diff --git a/docs/transports/aiohttp.rst b/docs/transports/aiohttp.rst
index a54809cc..4b792232 100644
--- a/docs/transports/aiohttp.rst
+++ b/docs/transports/aiohttp.rst
@@ -12,4 +12,39 @@ This transport uses the `aiohttp`_ library and allows you to send GraphQL querie
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../code_examples/aiohttp_async.py
 
+Authentication
+--------------
+
+There are multiple ways to authenticate depending on the server configuration.
+
+1. Using HTTP Headers
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    transport = AIOHTTPTransport(
+        url='https://SERVER_URL:SERVER_PORT/graphql',
+        headers={'Authorization': 'token'}
+    )
+
+2. Using HTTP Cookies
+
+You can manually set the cookies which will be sent with each connection:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=url, cookies={"cookie1": "val1"})
+
+Or you can use a cookie jar to save cookies set from the backend and reuse them later.
+
+In some cases, the server will set some connection cookies after a successful login mutation
+and you can save these cookies in a cookie jar to reuse them in a following connection
+(See `issue 197`_):
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    jar = aiohttp.CookieJar()
+    transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=url, client_session_args={'cookie_jar': jar})
+
+
 .. _aiohttp: https://docs.aiohttp.org
+.. _issue 197: https://github.com/graphql-python/gql/issues/197
diff --git a/tests/test_aiohttp.py b/tests/test_aiohttp.py
index 815b4904..5c135b29 100644
--- a/tests/test_aiohttp.py
+++ b/tests/test_aiohttp.py
@@ -69,6 +69,39 @@ async def handler(request):
         assert africa["code"] == "AF"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_aiohttp_cookies(event_loop, aiohttp_server):
+    from aiohttp import web
+    from gql.transport.aiohttp import AIOHTTPTransport
+
+    async def handler(request):
+        assert "COOKIE" in request.headers
+        assert "cookie1=val1" == request.headers["COOKIE"]
+
+        return web.Response(text=query1_server_answer, content_type="application/json")
+
+    app = web.Application()
+    app.router.add_route("POST", "/", handler)
+    server = await aiohttp_server(app)
+
+    url = server.make_url("/")
+
+    sample_transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=url, cookies={"cookie1": "val1"})
+
+    async with Client(transport=sample_transport,) as session:
+
+        query = gql(query1_str)
+
+        # Execute query asynchronously
+        result = await session.execute(query)
+
+        continents = result["continents"]
+
+        africa = continents[0]
+
+        assert africa["code"] == "AF"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_aiohttp_error_code_500(event_loop, aiohttp_server):
     from aiohttp import web
diff --git a/tests/test_requests.py b/tests/test_requests.py
index a0f8ca27..2afbd84a 100644
--- a/tests/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/test_requests.py
@@ -64,6 +64,43 @@ def test_code():
     await run_sync_test(event_loop, server, test_code)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.aiohttp
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_requests_cookies(event_loop, aiohttp_server, run_sync_test):
+    from aiohttp import web
+    from gql.transport.requests import RequestsHTTPTransport
+
+    async def handler(request):
+        assert "COOKIE" in request.headers
+        assert "cookie1=val1" == request.headers["COOKIE"]
+
+        return web.Response(text=query1_server_answer, content_type="application/json")
+
+    app = web.Application()
+    app.router.add_route("POST", "/", handler)
+    server = await aiohttp_server(app)
+
+    url = server.make_url("/")
+
+    def test_code():
+        sample_transport = RequestsHTTPTransport(url=url, cookies={"cookie1": "val1"})
+
+        with Client(transport=sample_transport,) as session:
+
+            query = gql(query1_str)
+
+            # Execute query synchronously
+            result = session.execute(query)
+
+            continents = result["continents"]
+
+            africa = continents[0]
+
+            assert africa["code"] == "AF"
+
+    await run_sync_test(event_loop, server, test_code)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.aiohttp
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_requests_error_code_500(event_loop, aiohttp_server, run_sync_test):