diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/authentication.js b/packages/backend/src/helpers/authentication.js
index cfbb20d4..26851600 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/authentication.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/authentication.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import User from '../models/user.js';
 import AccessToken from '../models/access-token.js';
+import ApiToken from '../models/api-token.ee.js';
 
 export const isAuthenticated = async (req) => {
   const token = req.headers['authorization'];
@@ -46,3 +47,29 @@ export const authenticateUser = async (request, response, next) => {
     return response.status(401).end();
   }
 };
+
+export const isApiTokenAuthenticated = async (request) => {
+  const token = request.headers['x-api-token'];
+
+  if (token == null) return false;
+
+  try {
+    const apiToken = await ApiToken.query().findOne({
+      token,
+    });
+
+    if (apiToken == null) return false;
+
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
+export const authenticateApiToken = async (request, response, next) => {
+  if (await isApiTokenAuthenticated(request)) {
+    next();
+  } else {
+    return response.status(401).end();
+  }
+};
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/authentication.test.js b/packages/backend/src/helpers/authentication.test.js
index 1b5f1620..024145c6 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/authentication.test.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/authentication.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { isAuthenticated } from './authentication.js';
+import { isAuthenticated, isApiTokenAuthenticated } from './authentication.js';
 import { createUser } from '../../test/factories/user.js';
+import { createApiToken } from '../../test/factories/api-token.js';
 import createAuthTokenByUserId from '../helpers/create-auth-token-by-user-id.js';
 
 describe('isAuthenticated', () => {
@@ -31,3 +32,22 @@ describe('isAuthenticated', () => {
     expect(await isAuthenticated(req)).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe('isApiTokenAuthenticated', () => {
+  it('should return false if no token is provided', async () => {
+    const req = { headers: {} };
+    expect(await isApiTokenAuthenticated(req)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false if token is invalid', async () => {
+    const req = { headers: { 'x-api-token': 'invalidToken' } };
+    expect(await isApiTokenAuthenticated(req)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should return true if token is valid', async () => {
+    const apiToken = await createApiToken();
+
+    const req = { headers: { 'x-api-token': apiToken.token } };
+    expect(await isApiTokenAuthenticated(req)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});