diff --git a/httpclient.php b/httpclient.php
index 4f2d350..ba334ec 100644
--- a/httpclient.php
+++ b/httpclient.php
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ class Httpclient
     */
   private $ssloptions = array ();
 
+  /** Authentication value
+    */
+  private $authentication = "";
+
   /** The maximum maxsize allowed
     */
   private $maxsize;
@@ -436,8 +440,22 @@ class Httpclient
   public function authBasic ($login, $password)
   // {{{
   {
-    $this->headersSent["Authorization"] = "Basic ".
-      base64_encode ("$login:$password");
+    $this->authentication = "Basic ". base64_encode ("$login:$password");
+    return $this;
+  }
+  // }}}
+
+  /** Get/Set authentication
+    * To remove authentication, pass "" to $auth arg
+    * @param string|null $auth The authentication string to send
+    * @return value or $this
+    */
+  public function authentication ($auth = null)
+  // {{{
+  {
+    if ($auth === null)
+      return $this->authentication;
+    $this->authentication = $auth;
     return $this;
   }
   // }}}
@@ -568,6 +586,8 @@ class Httpclient
       $this->headersSent["User-Agent"] = $this->useragent;
     if ($this->referer !== "")
       $this->headersSent["Referer"] = $this->referer;
+    if ($this->authentication !== "")
+      $this->headersSent["Authorization"] = $this->authentication;
     $this->headersSent["Connection"] = "keep-alive";
     $cookies = $this->cookieToSend ($this->url);
     if (! empty ($cookies))