diff --git a/plugins/router_basicauth/router_basicauth.c b/plugins/router_basicauth/router_basicauth.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f8957cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/router_basicauth/router_basicauth.c
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+#include "../../uwsgi.h"
+
+#ifdef UWSGI_ROUTING
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+#include <crypt.h>
+#endif
+
+extern struct uwsgi_server uwsgi;
+
+// this algo is based on nginx one (the fastest i have tested)
+static char *http_basic_auth_get(char *authorization, uint16_t len) {
+
+	uint16_t i;
+	static uint8_t table64[] = {
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 62, 77, 77, 77, 63,
+        	52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77,  0,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
+        	15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
+        	41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77,
+        	77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77
+	};
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		if (authorization[i] == '=')
+			break;
+
+		// check for invalid content
+		if (table64[ (uint8_t) authorization[i] ] == 77) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// check for invalid length
+	if (i % 4 == 1)
+		return NULL;
+
+	uint16_t dst_len = (((len+3)/4) * 3) + 1;
+	char *dst = uwsgi_malloc(dst_len);
+
+	char *ptr = dst;
+	uint8_t *src = (uint8_t *) authorization;
+	while(i > 3) {
+		*ptr++= (char) ( table64[src[0]] << 2 | table64[src[1]] >> 4);
+		*ptr++= (char) ( table64[src[1]] << 4 | table64[src[2]] >> 2);
+		*ptr++= (char) ( table64[src[2]] << 6 | table64[src[3]]);
+
+		src+=4;
+		i-=4;
+	}
+
+	if (i > 1) {
+		*ptr++= (char) ( table64[src[0]] << 2 | table64[src[1]] >> 4);
+	}
+
+	if (i > 2) {
+		*ptr++= (char) ( table64[src[1]] << 4 | table64[src[2]] >> 2);
+	}
+
+	*ptr++= 0;	
+
+	return dst;
+	
+}
+
+uint16_t check_htpasswd(char *filename, char *auth) {
+
+	char line[1024];
+
+	char *colon = strchr(auth, ':');
+	if (!colon) return 0;
+
+	FILE *htpasswd = fopen(filename, "r");
+	if (!htpasswd) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	while(fgets(line, 1024, htpasswd)) {
+		char *colon2 = strchr(line, ':');
+		if (!colon2) break;	
+
+		char *cpwd = colon2+1;
+		size_t clen = strlen(cpwd);
+		if (clen < 13) break;
+
+		if (clen > 13) cpwd[13] = 0;
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+		struct crypt_data cd;
+		cd.initialized = 0;
+		// we do as nginx here
+		cd.current_salt[0] = ~cpwd[0];
+		char *crypted = crypt_r( colon+1, cpwd, &cd);
+#else
+		char *crypted = crypt( colon+1, cpwd);
+#endif
+		if (!crypted) continue;
+
+		if (!strcmp( crypted, cpwd )) {
+			fclose(htpasswd);
+			return colon-auth;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	fclose(htpasswd);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int uwsgi_routing_func_basicauth(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, struct uwsgi_route *ur) {
+
+        struct iovec iov[4];
+
+        if (wsgi_req->protocol_len > 0) {
+        	iov[0].iov_base = wsgi_req->protocol;
+        	iov[0].iov_len = wsgi_req->protocol_len;
+	}
+	else {
+        	iov[0].iov_base = "HTTP/1.0";
+        	iov[0].iov_len = 8;
+	}
+
+	// chec for "Basic =" string at least
+	if (wsgi_req->authorization_len > 7) {
+		if (strncmp(wsgi_req->authorization, "Basic ", 6))
+			goto forbidden;
+
+		char *auth = http_basic_auth_get(wsgi_req->authorization+6, wsgi_req->authorization_len-6);
+		if (auth) {
+			if (ur->custom) {
+				// check htpasswd-like file
+			}
+			else {
+				if (!strcmp(auth, ur->data2)) {
+					free(auth);
+					return UWSGI_ROUTE_CONTINUE;
+				}
+			}
+			free(auth);
+			if (ur->is_last)
+				goto forbidden;
+			return UWSGI_ROUTE_NEXT;
+		}
+	}
+
+forbidden:
+        iov[1].iov_base = " 401 Authorization Required\r\nWWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=\"";
+        iov[1].iov_len = 60 ;
+
+	iov[2].iov_base = ur->data;
+	iov[2].iov_len = ur->data_len;
+
+	iov[3].iov_base = "\"\r\n\r\n";
+	iov[3].iov_len = 5;
+
+        wsgi_req->headers_size = wsgi_req->socket->proto_writev_header(wsgi_req, iov, 4);
+
+	wsgi_req->response_size = wsgi_req->socket->proto_write(wsgi_req,"Unauthorized", 12);
+
+	return UWSGI_ROUTE_BREAK;
+}
+
+
+int uwsgi_router_basicauth(struct uwsgi_route *ur, char *args) {
+
+	ur->func = uwsgi_routing_func_basicauth;
+
+	char *comma = strchr(args, ',');
+	if (!comma) {
+		uwsgi_log("invalid route syntax: %s\n", args);
+                exit(1);
+	}
+
+	*comma = 0;
+
+	char *colon = strchr(comma+1, ':');
+	// is an htpasswd-like file ?
+	if (!colon) {
+		ur->custom = 1;
+	}
+
+	ur->data = args;
+	ur->data_len = strlen(args);
+
+	ur->data2 = comma+1;
+	ur->data2_len = strlen(ur->data2);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+void router_basicauth_register(void) {
+
+	uwsgi_register_router("basicauth", uwsgi_router_basicauth);
+}
+
+struct uwsgi_plugin router_basicauth_plugin = {
+
+	.name = "router_redirect",
+	.on_load = router_basicauth_register,
+};
+#else
+struct uwsgi_plugin router_basicauth_plugin = {
+	.name = "router_basicauth",
+};
+#endif
diff --git a/plugins/router_basicauth/uwsgiplugin.py b/plugins/router_basicauth/uwsgiplugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fce6158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/router_basicauth/uwsgiplugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+NAME='router_basicauth'
+
+CFLAGS = []
+LDFLAGS = []
+LIBS = ['-lcrypt']
+GCC_LIST = ['router_basicauth']