diff --git a/src/include/switch_module_interfaces.h b/src/include/switch_module_interfaces.h
index 98f5e32bf3..ac89f3e276 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_module_interfaces.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_module_interfaces.h
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ typedef struct switch_mm_s {
 	int scale_w;
 	int scale_h;
 	switch_img_fmt_t fmt;
+	char *auth_username;
+	char *auth_password;
 } switch_mm_t;
 
 /*! an abstract representation of a file handle (some parameters based on compat with libsndfile) */
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avformat.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avformat.c
index 43e2d8c40b..5fd10d95d3 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avformat.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avformat.c
@@ -391,6 +391,17 @@ static switch_status_t add_stream(MediaStream *mst, AVFormatContext *fc, AVCodec
 
 		c->codec_id = codec_id;
 
+		if (mm->auth_username) {
+			char tmp[256] = "";
+			switch_snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "pubUser=%s", mm->auth_username);
+			av_set_options_string(c, tmp, "=", ":");
+
+			if (mm->auth_password) {
+				switch_snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "pubPasswd=%s", mm->auth_password);
+				av_set_options_string(c, tmp, "=", ":");
+			}
+		}
+
 		/* Resolution must be a multiple of two. */
 		c->width    = mst->width;
 		c->height   = mst->height;
diff --git a/src/switch_core_file.c b/src/switch_core_file.c
index 598876c99f..263e803159 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_file.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_file.c
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_perform_file_open(const char *file,
 			fh->mm.try_hardware_encoder = switch_true(val);
 		}
 
+		if ((val = switch_event_get_header(fh->params, "auth_username"))) {
+			fh->mm.auth_username = switch_core_strdup(fh->memory_pool, val);
+		}
+
+		if ((val = switch_event_get_header(fh->params, "auth_password"))) {
+			fh->mm.auth_password = switch_core_strdup(fh->memory_pool, val);
+		}
+
 		if ((val = switch_event_get_header(fh->params, "fps"))) {
 			float ftmp = atof(val);
 			if (ftmp > 0.0f) {