diff --git a/goes.go b/goes.go
index 5ff3d1c..c51239b 100644
--- a/goes.go
+++ b/goes.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (err *SearchError) Error() string {
 // This function is pretty useless for now but might be useful in a near future
 // if wee need more features like connection pooling or load balancing.
 func NewClient(host string, port string) *Client {
-	return &Client{host, port, http.DefaultClient, ""}
+	return &Client{host, port, http.DefaultClient, "", "", ""}
 }
 
 // WithHTTPClient sets the http.Client to be used with the connection. Returns the original client.
@@ -585,6 +585,11 @@ func (c *Client) DoRaw(r Requester) ([]byte, uint64, error) {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
 	c.replaceHost(req)
+
+	if c.AuthUsername != "" {
+		req.SetBasicAuth(c.AuthUsername, c.AuthPassword)
+	}
+
 	return c.doRequest(req)
 }
 
@@ -596,6 +601,10 @@ func (c *Client) Do(r Requester) (*Response, error) {
 	}
 	c.replaceHost(req)
 
+	if c.AuthUsername != "" {
+		req.SetBasicAuth(c.AuthUsername, c.AuthPassword)
+	}
+
 	body, statusCode, err := c.doRequest(req)
 	esResp := &Response{Status: statusCode}
 
diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 9886865..45f39ae 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ type Request struct {
 
 	// Used for the id field when indexing a document
 	ID string
+
+	// Auth username
+	AuthUsername string
+
+	// Auth password
+	AuthPassword string
 }
 
 // URL builds a URL for a Request
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 75cdc5d..ef7ecd5 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ type Client struct {
 
 	// Detected version of ES
 	version string
+
+	// user name for http basic auth
+	AuthUsername string `json:"username"`
+
+	// pass word  for http basic auth
+	AuthPassword string `json:"password"`
 }
 
 // Response holds an elasticsearch response