diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 231fffe..8974fab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     "pre-commit": "lint-staged"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "basic-auth": "2.0.1",
     "bytes": "3.0.0",
     "content-disposition": "0.5.2",
     "fast-url-parser": "1.1.3",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 85bbe76..941fdcb 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const bytes = require('bytes');
 const contentDisposition = require('content-disposition');
 const isPathInside = require('path-is-inside');
 const parseRange = require('range-parser');
+const auth = require('basic-auth');
 
 // Other
 const directoryTemplate = require('./directory');
@@ -593,6 +594,23 @@ module.exports = async (request, response, config = {}, methods = {}) => {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	// Basic Authentication, if specified in the config
+	if (config.auth) {
+		if (!config.auth.length || config.auth.length !== 2) {
+			const err = new Error('You are running basic auth but did not properly configure "auth" in your static config.');
+			return internalError(absolutePath, response, acceptsJSON, current, handlers, config, err);
+		}
+		const credentials = auth(request);
+		if (!credentials || credentials.name !== config.auth[0] || credentials.pass !== config.auth[1]) {
+			response.setHeader('WWW-Authenticate', 'Basic realm="User Visible Realm"');
+			return handlers.sendError(absolutePath, response, acceptsJSON, current, handlers, config, {
+				statusCode: 401,
+				code: 'access_denied',
+				message: 'Access Denied'
+			});
+		}
+	}
+
 	let stats = null;
 
 	// It's extremely important that we're doing multiple stat calls. This one
diff --git a/test/integration.js b/test/integration.js
index 61b812b..5ae4e11 100644
--- a/test/integration.js
+++ b/test/integration.js
@@ -1350,3 +1350,71 @@ test('etag header is set', async t => {
 		'"ba114dbc69e41e180362234807f093c3c4628f90"'
 	);
 });
+
+test('auth is set improperly (improper number parameters)', async t => {
+	const url = await getUrl({
+		auth: ['testuser']
+	});
+	const response = await fetch(`${url}/`);
+	t.is(response.status, 500);
+});
+test('auth is set improperly (no parameters)', async t => {
+	const url = await getUrl({
+		auth: []
+	});
+	const response = await fetch(`${url}/`);
+	t.is(response.status, 500);
+});
+
+test('auth is set properly, no credentials', async t => {
+	const url = await getUrl({
+		auth: ['testuser', 'testpassword']
+	});
+	const response = await fetch(`${url}/`);
+	t.is(response.status, 401);
+});
+
+test('auth is set properly, with correct credentials', async t => {
+	const username = 'testuser';
+	const password = 'testpassword';
+	const url = await getUrl({
+		auth: [username, password]
+	});
+	const passwordBuffer = new Buffer(`${username}:${password}`);
+	const response = await fetch(`${url}/`, {
+		headers: {
+			Authorization: `Basic ${passwordBuffer.toString('base64')}`
+		}
+	});
+	t.is(response.status, 200);
+});
+
+test('auth is set properly, with credentials, wrong name', async t => {
+	const username = 'testuser';
+	const password = 'testpassword';
+	const url = await getUrl({
+		auth: [username, password]
+	});
+	const passwordBuffer = new Buffer(`${username}_wrong:${password}`);
+	const response = await fetch(`${url}/`, {
+		headers: {
+			Authorization: `Basic ${passwordBuffer.toString('base64')}`
+		}
+	});
+	t.is(response.status, 401);
+});
+
+test('auth is set properly, with credentials, wrong password', async t => {
+	const username = 'testuser';
+	const password = 'testpassword';
+	const url = await getUrl({
+		auth: [username, password]
+	});
+	const passwordBuffer = new Buffer(`${username}:${password}_wrong`);
+	const response = await fetch(`${url}/`, {
+		headers: {
+			Authorization: `Basic ${passwordBuffer.toString('base64')}`
+		}
+	});
+	t.is(response.status, 401);
+});
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 09873c3..a981ae2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -624,6 +624,25 @@ balanced-match@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.0.tgz#89b4d199ab2bee49de164ea02b89ce462d71b767"
 
+base@^0.11.1:
+  version "0.11.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base/-/base-0.11.2.tgz#7bde5ced145b6d551a90db87f83c558b4eb48a8f"
+  dependencies:
+    cache-base "^1.0.1"
+    class-utils "^0.3.5"
+    component-emitter "^1.2.1"
+    define-property "^1.0.0"
+    isobject "^3.0.1"
+    mixin-deep "^1.2.0"
+    pascalcase "^0.1.1"
+
+basic-auth@2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/basic-auth/-/basic-auth-2.0.1.tgz#b998279bf47ce38344b4f3cf916d4679bbf51e3a"
+  integrity sha512-NF+epuEdnUYVlGuhaxbbq+dvJttwLnGY+YixlXlME5KpQ5W3CnXA5cVTneY3SPbPDRkcjMbifrwmFYcClgOZeg==
+  dependencies:
+    safe-buffer "5.1.2"
+
 bcrypt-pbkdf@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bcrypt-pbkdf/-/bcrypt-pbkdf-1.0.2.tgz#a4301d389b6a43f9b67ff3ca11a3f6637e360e9e"
@@ -3165,7 +3184,7 @@ rxjs@^6.4.0:
   dependencies:
     tslib "^1.9.0"
 
-safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.1.1:
+safe-buffer@5.1.2, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1:
   version "5.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz#991ec69d296e0313747d59bdfd2b745c35f8828d"