diff --git a/lib/roles/http/client/client.c b/lib/roles/http/client/client.c
index 4ad69ccbb..414972ec1 100644
--- a/lib/roles/http/client/client.c
+++ b/lib/roles/http/client/client.c
@@ -1103,6 +1103,11 @@ lws_generate_client_handshake(struct lws *wsi, char *pkt)
 		if (atoi(lws_hdr_simple_ptr(wsi->parent, WSI_TOKEN_HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH)))
 			wsi->client_http_body_pending = 1;
 	}
+	if (wsi->parent &&
+	    lws_hdr_total_length(wsi->parent, WSI_TOKEN_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION)) {
+		p += snprintf(p, 128, "Authorization: %s\x0d\x0a",
+			lws_hdr_simple_ptr(wsi->parent, WSI_TOKEN_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION));
+	}
 	if (wsi->parent &&
 	    lws_hdr_total_length(wsi->parent, WSI_TOKEN_HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE)) {
 		p += snprintf(p, 128, "Content-Type: %s\x0d\x0a",
@@ -1131,6 +1136,8 @@ lws_generate_client_handshake(struct lws *wsi, char *pkt)
 
 	p += snprintf(p, 4, "\x0d\x0a");
 
+	// puts(pkt);
+
 	return p;
 }