diff --git a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.coffee b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.coffee
index 3e9315a20e6..958bd729580 100644
--- a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.coffee
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ path = require 'path'
remote = require 'remote'
http = require 'http'
url = require 'url'
+auth = require 'basic-auth'
BrowserWindow = remote.require 'browser-window'
@@ -245,3 +246,26 @@ describe 'browser-window module', ->
w.webContents.on 'did-finish-load', ->
w.close()
w.loadUrl "file://#{fixtures}/pages/f.html"
+
+ describe 'basic auth', ->
+ it 'should authenticate with correct credentials', (done) ->
+ ipc = remote.require 'ipc'
+ server = http.createServer (req, res) ->
+ action = url.parse(req.url, true).pathname
+ if action == '/'
+ credentials = auth(req)
+ if credentials.name == 'test' and credentials.pass == 'test'
+ res.end('Authenticated')
+ server.close()
+ else if action == '/jquery.js'
+ js = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'static', 'jquery-2.0.3.min.js'))
+ res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/javascript'})
+ res.end(js, 'utf-8')
+ server.listen 62342, '127.0.0.1'
+ ipc.on 'console-message', (e, message) ->
+ ipc.removeAllListeners 'console-message'
+ assert.equal message, 'Authenticated'
+ done()
+ w.webContents.on 'did-finish-load', ->
+ w.close()
+ w.loadUrl "file://#{fixtures}/pages/basic-auth.html"
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/pages/basic-auth.html b/spec/fixtures/pages/basic-auth.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81d5bd209ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/pages/basic-auth.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/spec/package.json b/spec/package.json
index d91398382d9..6e9489e601d 100644
--- a/spec/package.json
+++ b/spec/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
"main": "static/main.js",
"version": "0.1.0",
"devDependencies": {
+ "basic-auth": "^1.0.0",
"formidable": "1.0.16",
"graceful-fs": "3.0.5",
"mocha": "2.1.0",