diff --git a/http_client.go b/http_client.go
index 361ecc6c..c4ec8f2a 100644
--- a/http_client.go
+++ b/http_client.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net"
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ type HTTPClient struct {
 	baseURL        string
 	scheme         string
 	host           string
+	auth           string
 	conn           net.Conn
 	respBuf        []byte
 	config         *HTTPClientConfig
@@ -79,6 +81,10 @@ func NewHTTPClient(baseURL string, config *HTTPClientConfig) *HTTPClient {
 	client.respBuf = make([]byte, config.ResponseBufferSize)
 	client.config = config
 
+	if u.User != nil {
+		client.auth = "Basic " + base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(u.User.String()))
+	}
+
 	return client
 }
 
@@ -164,6 +170,10 @@ func (c *HTTPClient) Send(data []byte) (response []byte, err error) {
 		data = proto.SetHost(data, []byte(c.baseURL), []byte(c.host))
 	}
 
+	if c.auth != "" {
+		data = proto.SetHeader(data, []byte("Authorization"), []byte(c.auth))
+	}
+
 	if c.config.Debug {
 		Debug("[HTTPClient] Sending:", string(data))
 	}
diff --git a/http_client_test.go b/http_client_test.go
index 79c71e70..00f9db3e 100644
--- a/http_client_test.go
+++ b/http_client_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	_ "reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ func TestHTTPClientResonseByClose(t *testing.T) {
 
 	payload := []byte("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n")
 	ln, _ := net.Listen("tcp", ":0")
-	go func(){
+	go func() {
 		for {
 			conn, _ := ln.Accept()
 			buf := make([]byte, 4096)
@@ -356,6 +357,45 @@ func TestHTTPClientRedirectLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
+func TestHTTPClientBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
+	wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
+	wg.Add(2)
+
+	GETPayload := []byte("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n")
+
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		user, pass, _ := r.BasicAuth()
+
+		if user != "user" || pass != "pass" {
+			http.Error(w, "Unauthorized.", 401)
+			wg.Done()
+			return
+		}
+
+		wg.Done()
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewHTTPClient(server.URL, &HTTPClientConfig{Debug: false})
+	resp, _ := client.Send(GETPayload)
+	client.Disconnect()
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(proto.Status(resp), []byte("401")) {
+		t.Error("Should return unauthorized error", string(resp))
+	}
+
+	authUrl := strings.Replace(server.URL, "http://", "http://user:pass@", -1)
+	client = NewHTTPClient(authUrl, &HTTPClientConfig{Debug: false})
+	resp, _ = client.Send(GETPayload)
+	client.Disconnect()
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(proto.Status(resp), []byte("200")) {
+		t.Error("Should return proper response", string(resp))
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
 func TestHTTPClientHandleHTTP10(t *testing.T) {
 	wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)