diff --git a/db/patch-monitor-basic-auth.sql b/db/patch-monitor-basic-auth.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de4bdef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/patch-monitor-basic-auth.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+-- You should not modify if this have pushed to Github, unless it does serious wrong with the db.
+BEGIN TRANSACTION;
+
+ALTER TABLE monitor
+    ADD basic_auth_user TEXT default null;
+
+ALTER TABLE monitor
+    ADD basic_auth_pass TEXT default null;
+
+COMMIT;
diff --git a/server/database.js b/server/database.js
index 41d91e8..dfc739e 100644
--- a/server/database.js
+++ b/server/database.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class Database {
         "patch-http-monitor-method-body-and-headers.sql": true,
         "patch-2fa-invalidate-used-token.sql": true,
         "patch-notification_sent_history.sql": true,
+        "patch-monitor-basic-auth.sql": true,
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/server/model/monitor.js b/server/model/monitor.js
index c6e09f5..c7ffa99 100644
--- a/server/model/monitor.js
+++ b/server/model/monitor.js
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
             method: this.method,
             body: this.body,
             headers: this.headers,
+            basic_auth_user: this.basic_auth_user,
+            basic_auth_pass: this.basic_auth_pass,
             hostname: this.hostname,
             port: this.port,
             maxretries: this.maxretries,
@@ -80,6 +82,15 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
         };
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Encode user and password to Base64 encoding
+     * for HTTP "basic" auth, as per RFC-7617
+     * @returns {string}
+     */
+    encodeB64(user, pass) {
+        return btoa(user + ":" + pass);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parse to boolean
      * @returns {boolean}
@@ -141,7 +152,16 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
                     // Do not do any queries/high loading things before the "bean.ping"
                     let startTime = dayjs().valueOf();
 
+                    // HTTP basic auth
+                    let basicAuthHeader = {};
+                    if (this.basic_auth_user) {
+                        basicAuthHeader = {
+                            "Authorization": "Basic " + this.encodeB64(this.basic_auth_user, this.basic_auth_pass),
+                        };
+                    }
+
                     debug(`[${this.name}] Prepare Options for axios`);
+
                     const options = {
                         url: this.url,
                         method: (this.method || "get").toLowerCase(),
@@ -151,6 +171,7 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
                             "Accept": "*/*",
                             "User-Agent": "Uptime-Kuma/" + version,
                             ...(this.headers ? JSON.parse(this.headers) : {}),
+                            ...(basicAuthHeader),
                         },
                         httpsAgent: new https.Agent({
                             maxCachedSessions: 0,      // Use Custom agent to disable session reuse (https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3940)
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index d1fd7ff..b167819 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ exports.entryPage = "dashboard";
                 bean.method = monitor.method;
                 bean.body = monitor.body;
                 bean.headers = monitor.headers;
+                bean.basic_auth_user = monitor.basic_auth_user;
+                bean.basic_auth_pass = monitor.basic_auth_pass;
                 bean.interval = monitor.interval;
                 bean.retryInterval = monitor.retryInterval;
                 bean.hostname = monitor.hostname;
@@ -1139,6 +1141,8 @@ exports.entryPage = "dashboard";
                                 method: monitorListData[i].method || "GET",
                                 body: monitorListData[i].body,
                                 headers: monitorListData[i].headers,
+                                basic_auth_user: monitorListData[i].basic_auth_user,
+                                basic_auth_pass: monitorListData[i].basic_auth_pass,
                                 interval: monitorListData[i].interval,
                                 retryInterval: retryInterval,
                                 hostname: monitorListData[i].hostname,
diff --git a/src/pages/EditMonitor.vue b/src/pages/EditMonitor.vue
index 65c3dad..108defb 100644
--- a/src/pages/EditMonitor.vue
+++ b/src/pages/EditMonitor.vue
@@ -265,6 +265,15 @@
                                     <label for="headers" class="form-label">{{ $t("Headers") }}</label>
                                     <textarea id="headers" v-model="monitor.headers" class="form-control" :placeholder="headersPlaceholder"></textarea>
                                 </div>
+
+                                <!-- HTTP Basic Auth -->
+                                <h4 class="mt-5 mb-2">{{ $t("HTTP Basic Auth") }}</h4>
+                                <div class="my-3">
+                                    <label for="basicauth" class="form-label">{{ $t("Username") }}</label>
+                                    <input id="basicauth-user" v-model="monitor.basic_auth_user" type="text" class="form-control" :placeholder="$t('Username')">
+                                    <label for="basicauth" class="form-label">{{ $t("Password") }}</label>
+                                    <input id="basicauth-pass" v-model="monitor.basic_auth_pass" type="password" class="form-control" :placeholder="$t('Password')">
+                                </div>
                             </template>
                         </div>
                     </div>