diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/SolrRelation.scala b/src/main/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/SolrRelation.scala
index 198e93e1..1ef90f78 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/SolrRelation.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/SolrRelation.scala
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class SolrRelation(
 
   checkRequiredParams()
 
+  SolrSupport.doBasicAuthByOptsIfUsed(parameters)
+
   lazy val solrVersion : String = SolrSupport.getSolrVersion(conf.getZkHost.get)
   lazy val initialQuery: SolrQuery = SolrRelation.buildQuery(conf)
   // we don't need the baseSchema for streaming expressions, so we wrap it in an optional
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/util/SolrSupport.scala b/src/main/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/util/SolrSupport.scala
index f7b33943..3d168bb4 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/util/SolrSupport.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/util/SolrSupport.scala
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl._
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.UpdateRequest
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.QueryResponse
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.{SolrClient, SolrQuery, SolrServerException}
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpClientUtil
 import org.apache.solr.common.cloud._
 import org.apache.solr.common.{SolrDocument, SolrException, SolrInputDocument}
-import org.apache.solr.common.params.ModifiableSolrParams
+import org.apache.solr.common.params.{MapSolrParams, ModifiableSolrParams}
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.SimpleOrderedMap
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.DStream
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ object SolrSupport extends LazyLogging {
 
   val AUTH_CONFIGURER_CLASS = "auth.configurer.class"
   val SOLR_VERSION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)(\\.(\\d+))?.*")
+  var basicAuthBySparkOpts = false; //false: via system properties or no auth  true: via spark options or no auth
 
   def getSolrVersion(zkHost: String): String = {
     val sysQuery = new SolrQuery
@@ -733,6 +735,45 @@ object SolrSupport extends LazyLogging {
     splits.toList
   }
 
