diff --git a/lib/WebGUI.pm b/lib/WebGUI.pm
index d098a42b4..b0aa309da 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI.pm
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ sub handler {
     # Get the type of authorization required for this request (the per
     # directory configuration directive AuthType):
     my $auth = $request->auth_type;
-    if ($auth eq "Basic") { # machine oriented
-	# Get username and password from Apache and hand over to authen, Basic
-	# Auth for WebGUI
+
+    if ($auth =~ m/^Basic/) { # machine oriented
+	# Get username and password from Apache and hand over to authen
 	my $basicAuthUser = $request->get_remote_logname;
 	my $basicAuthPass = $request->get_basic_auth_pw;
 	authen($request, $basicAuthUser, $basicAuthPass, $config);