diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dfc5976..d920f63 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pires/go-proxyproto v0.6.0
 	github.com/poy/onpar v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ziutek/mymysql v1.5.4 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0 // indirect
 )
 
 go 1.13
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b11291e..ff4ed61 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68 h1:nxC68pudNYkKU6jWhgrqdreuFiOQWj1Fs7T3VrH4Pjw=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0 h1:w8ZOecv6NaNa/zC8944JTU3vz4u6Lagfk4RPQxv92NQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
diff --git a/tonic/handler.go b/tonic/handler.go
index 1009055..15c542f 100644
--- a/tonic/handler.go
+++ b/tonic/handler.go
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ func Handler(h interface{}, status int, options ...func(*Route)) gin.HandlerFunc
 				handleError(c, err)
 				return
 			}
+			// Bind context-keys
+			if err := bind(c, input, ContextTag, extractContext); err != nil {
+				handleError(c, err)
+				return
+			}
 			// validating query and path inputs if they have a validate tag
 			initValidator()
 			args = append(args, input)
diff --git a/tonic/tonic.go b/tonic/tonic.go
index 8bc9290..f166bf0 100644
--- a/tonic/tonic.go
+++ b/tonic/tonic.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 	QueryTag      = "query"
 	PathTag       = "path"
 	HeaderTag     = "header"
+	ContextTag    = "context"
 	EnumTag       = "enum"
 	RequiredTag   = "required"
 	DefaultTag    = "default"
@@ -345,6 +346,26 @@ func extractHeader(c *gin.Context, tag string) (string, []string, error) {
 	return name, []string{header}, nil
 }
 
+// extractContext is an extractor that operates on the gin.Context
+// of a request.
+func extractContext(c *gin.Context, tag string) (string, []string, error) {
+	name, required, defaultVal, err := parseTagKey(tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+	context := c.GetString(name)
+
+	// XXX: deprecated, use of "default" tag is preferred
+	if context == "" && defaultVal != "" {
+		return name, []string{defaultVal}, nil
+	}
+	// XXX: deprecated, use of "validate" tag is preferred
+	if required && context == "" {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("missing header parameter: %s", name)
+	}
+	return name, []string{context}, nil
+}
+
 // Public signature does not expose "required" and "default" because
 // they are deprecated in favor of the "validate" and "default" tags
 func parseTagKey(tag string) (string, bool, string, error) {
diff --git a/tonic/tonic_test.go b/tonic/tonic_test.go
index 694c159..53d14d5 100644
--- a/tonic/tonic_test.go
+++ b/tonic/tonic_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	tonic.SetErrorHook(errorHook)
 
 	g := gin.Default()
+
+	// for context test
+	g.Use(func(c *gin.Context) {
+		if c.FullPath() == "/context" {
+			if val, ok := c.GetQuery("param"); ok {
+				c.Set("param", val)
+			}
+			if val, ok := c.GetQuery("param-optional"); ok {
+				c.Set("param-optional", val)
+			}
+			if val, ok := c.GetQuery("param-optional-validated"); ok {
+				c.Set("param-optional-validated", val)
+			}
+		}
+		c.Next()
+	})
+
 	g.GET("/simple", tonic.Handler(simpleHandler, 200))
 	g.GET("/scalar", tonic.Handler(scalarHandler, 200))
 	g.GET("/error", tonic.Handler(errorHandler, 200))
@@ -35,6 +52,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	g.GET("/query", tonic.Handler(queryHandler, 200))
 	g.GET("/query-old", tonic.Handler(queryHandlerOld, 200))
 	g.POST("/body", tonic.Handler(bodyHandler, 200))
+	g.GET("/context", tonic.Handler(contextHandler, 200))
 
 	r = g
 
@@ -130,6 +148,17 @@ func TestBody(t *testing.T) {
 	tester.Run()
 }
 
+func TestContext(t *testing.T) {
+	tester := iffy.NewTester(t, r)
+
+	tester.AddCall("context", "GET", "/context?param=foo", ``).Checkers(iffy.ExpectStatus(200), expectString("param", "foo"))
+	tester.AddCall("context", "GET", "/context", ``).Checkers(iffy.ExpectStatus(400))
+	tester.AddCall("context", "GET", "/context?param=foo&param-optional=bar", ``).Checkers(iffy.ExpectStatus(200), expectString("param-optional", "bar"))
+	tester.AddCall("context", "GET", "/context?param=foo&param-optional-validated=foo", ``).Checkers(iffy.ExpectStatus(200), expectString("param-optional-validated", "foo"))
+
+	tester.Run()
+}
+
 func errorHandler(c *gin.Context) error {
 	return errors.New("error")
 }
@@ -199,6 +228,16 @@ func bodyHandler(c *gin.Context, in *bodyIn) (*bodyIn, error) {
 	return in, nil
 }
 
+type ContextIn struct {
+	Param                  string `context:"param" json:"param" validate:"required"`
+	ParamOptional          string `context:"param-optional" json:"param-optional"`
+	ValidatedParamOptional string `context:"param-optional-validated" json:"param-optional-validated" validate:"eq=|eq=foo|gt=10"`
+}
+
+func contextHandler(c *gin.Context, in *ContextIn) (*ContextIn, error) {
+	return in, nil
+}
+
 func expectEmptyBody(r *http.Response, body string, obj interface{}) error {
 	if len(body) != 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Body '%s' should be empty", body)