diff --git a/lib/winston/transports/webhook.js b/lib/winston/transports/webhook.js
index 8d5a0bf32..21bb43a85 100644
--- a/lib/winston/transports/webhook.js
+++ b/lib/winston/transports/webhook.js
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ var Webhook = exports.Webhook = function (options) {
   this.path   = options.path   || '/winston-log';
 
   if (options.auth) {
-    //
-    // TODO: add http basic auth options for outgoing HTTP requests
-    //     
+    this.auth = {};
+    this.auth.username = options.auth.username || '';
+    this.auth.password = options.auth.password || '';
   }
   
   if (options.ssl) {
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ Webhook.prototype.log = function (level, msg, meta, callback) {
     options.cert = this.ssl.cert;
   }
   
+  if (this.auth) {
+    // Encode `Authorization` header used by Basic Auth
+    options.headers['Authorization'] = 'Basic ' + new Buffer(
+      this.auth.username + ':' + this.auth.password, 'utf8'
+    ).toString('base64');
+  }
+
   // Perform HTTP logging request
   req = (self.ssl ? https : http).request(options, function (res) {
     //