diff --git a/106-basic-auth.diff b/106-basic-auth.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1ddac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/106-basic-auth.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+--- a/bugzilla/base.py
++++ b/bugzilla/base.py
+@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+     from collections.abc import Mapping
+     from configparser import ConfigParser
+     from http.cookiejar import LoadError, MozillaCookieJar
+-    from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qsl
++    from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse, parse_qsl
+     from xmlrpc.client import Binary, Fault
+ else:
+     from collections import Mapping
+     from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser as ConfigParser
+     from cookielib import LoadError, MozillaCookieJar
+-    from urlparse import urlparse, parse_qsl
++    from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse, parse_qsl
+     from xmlrpclib import Binary, Fault
+ # pylint: enable=import-error
+
+@@ -215,13 +215,16 @@ class Bugzilla(object):
+         """
+         Turn passed url into a bugzilla XMLRPC web url
+         """
+-        if '://' not in url:
++        scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment = urlparse(url)
++        if not scheme:
+             log.debug('No scheme given for url, assuming https')
+-            url = 'https://' + url
+-        if url.count('/') < 3:
++            scheme = 'https'
++
++        if not path:
+             log.debug('No path given for url, assuming /xmlrpc.cgi')
+-            url = url + '/xmlrpc.cgi'
+-        return url
++            path = 'xmlrpc.cgi'
++
++        return urlunparse((scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment))
+ 
+     @staticmethod
+     def _listify(val):
+@@ -234,7 +237,7 @@ class Bugzilla(object):
+ 
+     def __init__(self, url=-1, user=None, password=None, cookiefile=-1,
+                  sslverify=True, tokenfile=-1, use_creds=True, api_key=None,
+-                 cert=None, configpaths=-1):
++                 cert=None, configpaths=-1, basic_auth=False):
+         """
+         :param url: The bugzilla instance URL, which we will connect
+             to immediately. Most users will want to specify this at
+@@ -263,6 +266,7 @@ class Bugzilla(object):
+             to file or directory for custom certs.
+         :param api_key: A bugzilla5+ API key
+         :param configpaths: A list of possible bugzillarc locations.
++        :param basic_auth: Use headers with HTTP Basic authentication
+         """
+         if url == -1:
+             raise TypeError("Specify a valid bugzilla url, or pass url=None")
+@@ -300,6 +304,7 @@ class Bugzilla(object):
+         self.cookiefile = cookiefile
+         self.tokenfile = tokenfile
+         self.configpath = configpaths
++        self._basic_auth = basic_auth
+ 
+         if url:
+             self.connect(url)
+@@ -564,6 +569,9 @@ class Bugzilla(object):
+         """
+         Backend login method for Bugzilla3
+         """
++        if self._basic_auth:
++            self._transport.set_basic_auth(user, password)
++
+         payload = {'login': user, 'password': password}
+         if restrict_login:
+             payload['restrict_login'] = True
+diff --git a/bugzilla/transport.py b/bugzilla/transport.py
+index 12422bb..d750202 100644
+--- a/bugzilla/transport.py
++++ b/bugzilla/transport.py
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
+ # option) any later version.  See http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html for
+ # the full text of the license.
+ 
++import base64
+ from logging import getLogger
+ import sys
+ 
+@@ -143,6 +144,16 @@ class _RequestsTransport(Transport):
+         if cert:
+             self.session.cert = cert
+ 
++    def set_basic_auth(self, user, password):
++        """
++        Set basic authentication method.
++
++        :return:
++        """
++        b64str = str(base64.b64encode("{}:{}".format(user, password)))
++        authstr = "Basic {}".format(b64str.encode("utf-8").decode("utf-8"))
++        self.request_defaults["headers"]["Authorization"] = authstr
++
+     def parse_response(self, response):
+         """
+         Parse XMLRPC response
diff --git a/python-bugzilla.changes b/python-bugzilla.changes
index 9e58cd2..ffb502e 100644
--- a/python-bugzilla.changes
+++ b/python-bugzilla.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 16 12:51:01 UTC 2019 - Julio González Gil <jgonzalez@suse.com>
+
+- Backport from upstream: HTTP Basic authentication feature (as used
+  by SUSE and openSUSE) (bsc#1098219)
+- Add:
+  * 106-basic-auth.diff
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 15 13:41:23 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-bugzilla.spec b/python-bugzilla.spec
index 3a9d9ec..a24fafb 100644
--- a/python-bugzilla.spec
+++ b/python-bugzilla.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/python-bugzilla/python-bugzilla
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/python-bugzilla/python-bugzilla-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         106-basic-auth.diff
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ ad-hoc bugzilla jiggery-pokery.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 sed -i -e '1{/^#!\/usr\/bin\/env python/d}' bugzilla/_cli.py
 
 %build