diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b5acbac1..d46e82ce 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ delete-targetsources-dev-lab: ## Delete the target sources for the development l
 ##@ Testing Lab
 
 .PHONY: run-integration-tests
-run-integration-tests: docker-build undeploy-test-cluster deploy-test-cluster install-test-cluster-dependencies load-test-image deploy deploy-test-http-server install-kubectl install-gnmic install-containerlab deploy-test-topology apply-test-resources
+run-integration-tests: docker-build undeploy-test-cluster deploy-test-cluster install-test-cluster-dependencies load-test-image deploy deploy-test-http-server create-secrets-for-apiserver install-kubectl install-gnmic install-containerlab deploy-test-topology apply-test-resources send-target-to-apiserver
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready cluster --all --timeout=180s
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready pipeline --all --timeout=180s
 	kubectl wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.targetsCount}'=3 targetsource --all --timeout=180s
diff --git a/internal/apiserver/auth.go b/internal/apiserver/auth.go
index 338e0fd0..2ef32608 100644
--- a/internal/apiserver/auth.go
+++ b/internal/apiserver/auth.go
@@ -39,10 +39,15 @@ func (a *APIServer) verifyAuthentication(ctx *gin.Context, registry core.Discove
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-// verifySignature verifies x-hook-signature from POST header with hmac from body and a kubernetes secret.
+// verifySignature verifies the configured signature header from a POST request
+// against an hmac computed from the body and a kubernetes secret.
 func (a *APIServer) verifySignature(ctx *gin.Context, registry core.DiscoveryRegistryValue, logger logr.Logger) (bool, error) {
-	signatureHeader := ctx.GetHeader("x-hook-signature")
 	clc := registry.CommonLoaderConfig
+	headerName := clc.PushConfig.Auth.Signature.Header
+	if headerName == "" {
+		headerName = "x-hook-signature"
+	}
+	signatureHeader := ctx.GetHeader(headerName)
 	secret, err := getSecret(clc, clc.PushConfig.Auth.Signature.SecretRef.Key, clc.PushConfig.Auth.Signature.SecretRef.Name)
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test.mk b/test.mk
index fb30c305..84d55b7d 100644
--- a/test.mk
+++ b/test.mk
@@ -95,6 +95,22 @@ deploy-test-http-server: ## Deploy a test http pod with a static file inventory
 undeploy-test-http-server: ## Undeploy the http pod for testing
 	kubectl delete -f test/integration/http/resources/
 
+.PHONY: create-secrets-for-apiserver
+create-secrets-for-apiserver: ## Create the secret used to authenticate push-API requests (HMAC signature)
+	kubectl create secret generic gnmic-signature --from-literal=signature=1879
+
+.PHONY: send-target-to-apiserver
+send-target-to-apiserver: ## POST a target to the push API, authenticated with an HMAC-SHA512 signature over the body
+	@SIG_SECRET=$$(kubectl get secret gnmic-signature -o jsonpath='{.data.signature}' | base64 --decode); \
+	BODY='[{"address":"clab-t1-leaf2","port":57400,"name":"leaf2","operation":"created","targetProfile":"default","labels":[{"vendor":"nokia_srlinux"},{"role":"leaf"}]}]'; \
+	SIGNATURE=$$(printf '%s' "$$BODY" | openssl dgst -sha512 -hmac "$$SIG_SECRET" | awk '{print $$NF}'); \
+	kubectl port-forward -n gnmic-system svc/gnmic-controller-manager-api 8082:8082 --address=0.0.0.0 >/dev/null 2>&1 & \
+	sleep 3; \
+	curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 1 --retry-connrefused -X POST "http://localhost:8082/api/v1/default/target-source/http-ts/applyTargets" \
+		-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+		-H "x-hook-signature: $$SIGNATURE" \
+		-d "$$BODY"
+
 .PHONY: deploy-test-netbox-instance
 deploy-test-netbox-instance: NETBOX_CLUSTER_NAME=$(TEST_CLUSTER_NAME) ## Deploy the test netbox instance for testing
 deploy-test-netbox-instance: NETBOX_PASSWORD=Netbox123
diff --git a/test/integration/http/resources/configmap.yaml b/test/integration/http/resources/configmap.yaml
index 5bd06f43..e0c9a9f8 100644
--- a/test/integration/http/resources/configmap.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/http/resources/configmap.yaml
@@ -22,14 +22,5 @@ data:
           "vendor": "nokia_srlinux",
           "role": "leaf"
         }
-      },
-      {
-        "address": "clab-t1-leaf2",
-        "port": 57400,
-        "name": "leaf2",
-        "labels": {
-          "vendor": "nokia_srlinux",
-          "role": "leaf"
-        }
       }
     ]
diff --git a/test/integration/resources/targetsources/http.yaml b/test/integration/resources/targetsources/http.yaml
index 422cfdcd..77d9c862 100644
--- a/test/integration/resources/targetsources/http.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/resources/targetsources/http.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ spec:
   provider:
     http:
       url: http://http-svc.default.svc/targets.json
+      push:
+        enabled: true
+        auth:
+          signature:
+            secretRef:
+              name: gnmic-signature
+              key: signature
+            header: x-hook-signature
+            algorithm: sha512
   targetLabels:
     integrationtest: http
   targetProfile: default
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