--- a/archival/libipkg/ipkg_conf.c
+++ b/archival/libipkg/ipkg_conf.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 	  { "offline_root_pre_script_cmd", IPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &conf->offline_root_pre_script_cmd },
 	  { "proxy_passwd", IPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &conf->proxy_passwd },
 	  { "proxy_user", IPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &conf->proxy_user },
+	  { "http_user", IPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &conf->http_user },
+	  { "http_passwd", IPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &conf->http_passwd },
 	  { "query-all", IPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &conf->query_all },
 	  { "verbose-wget", IPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &conf->verbose_wget },
 	  { "verbosity", IPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &conf->verbosity },
@@ -160,6 +162,9 @@
      conf->proxy_user = NULL;
      conf->proxy_passwd = NULL;
 
+     conf->http_user = NULL;
+     conf->http_passwd = NULL;
+
      pkg_hash_init("pkg-hash", &conf->pkg_hash, IPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_HASH_LEN);
      hash_table_init("file-hash", &conf->file_hash, IPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_HASH_LEN);
      hash_table_init("obs-file-hash", &conf->obs_file_hash, IPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_HASH_LEN);
--- a/archival/libipkg/ipkg_conf.h
+++ b/archival/libipkg/ipkg_conf.h
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
      char *proxy_user;
      char *proxy_passwd;
 
+     /* http user/pass */
+     char *http_user;
+     char *http_passwd;
+
      hash_table_t pkg_hash;
      hash_table_t file_hash;
      hash_table_t obs_file_hash;
--- a/archival/libipkg/ipkg_download.c
+++ b/archival/libipkg/ipkg_download.c
@@ -69,8 +69,12 @@
     }
 
     /* XXX: BUG rewrite to use execvp or else busybox's internal wget -Jamey 7/23/2002 */ 
-    sprintf_alloc(&cmd, "wget --passive-ftp %s %s%s %s%s %s -P %s %s",
+    sprintf_alloc(&cmd, "wget --passive-ftp %s %s%s %s%s %s%s %s%s %s -P %s %s",
 		  (conf->http_proxy || conf->ftp_proxy) ? "--proxy=on" : "",
+          conf->http_user ? "--http-user=" : "",
+          conf->http_user ? conf->http_user : "",
+          conf->http_passwd ? "--http-password=" : "",
+          conf->http_passwd ? conf->http_passwd : "",
 		  conf->proxy_user ? "--proxy-user=" : "",
 		  conf->proxy_user ? conf->proxy_user : "",
 		  conf->proxy_passwd ? "--proxy-passwd=" : "",