diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5c38b289f5..51c744a846 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2446,6 +2446,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nu_plugin_fetch"
 version = "0.14.1"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.12.1",
  "futures 0.3.5",
  "nu-build",
  "nu-errors",
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/Cargo.toml
index 0d2476329a..0ed9d6ecdb 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ nu-errors = { path = "../nu-errors", version = "0.14.1" }
 futures = { version = "0.3", features = ["compat", "io-compat"] }
 surf = "1.0.3"
 url = "2.1.1"
+base64 = "0.12.1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 nu-build = { version = "0.14.1", path = "../nu-build" }
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/src/fetch.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/src/fetch.rs
index 1a196606c0..b9e2d61b0e 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/src/fetch.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/src/fetch.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use base64::encode;
 use mime::Mime;
 use nu_errors::ShellError;
 use nu_protocol::{CallInfo, CommandAction, ReturnSuccess, ReturnValue, UntaggedValue, Value};
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ pub struct Fetch {
     pub path: Option<Value>,
     pub tag: Tag,
     pub has_raw: bool,
+    pub user: Option<String>,
+    pub password: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl Fetch {
@@ -19,6 +22,8 @@ impl Fetch {
             path: None,
             tag: Tag::unknown(),
             has_raw: false,
+            user: None,
+            password: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -37,15 +42,30 @@ impl Fetch {
 
         self.has_raw = call_info.args.has("raw");
 
+        self.user = match call_info.args.get("user") {
+            Some(user) => Some(user.as_string()?),
+            None => None,
+        };
+
+        self.password = match call_info.args.get("password") {
+            Some(password) => Some(password.as_string()?),
+            None => None,
+        };
+
         ReturnSuccess::value(UntaggedValue::nothing().into_untagged_value())
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn fetch_helper(path: &Value, has_raw: bool) -> ReturnValue {
+pub async fn fetch_helper(
+    path: &Value,
+    has_raw: bool,
+    user: Option<String>,
+    password: Option<String>,
+) -> ReturnValue {
     let path_str = path.as_string()?;
     let path_span = path.tag.span;
 
-    let result = fetch(&path_str, path_span, has_raw).await;
+    let result = fetch(&path_str, path_span, has_raw, user, password).await;
 
     if let Err(e) = result {
         return Err(e);
@@ -76,6 +96,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
     location: &str,
     span: Span,
     has_raw: bool,
+    user: Option<String>,
+    password: Option<String>,
 ) -> Result<(Option<String>, UntaggedValue, Tag), ShellError> {
     if url::Url::parse(location).is_err() {
         return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
@@ -84,9 +106,16 @@ pub async fn fetch(
             span,
         ));
     }
-
-    let response = surf::get(location).await;
-    match response {
+    let login = match (user, password) {
+        (Some(user), Some(password)) => Some(encode(&format!("{}:{}", user, password))),
+        (Some(user), _) => Some(encode(&format!("{}:", user))),
+        _ => None,
+    };
+    let mut response = surf::get(location);
+    if let Some(login) = login {
+        response = response.set_header("Authorization", format!("Basic {}", login));
+    }
+    match response.await {
         Ok(mut r) => match r.headers().get("content-type") {
             Some(content_type) => {
                 let content_type = Mime::from_str(content_type).map_err(|_| {
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/src/nu/mod.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/src/nu/mod.rs
index 231b1cac6a..5989646807 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/src/nu/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_fetch/src/nu/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ impl Plugin for Fetch {
                 SyntaxShape::String,
                 "the URL to fetch the contents from",
             )
+            .named(
+                "user",
+                SyntaxShape::Any,
+                "the username when authenticating",
+                Some('u'),
+            )
+            .named(
+                "password",
+                SyntaxShape::Any,
+                "the password when authenticating",
+                Some('p'),
+            )
             .switch("raw", "fetch contents as text rather than a table", Some('r'))
             .filter())
     }
@@ -26,6 +38,8 @@ impl Plugin for Fetch {
                 ShellError::labeled_error("internal error: path not set", "path not set", &self.tag)
             })?,
             self.has_raw,
+            self.user.clone(),
+            self.password.clone(),
         ))])
     }
 }