diff --git a/lib/adapters/http.js b/lib/adapters/http.js
index 395dd1c..c404679 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/http.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/http.js
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ module.exports = function httpAdapter(resolve, reject, config) {
 
   // Parse url
   var parsed = url.parse(config.url);
+  if (!auth && parsed.auth) {
+    var urlAuth = parsed.auth.split(':');
+    var urlUsername = urlAuth[0] || '';
+    var urlPassword = urlAuth[1] || '';
+    auth = urlUsername + ':' + urlPassword;
+  }
   var options = {
     hostname: parsed.hostname,
     port: parsed.port,
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/http.js b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
index 27e0080..7f55083 100644
--- a/test/unit/adapters/http.js
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
@@ -113,5 +113,19 @@ module.exports = {
         test.done();
       });
     });
-  }
+  },
+
+  testBasicAuth: function (test) {
+    server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+      console.log(req.headers);
+      res.end(req.headers.authorization);
+    }).listen(4444, function () {
+      var user = 'foo';
+      axios.get('http://' + user + '@localhost:4444/').then(function (res) {
+        var base64 = new Buffer(user + ':', 'utf8').toString('base64');
+        test.equal(res.data, 'Basic ' + base64);
+        test.done();
+      });
+    });
+  },
 };