diff --git a/src/utils/web.py b/src/utils/web.py
index b0cf22759..fe0e939de 100644
--- a/src/utils/web.py
+++ b/src/utils/web.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 ###
 
 import re
+import base64
 import socket
 import urllib
 import urllib2
@@ -58,10 +59,11 @@ _ipAddr = r'%s(?:\.%s){3}' % (_octet, _octet)
 # Base domain regex off RFC 1034 and 1738
 _label = r'[0-9a-z][-0-9a-z]*[0-9a-z]?'
 _domain = r'%s(?:\.%s)*\.[0-9a-z][-0-9a-z]+' % (_label, _label)
-_urlRe = r'(\w+://(?:%s|%s)(?::\d+)?(?:/[^\])>\s]*)?)' % (_domain, _ipAddr)
+_urlRe = r'(\w+://(?:\S+@)?(?:%s|%s)(?::\d+)?(?:/[^\])>\s]*)?)' % (_domain,
+                                                                   _ipAddr)
 urlRe = re.compile(_urlRe, re.I)
-_httpUrlRe = r'(https?://(?:%s|%s)(?::\d+)?(?:/[^\])>\s]*)?)' % (_domain,
-                                                                 _ipAddr)
+_httpUrlRe = r'(https?://(?:\S+@)?(?:%s|%s)(?::\d+)?(?:/[^\])>\s]*)?)' % \
+             (_domain, _ipAddr)
 httpUrlRe = re.compile(_httpUrlRe, re.I)
 
 REFUSED = 'Connection refused.'
@@ -108,6 +110,12 @@ def getUrlFd(url, headers=None, data=None, timeout=None):
             if '#' in url:
                 url = url[:url.index('#')]
             request = urllib2.Request(url, headers=headers, data=data)
+            if '@' in url:
+                scheme, url = url.split('://', 2)
+                auth, url = url.split('@')
+                url = scheme + '://' + url
+                request.add_header('Authorization',
+                                   'Basic ' + base64.b64encode(auth))
         else:
             request = url
             request.add_data(data)