---
 bugzilla/base.py |    8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/bugzilla/base.py
+++ b/bugzilla/base.py
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ 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,
-                 force_rest=False, force_xmlrpc=False, requests_session=None):
+                 force_rest=False, force_xmlrpc=False, requests_session=None,
+                 basic_auth=False):
         """
         :param url: The bugzilla instance URL, which we will connect
             to immediately. Most users will want to specify this at
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ class Bugzilla(object):
         :param requests_session: An optional requests.Session object the
             API will use to contact the remote bugzilla instance. This
             way the API user can set up whatever auth bits they may need.
+        :param basic_auth: Use headers with HTTP Basic authentication
         """
         if url == -1:
             raise TypeError("Specify a valid bugzilla url, or pass url=None")
@@ -253,6 +255,7 @@ class Bugzilla(object):
         self._setcookiefile(cookiefile)
         self._settokenfile(tokenfile)
         self._setconfigpath(configpaths)
+        self._basic_auth = basic_auth
 
         if url:
             self.connect(url)
@@ -607,6 +610,9 @@ class Bugzilla(object):
         if not self.password:
             raise ValueError("missing password")
 
+        if self._basic_auth:
+            self._transport.set_basic_auth(self.user, self.password)
+
         payload = {"login": self.user}
         if restrict_login:
             payload['restrict_login'] = True