+    { name = "mangum" },
+]
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
 dev = [
@@ -1757,6 +1772,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "griffe-inherited-docstrings", marker = "extra == 'docs'", specifier = ">=1.1.1" },
     { name = "httpx", extras = ["http2"], specifier = ">=0.28.0" },
     { name = "jinja2", specifier = ">=3.1.4" },
+    { name = "mangum", marker = "extra == 'lambda'", specifier = ">=0.19.0" },
     { name = "markdown-gfm-admonition", marker = "extra == 'docs'", specifier = ">=0.1.1" },
     { name = "mkdocs", marker = "extra == 'docs'", specifier = ">=1.6.1" },
     { name = "mkdocs-api-autonav", marker = "extra == 'docs'", specifier = ">=0.3.0" },
@@ -1767,7 +1783,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "starlette-cramjam", specifier = ">=0.4.0" },
     { name = "uvicorn", specifier = ">=0.32.1" },
 ]
-provides-extras = ["docs"]
+provides-extras = ["docs", "lambda"]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [