diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a2ad1a68..160ae50d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ You can either deploy with **Cloudflare Deploy Button** using GitHub Actions or
        expectStatus: 200 # operational status, default=200
        followRedirect: false # should fetch follow redirects, default=false
        linkable: false # should the titles be links to the service, default=true
+       withCredentials: false # specify if authentication is needed, set as false when not required
+       bearer: 'dXNlcjpwYXNz' # base64 encoded string of `username:password`, required if authentication is supported
    ```
 
 5. Push to `main` branch to trigger the deployment
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index ec7ca89a0..4ec02e9b3 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ monitors:
     expectStatus: 200 # operational status, default=200
     followRedirect: false # should fetch follow redirects, default=false
     linkable: false # allows the title to be a link, default=true
+    withCredentials: false # specify if authentication is needed, set as false when not required
+    bearer: 'dXNlcjpwYXNz' # base64 encoded string of `username:password`, required if authentication is supported
 
   - id: www-cloudflare-com
     name: www.cloudflare.com
diff --git a/src/functions/cronTrigger.js b/src/functions/cronTrigger.js
index 671f1a310..865ec92ab 100644
--- a/src/functions/cronTrigger.js
+++ b/src/functions/cronTrigger.js
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ export async function processCronTrigger(event) {
     const init = {
       method: monitor.method || 'GET',
       redirect: monitor.followRedirect ? 'follow' : 'manual',
+      withCredentials: monitor.withCredentials,
       headers: {
         'User-Agent': config.settings.user_agent || 'cf-worker-status-page',
+        'Authorization': monitor.withCredentials ? ('Basic ' + monitor.bearer) : '',
       },
     }