diff --git a/src/d_clisrv.c b/src/d_clisrv.c
index f27d19ce..f4029ee0 100644
--- a/src/d_clisrv.c
+++ b/src/d_clisrv.c
@@ -3472,6 +3472,76 @@ static void Got_KickCmd(UINT8 **p, INT32 playernum)
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL
+/** Add a login for HTTP downloads. If the
+  * user/password is missing, remove it.
+  *
+  * \sa Command_list_http_logins
+  */
+static void Command_set_http_login (void)
+{
+	HTTP_login  *login;
+	HTTP_login **prev_next;
+
+	if (COM_Argc() < 2)
+	{
+		CONS_Printf(
+				"set_http_login <URL> [user:password]: Set or remove a login to "
+				"authenticate HTTP downloads.\n"
+		);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	login = CURLGetLogin(COM_Argv(1), &prev_next);
+
+	if (COM_Argc() == 2)
+	{
+		if (login)
+		{
+			(*prev_next) = login->next;
+			CONS_Printf("Login for '%s' removed.\n", login->url);
+			Z_Free(login);
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (login)
+			Z_Free(login->auth);
+		else
+		{
+			login = ZZ_Alloc(sizeof *login);
+			login->url  = Z_StrDup(COM_Argv(1));
+		}
+
+		login->auth = Z_StrDup(COM_Argv(2));
+
+		login->next = curl_logins;
+		curl_logins = login;
+	}
+}
+
+/** List logins for HTTP downloads.
+  *
+  * \sa Command_set_http_login
+  */
+static void Command_list_http_logins (void)
+{
+	HTTP_login *login;
+
+	for (
+			login = curl_logins;
+			login;
+			login = login->next
+	){
+		CONS_Printf(
+				"'%s' -> '%s'\n",
+				login->url,
+				login->auth
+		);
+	}
+}
+#endif/*HAVE_CURL*/
+
 static CV_PossibleValue_t netticbuffer_cons_t[] = {{0, "MIN"}, {3, "MAX"}, {0, NULL}};
 consvar_t cv_netticbuffer = {"netticbuffer", "1", CV_SAVE, netticbuffer_cons_t, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL};
 
@@ -3540,6 +3610,10 @@ void D_ClientServerInit(void)
 	COM_AddCommand("reloadbans", Command_ReloadBan);
 	COM_AddCommand("connect", Command_connect);
 	COM_AddCommand("nodes", Command_Nodes);
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL
+	COM_AddCommand("set_http_login", Command_set_http_login);
+	COM_AddCommand("list_http_logins", Command_list_http_logins);
+#endif
 #ifdef PACKETDROP
 	COM_AddCommand("drop", Command_Drop);
 	COM_AddCommand("droprate", Command_Droprate);
diff --git a/src/d_netfil.c b/src/d_netfil.c
index c9bfb4ea..f197100b 100644
--- a/src/d_netfil.c
+++ b/src/d_netfil.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static UINT32 curl_origfilesize;
 static UINT32 curl_origtotalfilesize;
 static char *curl_realname = NULL;
 fileneeded_t *curl_curfile = NULL;
+HTTP_login *curl_logins;
 #endif
 
 /** Fills a serverinfo packet with information about wad files loaded.
@@ -1082,6 +1083,8 @@ int curlprogress_callback(void *clientp, double dltotal, double dlnow, double ul
 
 void CURLPrepareFile(const char* url, int dfilenum)
 {
+	HTTP_login *login;
+
 #ifdef PARANOIA
 	if (M_CheckParm("-nodownload"))
 		I_Error("Attempted to download files in -nodownload mode");
@@ -1110,6 +1113,14 @@ void CURLPrepareFile(const char* url, int dfilenum)
 
 		curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, va("SRB2Kart/v%d.%d", VERSION, SUBVERSION)); // Set user agent as some servers won't accept invalid user agents.
 
+		// Authenticate if the user so wishes
+		login = CURLGetLogin(url, NULL);
+
+		if (login)
+		{
+			curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, login->auth);
+		}
+
 		// Follow a redirect request, if sent by the server.
 		curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
 
@@ -1211,4 +1222,27 @@ void CURLGetFile(void)
 		curl_global_cleanup();
     }
 }
+
+HTTP_login *
+CURLGetLogin (const char *url, HTTP_login ***return_prev_next)
+{
+	HTTP_login  * login;
+	HTTP_login ** prev_next;
+
+	for (
+			prev_next = &curl_logins;
+			( login = (*prev_next));
+			prev_next = &login->next
+	){
+		if (strcmp(login->url, url) == 0)
+		{
+			if (return_prev_next)
+				(*return_prev_next) = prev_next;
+
+			return login;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/src/d_netfil.h b/src/d_netfil.h
index 905364e3..1ab50398 100644
--- a/src/d_netfil.h
+++ b/src/d_netfil.h
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ extern UINT32 totalfilesrequestedsize;
 extern boolean curl_failedwebdownload;
 extern boolean curl_running;
 extern INT32 curl_transfers;
+
+typedef struct HTTP_login HTTP_login;
+
+extern struct HTTP_login
+{
+	char       * url;
+	char       * auth;
+	HTTP_login * next;
+}
+*curl_logins;
 #endif
 
 UINT8 *PutFileNeeded(UINT16 firstfile);
@@ -98,6 +108,7 @@ size_t nameonlylength(const char *s);
 #ifdef HAVE_CURL
 void CURLPrepareFile(const char* url, int dfilenum);
 void CURLGetFile(void);
+HTTP_login * CURLGetLogin (const char *url, HTTP_login ***return_prev_next);
 #endif
 
 #endif // __D_NETFIL__