diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 377319d..704522d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,6 +133,27 @@ Add the following to your `config.php`:
     ),
 
 
+BasicAuth
+------
+
+Authenticate users by an [HTTP Basic access authentication][1]  call. 
+HTTP server of your choice to authenticate. It should return HTTP 2xx for correct credentials and an appropriate other error code for wrong ones or refused access.
+
+### Configuration
+The only supported parameter is the URL of the web server where the authentication happens.
+
+Add the following to your `config.php`:
+
+    'user_backends' => array(
+        array(
+            'class' => 'OC_User_BasicAuth',
+            'arguments' => array('https://example.com/basic_auth'),
+        ),
+    ),
+
+
+[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication
+
 Alternatives
 ------------
 Other extensions allow connecting to external user databases directly via SQL, which may be faster:
diff --git a/appinfo/app.php b/appinfo/app.php
index b7ae102..f503578 100644
--- a/appinfo/app.php
+++ b/appinfo/app.php
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 OC::$CLASSPATH['OC_User_IMAP']='user_external/lib/imap.php';
 OC::$CLASSPATH['OC_User_SMB']='user_external/lib/smb.php';
 OC::$CLASSPATH['OC_User_FTP']='user_external/lib/ftp.php';
+OC::$CLASSPATH['OC_User_BasicAuth']='user_external/lib/basicauth.php';
diff --git a/lib/basicauth.php b/lib/basicauth.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2427ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/basicauth.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Lutz Freitag <lutz.freitag@gottliebtfreitag.de>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+class OC_User_BasicAuth extends \OCA\user_external\Base {
+
+	private $authUrl;
+
+	public function __construct($authUrl) {
+		parent::__construct($authUrl);
+		$this->authUrl =$authUrl;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if the password is correct without logging in the user
+	 *
+	 * @param string $uid      The username
+	 * @param string $password The password
+	 *
+	 * @return true/false
+	 */
+	public function checkPassword($uid, $password) {
+		stream_context_set_default(array(
+		  'http'=>array(
+		    'method'=>"GET",
+		    'header' => "authorization: Basic " . base64_encode("$uid:$password")
+		  ))
+		);
+		$headers = get_headers($this->authUrl);
+
+		if(!$headers) {
+			OC::$server->getLogger()->error(
+				'ERROR: Not possible to connect to BasicAuth Url: '.$this->authUrl, 
+				['app' => 'user_external']
+			);
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$returnCode= substr($headers[0], 9, 3);
+		if(substr($returnCode, 0, 1) === '2') {
+			$this->storeUser($uid);
+			return $uid;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/basic_auth.php b/tests/basic_auth.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7c77cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basic_auth.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Lutz Freitag <lutz.freitag@gottliebtfreitag.de>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+class Test_User_BasicAuth extends \Test\TestCase {
+	/**
+	 * @var OC_User_BasicAuth $instance
+	 */
+	private $instance;
+
+	private function getConfig() {
+		return include(__DIR__.'/config.php');
+	}
+
+	function skip() {
+		$config=$this->getConfig();
+		$this->skipUnless($config['basic_auth']['run']);
+	}
+
+	protected function setUp() {
+		parent::setUp();
+		$config=$this->getConfig();
+		$this->instance=new OC_User_BasicAuth($config['basic_auth']['url']);
+	}
+
+	function testLogin() {
+		$config=$this->getConfig();
+		$this->assertEquals($config['basic_auth']['user'],$this->instance->checkPassword($config['basic_auth']['user'],$config['basic_auth']['password']));
+		$this->assertFalse($this->instance->checkPassword($config['basic_auth']['user'],$config['basic_auth']['password'].'foo'));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/config.php b/tests/config.php
index a5c7ce8..b29c6c7 100644
--- a/tests/config.php
+++ b/tests/config.php
@@ -26,4 +26,10 @@ return array(
 		'user'=>'test',//valid username/password combination
 		'password'=>'test',
 	),
+	'basic_auth'=>array(
+		'run'=>false,
+		'url'=>'localhost/basic_auth',
+		'user'=>'test',//valid username/password combination
+		'password'=>'test',
+	),
 );