diff --git a/libraries/http_request.inc b/libraries/http_request.inc
index 24cc431..6242d61 100644
--- a/libraries/http_request.inc
+++ b/libraries/http_request.inc
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ function http_request_get($url, $username = NULL, $password = NULL, $accept_inva
       curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, TRUE);
       if (!empty($username)) {
         curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "{$username}:{$password}");
+        curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
       }
       curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
       curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_HEADER, TRUE);