diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c

index e599515..154ab21 100644

--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c

+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c

@@ -1200,11 +1200,20 @@ static int proxy_handler(request_rec *r)

                     /* handle the scheme */

                     ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, r, APLOGNO(01142)

                                   "Trying to run scheme_handler against proxy");

+

+                    if (ents[i].creds) {

+                        apr_table_set(r->notes, "proxy-basic-creds", ents[i].creds);

+                        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE1, 0, r,

+                                      "Using proxy auth creds %s", ents[i].creds);

+                    }

+

                     access_status = proxy_run_scheme_handler(r, worker,

                                                              conf, url,

                                                              ents[i].hostname,

                                                              ents[i].port);

+                    if (ents[i].creds) apr_table_unset(r->notes, "proxy-basic-creds");

+

                     /* Did the scheme handler process the request? */

                     if (access_status != DECLINED) {

                         const char *cl_a;

@@ -1620,8 +1629,8 @@ static void *merge_proxy_dir_config(apr_pool_t *p, void *basev, void *addv)

     return new;

 }

-static const char *

-    add_proxy(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy, const char *f1, const char *r1, int regex)

+static const char *add_proxy(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy, const char *f1,

+                             const char *r1, const char *creds, int regex)

 {

     server_rec *s = cmd->server;

     proxy_server_conf *conf =

@@ -1679,19 +1688,24 @@ static const char *

     new->port = port;

     new->regexp = reg;

     new->use_regex = regex;

+    if (creds) {

+        new->creds = apr_pstrcat(cmd->pool, "Basic ",

+                                 ap_pbase64encode(cmd->pool, (char *)creds),

+                                 NULL);

+    }

     return NULL;

 }

-static const char *

-    add_proxy_noregex(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy, const char *f1, const char *r1)

+static const char *add_proxy_noregex(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy, const char *f1,

+                                     const char *r1, const char *creds)

 {

-    return add_proxy(cmd, dummy, f1, r1, 0);

+    return add_proxy(cmd, dummy, f1, r1, creds, 0);

 }

-static const char *

-    add_proxy_regex(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy, const char *f1, const char *r1)

+static const char *add_proxy_regex(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy, const char *f1,

+                                   const char *r1, const char *creds)

 {

-    return add_proxy(cmd, dummy, f1, r1, 1);

+    return add_proxy(cmd, dummy, f1, r1, creds, 1);

 }

 PROXY_DECLARE(const char *) ap_proxy_de_socketfy(apr_pool_t *p, const char *url)

@@ -2637,9 +2651,9 @@ static const command_rec proxy_cmds[] =

     "location, in regular expression syntax"),

     AP_INIT_FLAG("ProxyRequests", set_proxy_req, NULL, RSRC_CONF,

      "on if the true proxy requests should be accepted"),

-    AP_INIT_TAKE2("ProxyRemote", add_proxy_noregex, NULL, RSRC_CONF,

+    AP_INIT_TAKE23("ProxyRemote", add_proxy_noregex, NULL, RSRC_CONF,

      "a scheme, partial URL or '*' and a proxy server"),

-    AP_INIT_TAKE2("ProxyRemoteMatch", add_proxy_regex, NULL, RSRC_CONF,

+    AP_INIT_TAKE23("ProxyRemoteMatch", add_proxy_regex, NULL, RSRC_CONF,

      "a regex pattern and a proxy server"),

     AP_INIT_FLAG("ProxyPassInterpolateEnv", ap_set_flag_slot_char,

         (void*)APR_OFFSETOF(proxy_dir_conf, interpolate_env),

diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h

index 895b937..538839f 100644

--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h

+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h

@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ struct proxy_remote {

     const char *protocol;   /* the scheme used to talk to this proxy */

     const char *hostname;   /* the hostname of this proxy */

     ap_regex_t *regexp;     /* compiled regex (if any) for the remote */

+    const char *creds;      /* auth credentials (if any) for the proxy */

     int use_regex;          /* simple boolean. True if we have a regex pattern */

     apr_port_t  port;       /* the port for this proxy */

 };

diff --git a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c

index e7ffe33..50561a4 100644

--- a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c

+++ b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c

@@ -2474,11 +2474,14 @@ ap_proxy_determine_connection(apr_pool_t *p, request_rec *r,

                      * So let's make it configurable by env.

                      * The logic here is the same used in mod_proxy_http.

                      */

-                    proxy_auth = apr_table_get(r->headers_in, "Proxy-Authorization");

+                    proxy_auth = apr_table_get(r->notes, "proxy-basic-creds");

+                    if (proxy_auth == NULL)

+                        proxy_auth = apr_table_get(r->headers_in, "Proxy-Authorization");

+

                     if (proxy_auth != NULL &&

                         proxy_auth[0] != '\0' &&

-                        r->user == NULL && /* we haven't yet authenticated */

-                        apr_table_get(r->subprocess_env, "Proxy-Chain-Auth")) {

+                        (r->user == NULL  /* we haven't yet authenticated */

+                         || apr_table_get(r->subprocess_env, "Proxy-Chain-Auth"))) {

                         forward->proxy_auth = apr_pstrdup(conn->pool, proxy_auth);

                     }

                 }

@@ -2714,7 +2717,8 @@ static apr_status_t send_http_connect(proxy_conn_rec *backend,

     nbytes = apr_snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer),

                           "CONNECT %s:%d HTTP/1.0" CRLF,

                           forward->target_host, forward->target_port);

-    /* Add proxy authorization from the initial request if necessary */

+    /* Add proxy authorization from the configuration, or initial

+     * request if necessary */

     if (forward->proxy_auth != NULL) {

         nbytes += apr_snprintf(buffer + nbytes, sizeof(buffer) - nbytes,

                                "Proxy-Authorization: %s" CRLF,

@@ -3627,6 +3631,7 @@ PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_create_hdrbrgd(apr_pool_t *p,

     apr_bucket *e;

     int do_100_continue;

     conn_rec *origin = p_conn->connection;

+    const char *creds;

     proxy_dir_conf *dconf = ap_get_module_config(r->per_dir_config, &proxy_module);

     /*

@@ -3803,6 +3808,11 @@ PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_create_hdrbrgd(apr_pool_t *p,

         return HTTP_BAD_REQUEST;

     }

+    creds = apr_table_get(r->notes, "proxy-basic-creds");

+    if (creds) {

+        apr_table_mergen(r->headers_in, "Proxy-Authorization", creds);

+    }

+

     /* send request headers */

     headers_in_array = apr_table_elts(r->headers_in);

     headers_in = (const apr_table_entry_t *) headers_in_array->elts;