diff --git a/docs/snakefiles/remote_files.rst b/docs/snakefiles/remote_files.rst
index 56be5305c..621d9c0f7 100644
--- a/docs/snakefiles/remote_files.rst
+++ b/docs/snakefiles/remote_files.rst
@@ -824,10 +824,9 @@ Avoid creating uploads with too many files, and instead group and zip them to ma
 
     # let Snakemake assert the presence of the required environment variable
     envvars:
-        "MYZENODO_PAT"
+        "ZENODO_ACCESS_TOKEN"
 
-    access_token = os.environ["MYZENODO_PAT"]
-    zenodo = RemoteProvider(deposition="your deposition id", access_token=access_token)
+    zenodo = RemoteProvider(deposition="your deposition id", access_token=os.environ["ZENODO_ACCESS_TOKEN"])
 
     rule upload:
         input:
@@ -841,11 +840,46 @@ Avoid creating uploads with too many files, and instead group and zip them to ma
 It is possible to use `Zenodo sandbox environment <https://sandbox.zenodo.org>`_ for testing by setting ``sandbox=True`` argument.
 Using sandbox environment requires setting up sandbox account with its personal access token.
 
-Auto
-====
+Restricted access
+-----------------
+If you need to access a deposition with restricted access, you have to additionally provide a ``restricted_access_token``.
+This can be obtained from the restricted access URL that Zenodo usually sends you via email once restricted access to a deposition (requested via the web interface) has been granted by the owner.
+Let ``
+https://zenodo.org/record/000000000?token=dlksajdlkjaslnflkndlfnjnn`` be the URL provided by Zenodo.
+Then, the ``restricted_access_token`` is ``dlksajdlkjaslnflkndlfnjnn``, and it can be used as follows:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from snakemake.remote.zenodo import RemoteProvider
+    import os
+
+    # let Snakemake assert the presence of the required environment variable
+    envvars:
+        "ZENODO_ACCESS_TOKEN",
+        "ZENODO_RESTRICTED_ACCESS_TOKEN"
+
+    zenodo = RemoteProvider(
+        deposition="your deposition id",
+        access_token=os.environ["ZENODO_ACCESS_TOKEN"],
+        restricted_access_token=os.environ["ZENODO_RESTRICTED_ACCESS_TOKEN"]
+    )
+
+    rule upload:
+        input:
+            "output/results.csv"
+        output:
+            zenodo.remote("results.csv")
+        shell:
+            "cp {input} {output}"
+
+
+Auto remote provider
+====================
 
 A wrapper which automatically selects an appropriate remote provider based on the url's scheme.
-It removes some of the boilerplate code required to download remote files from various providers:
+It removes some of the boilerplate code required to download remote files from various providers.
+The auto remote provider only works for those which do not require the passing of keyword arguments to the 
+``RemoteProvider`` object.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
diff --git a/snakemake/remote/zenodo.py b/snakemake/remote/zenodo.py
index fb71ed127..bfec83b07 100644
--- a/snakemake/remote/zenodo.py
+++ b/snakemake/remote/zenodo.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def __init__(
             keep_local=keep_local,
             stay_on_remote=stay_on_remote,
             provider=provider,
-            **kwargs
+            **kwargs,
         )
         if provider:
             self._zen = provider.remote_interface()
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 "environment at https://sandbox.zenodo.org."
             )
 
+        self.restricted_access_token = None
+        self._restricted_access_cookies = None
+
+        if "restricted_access_token" in kwargs:
+            self.restricted_access_token = kwargs["restricted_access_token"]
+
         if "sandbox" in kwargs:
             self._sandbox = kwargs.pop("sandbox")
         else:
@@ -148,9 +154,13 @@ def _api_request(
         session.headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer {}".format(self._access_token)
         session.headers.update(headers)
 
+        cookies = self.restricted_access_cookies
+
         # Run query.
         try:
-            r = session.request(method=method, url=url, data=data, files=files)
+            r = session.request(
+                method=method, url=url, data=data, files=files, cookies=cookies
+            )
             if json:
                 msg = r.json()
                 return msg
@@ -189,3 +199,24 @@ def get_files(self):
             )
             for f in files
         }
+
+    @property
+    def restricted_access_cookies(self):
+        """Retrieve cookies necessary for restricted access.
+
+        Inspired by https://gist.github.com/slint/d47fe5628916d14b8d0b987ac45aeb66
+        """
+        if self.restricted_access_token and self._restricted_access_cookies is None:
+            url = (
+                self._baseurl
+                + f"/record/{self.deposition}?token={self.restricted_access_token}"
+            )
+            resp = self._api_request(url)
+            if "session" in resp["cookies"]:
+                self._restricted_access_cookies = resp["cookies"]
+            else:
+                raise WorkflowError(
+                    "Failure to retrieve session cookie with given restricted access token. "
+                    f"Is the token valid? Please check by opening {url} manually in your browser."
+                )
+        return self._restricted_access_cookies