1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index f3f83d70cd..c6dc9b778e 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ struct active_request_slot *get_active_slot(void)
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, NULL);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 0);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1);
+	if (http_auth.password)
+		init_curl_http_auth(slot->curl);
 
 	return slot;
 }