diff --git a/cmd/anubis/main.go b/cmd/anubis/main.go
index 7bb20c65..beae5347 100644
--- a/cmd/anubis/main.go
+++ b/cmd/anubis/main.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ var (
 	cookiePrefix             = flag.String("cookie-prefix", "techaro.lol-anubis", "prefix for browser cookies created by Anubis")
 	cookiePartitioned        = flag.Bool("cookie-partitioned", false, "if true, sets the partitioned flag on Anubis cookies, enabling CHIPS support")
 	hs512Secret              = flag.String("hs512-secret", "", "secret used to sign JWTs, uses ed25519 if not set")
+	cookieSecure             = flag.Bool("cookie-secure", true, "if true, sets the secure flag on Anubis cookies")
 	ed25519PrivateKeyHex     = flag.String("ed25519-private-key-hex", "", "private key used to sign JWTs, if not set a random one will be assigned")
 	ed25519PrivateKeyHexFile = flag.String("ed25519-private-key-hex-file", "", "file name containing value for ed25519-private-key-hex")
 	metricsBind              = flag.String("metrics-bind", ":9090", "network address to bind metrics to")
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ func main() {
 		Target:              *target,
 		WebmasterEmail:      *webmasterEmail,
 		OpenGraph:           policy.OpenGraph,
+		CookieSecure:        *cookieSecure,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("can't construct libanubis.Server: %v", err)
diff --git a/lib/config.go b/lib/config.go
index 4c322f3f..b4f1b910 100644
--- a/lib/config.go
+++ b/lib/config.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	StripBasePrefix     bool
 	OpenGraph           config.OpenGraph
 	ServeRobotsTXT      bool
+	CookieSecure        bool
 }
 
 func LoadPoliciesOrDefault(ctx context.Context, fname string, defaultDifficulty int) (*policy.ParsedConfig, error) {
diff --git a/lib/http.go b/lib/http.go
index 0d8d9e76..fd2056b0 100644
--- a/lib/http.go
+++ b/lib/http.go
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ import (
 var domainMatchRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^((xn--)?[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*\.)+[a-z]{2,}$`)
 
 type CookieOpts struct {
-	Value string
-	Host  string
-	Path  string
-	Name  string
+	Value  string
+	Host   string
+	Path   string
+	Name   string
+	Expiry time.Duration
 }
 
 func (s *Server) SetCookie(w http.ResponseWriter, cookieOpts CookieOpts) {
@@ -45,12 +46,17 @@ func (s *Server) SetCookie(w http.ResponseWriter, cookieOpts CookieOpts) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if cookieOpts.Expiry == 0 {
+		cookieOpts.Expiry = s.opts.CookieExpiration
+	}
+
 	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
 		Name:        name,
 		Value:       cookieOpts.Value,
-		Expires:     time.Now().Add(s.opts.CookieExpiration),
-		SameSite:    http.SameSiteLaxMode,
+		Expires:     time.Now().Add(cookieOpts.Expiry),
+		SameSite:    http.SameSiteNoneMode,
 		Domain:      domain,
+		Secure:      s.opts.CookieSecure,
 		Partitioned: s.opts.CookiePartitioned,
 		Path:        path,
 	})
@@ -77,9 +83,10 @@ func (s *Server) ClearCookie(w http.ResponseWriter, cookieOpts CookieOpts) {
 		Value:       "",
 		MaxAge:      -1,
 		Expires:     time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Minute),
-		SameSite:    http.SameSiteLaxMode,
+		SameSite:    http.SameSiteNoneMode,
 		Partitioned: s.opts.CookiePartitioned,
 		Domain:      domain,
+		Secure:      s.opts.CookieSecure,
 		Path:        path,
 	})
 }
@@ -132,11 +139,12 @@ func (s *Server) RenderIndex(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, rule *polic
 		}
 	}
 
-	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
-		Name:    anubis.TestCookieName,
-		Value:   challengeStr,
-		Expires: time.Now().Add(30 * time.Minute),
-		Path:    "/",
+	s.SetCookie(w, CookieOpts{
+		Value:  challengeStr,
+		Host:   r.Host,
+		Path:   "/",
+		Name:   anubis.TestCookieName,
+		Expiry: 30 * time.Minute,
 	})
 
 	impl, ok := challenge.Get(rule.Challenge.Algorithm)