diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.java
index e0e69fa7f9..99e6985b1f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -16,19 +16,14 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus;
 
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Clock;
 import io.micrometer.prometheus.PrometheusConfig;
 import io.micrometer.prometheus.PrometheusMeterRegistry;
 import io.prometheus.client.CollectorRegistry;
+import io.prometheus.client.exporter.BasicAuthHttpConnectionFactory;
 import io.prometheus.client.exporter.PushGateway;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.endpoint.condition.ConditionalOnAvailableEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.CompositeMeterRegistryAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsAutoConfiguration;
@@ -50,15 +45,20 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 /**
  * {@link EnableAutoConfiguration Auto-configuration} for exporting metrics to Prometheus.
  *
- * @since 2.0.0
  * @author Jon Schneider
  * @author David J. M. Karlsen
+ * @since 2.0.0
  */
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
-@AutoConfigureBefore({ CompositeMeterRegistryAutoConfiguration.class, SimpleMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.class })
+@AutoConfigureBefore({CompositeMeterRegistryAutoConfiguration.class, SimpleMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.class})
 @AutoConfigureAfter(MetricsAutoConfiguration.class)
 @ConditionalOnBean(Clock.class)
 @ConditionalOnClass(PrometheusMeterRegistry.class)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	public PrometheusMeterRegistry prometheusMeterRegistry(PrometheusConfig prometheusConfig,
-			CollectorRegistry collectorRegistry, Clock clock) {
+														   CollectorRegistry collectorRegistry, Clock clock) {
 		return new PrometheusMeterRegistry(prometheusConfig, collectorRegistry, clock);
 	}
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration {
 		@Bean
 		@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 		public PrometheusPushGatewayManager prometheusPushGatewayManager(CollectorRegistry collectorRegistry,
-				PrometheusProperties prometheusProperties, Environment environment) {
+																		 PrometheusProperties prometheusProperties, Environment environment) {
 			PrometheusProperties.Pushgateway properties = prometheusProperties.getPushgateway();
 			Duration pushRate = properties.getPushRate();
 			String job = getJob(properties, environment);
@@ -129,14 +129,19 @@ public class PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration {
 		}
 
 		private PushGateway getPushGateway(String url) {
+			PushGateway pushGateway = null;
 			try {
-				return new PushGateway(new URL(url));
-			}
-			catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
+				pushGateway = new PushGateway(new URL(url));
+			} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
 				logger.warn(LogMessage
 						.format("Invalid PushGateway base url '%s': update your configuration to a valid URL", url));
-				return new PushGateway(url);
+				pushGateway = new PushGateway(url);
+			}
+			PrometheusProperties.Pushgateway properties = prometheusProperties.getPushgateway();
+			if (properties.getAuthEnabled()) {
+				pushgateway.setConnectionFactory(new BasicAuthHttpConnectionFactory(properties.getAuthusername(), properties.getAuthpassword()));
 			}
+			return pushGateway;
 		}
 
 		private String getJob(PrometheusProperties.Pushgateway properties, Environment environment) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusProperties.java
index 74023c8f0d..2da509b323 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusProperties.java
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus;
 
-import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 import io.micrometer.prometheus.HistogramFlavor;
-
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusPushGatewayManager.ShutdownOperation;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 /**
  * {@link ConfigurationProperties @ConfigurationProperties} for configuring metrics export
  * to Prometheus.
@@ -86,6 +85,7 @@ public class PrometheusProperties {
 		return this.pushgateway;
 	}
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Configuration options for push-based interaction with Prometheus.
 	 */
@@ -116,6 +116,21 @@ public class PrometheusProperties {
 		 */
 		private Map<String, String> groupingKey = new HashMap<>();
 
+		/**
+		 * Enable publishing via a Prometheus Pushgateway with Basic Auth.
+		 */
+		private Boolean authEnabled = false;
+
+		/**
+		 * Prometheus Pushgateway basic-auth username.
+		 */
+		private String authusername;
+
+		/**
+		 * Prometheus Pushgateway basic-auth password.
+		 */
+		private String authpassword;
+
 		/**
 		 * Operation that should be performed on shutdown.
 		 */
@@ -169,6 +184,29 @@ public class PrometheusProperties {
 			this.shutdownOperation = shutdownOperation;
 		}
 
+		public Boolean getAuthEnabled() {
+			return this.authEnabled;
+		}
+
+		public void setAuthEnabled(Boolean authEnabled) {
+			this.authEnabled = authEnabled;
+		}
+
+		public String getAuthusername() {
+			return authusername;
+		}
+
+		public void setAuthusername(String authusername) {
+			this.authusername = authusername;
+		}
+
+		public String getAuthpassword() {
+			return authpassword;
+		}
+
+		public void setAuthpassword(String authpassword) {
+			this.authpassword = authpassword;
+		}
 	}
 
 }