+  /**
+    * To support basic auth by Spark options,
+    * it set username and password in PreemptiveBasicAuthClientBuilderFactory by spark options and get cached client immediately
+    * It does not support using both Spark options and system properties for basic auth,
+    * username and password in spark options will cover credentials in system properties.
+    *
+    * @param params Spark options
+    */
+  def doBasicAuthByOptsIfUsed(params: Map[String, String]): Unit ={
+    val usernameInOpts = params.get(HttpClientUtil.PROP_BASIC_AUTH_USER)
+    val passwordInOpts = params.get(HttpClientUtil.PROP_BASIC_AUTH_PASS)
+
+    if (!basicAuthBySparkOpts){
+      if (usernameInOpts == None) {
+        return
+      } else {
+        val credentials = System.getProperty(PreemptiveBasicAuthClientBuilderFactory.SYS_PROP_BASIC_AUTH_CREDENTIALS)
+        val configFile = System.getProperty(PreemptiveBasicAuthClientBuilderFactory.SYS_PROP_HTTP_CLIENT_CONFIG)
+        if (null != credentials || null != configFile){
+          logger.warn(s""" There is "${PreemptiveBasicAuthClientBuilderFactory.SYS_PROP_BASIC_AUTH_CREDENTIALS}" or "${PreemptiveBasicAuthClientBuilderFactory.SYS_PROP_HTTP_CLIENT_CONFIG}" """ +
+            s""" in system properties and "${HttpClientUtil.PROP_BASIC_AUTH_USER}" in spark options. Credentials in spark options will cover credentials in system properties""")
+        }
+        basicAuthBySparkOpts = true
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (usernameInOpts == None || passwordInOpts == None){
+      System.clearProperty(PreemptiveBasicAuthClientBuilderFactory.SYS_PROP_BASIC_AUTH_CREDENTIALS)
+      PreemptiveBasicAuthClientBuilderFactory.setDefaultSolrParams(null)
+    } else {
+      logger.info(s"basic auth info  zkHost:${params.getOrElse("zkhost", "")} username:${usernameInOpts.get}")
+      System.setProperty(PreemptiveBasicAuthClientBuilderFactory.SYS_PROP_BASIC_AUTH_CREDENTIALS, usernameInOpts.get + ":" + passwordInOpts.get)
+      val authParams = Map(HttpClientUtil.PROP_BASIC_AUTH_USER -> usernameInOpts.get,
+        HttpClientUtil.PROP_BASIC_AUTH_PASS -> passwordInOpts.get)
+      PreemptiveBasicAuthClientBuilderFactory.setDefaultSolrParams(new MapSolrParams(authParams))
+    }
+    getCachedCloudClient(params.getOrElse("zkhost", ""))
+  }
+
   case class WorkerShardSplit(query: SolrQuery, replica: SolrReplica)
   case class ExportHandlerSplit(query: SolrQuery, replica: SolrReplica, numWorkers: Int, workerId: Int)
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/TestBasicAuthBySparkOpts.scala b/src/test/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/TestBasicAuthBySparkOpts.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d691462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/lucidworks/spark/TestBasicAuthBySparkOpts.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package com.lucidworks.spark
+
+import java.util.UUID
+
+import com.lucidworks.spark.util.{SolrCloudUtil, SolrSupport}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SaveMode.Overwrite
+import org.apache.spark.sql._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+import org.apache.zookeeper.{WatchedEvent, Watcher, ZooKeeper}
+
+
+class TestBasicAuthBySparkOpts extends TestSuiteBuilder {
+  val securityJson = "{\n\"authentication\":{ \n   \"blockUnknown\": true, \n   \"class\":\"solr.BasicAuthPlugin\",\n   \"credentials\":{\"solr\":\"IV0EHq1OnNrj6gvRCwvFwTrZ1+z1oBbnQdiVC3otuq0= Ndd7LKvVBAaZIF0QAVi1ekCfAJXr1GGfLtRUXhgrF8c=\"} \n},\n\"authorization\":{\n   \"class\":\"solr.RuleBasedAuthorizationPlugin\",\n   \"permissions\":[{\"name\":\"security-edit\",\n      \"role\":\"admin\"}], \n   \"user-role\":{\"solr\":\"admin\"} \n}}"
+
+  test("auth by spark options"){
+    val collectionName = "testBasicAuth-" + UUID.randomUUID().toString
+    SolrCloudUtil.buildCollection(zkHost, collectionName, null, 1, cloudClient, sc)
+
+    // Enable basic authentication
+    val zk = new ZooKeeper(zkHost, 500000, new Watcher() {
+      override def process(event: WatchedEvent): Unit = {}
+    })
+    val bytes: Array[Byte] = zk.getData("/security.json", false, null)
+    zk.setData("/security.json", securityJson.getBytes, -(1))
+
+    try {
+      val csvDF = buildTestData()
+      val solrOpts = Map("zkhost" -> zkHost,
+        "httpBasicAuthUser"->"solr",
+        "httpBasicAuthPassword"->"SolrRocks",
+        "collection" -> collectionName)
+      csvDF.write.format("solr").options(solrOpts).mode(Overwrite).save()
+
+      // Explicit commit to make sure all docs are visible
+      val solrCloudClient = SolrSupport.getCachedCloudClient(zkHost)
+      solrCloudClient.commit(collectionName, true, true)
+
+      val solrDF = sparkSession.read.format("solr").options(solrOpts).load()
+      assert(solrDF.count == 3)
+
+    }finally {
+      zk.setData("/security.json", bytes, -(1))
+      zk.close()
+      SolrCloudUtil.deleteCollection(collectionName, cluster)
+    }
+  }
+
+  def buildTestData() : DataFrame = {
+    val testDataSchema : StructType = StructType(
+      StructField("id", IntegerType, true) ::
+        StructField("one_txt", StringType, false) ::
+        StructField("two_txt", StringType, false) ::
+        StructField("three_s", StringType, false) :: Nil)
+
+    val rows = Seq(
+      Row(1, "A", "B", "C"),
+      Row(2, "C", "D", "E"),
+      Row(3, "F", "G", "H")
+    )
+
+    val csvDF : DataFrame = sparkSession.createDataFrame(sparkSession.sparkContext.makeRDD(rows, 1), testDataSchema)
+    assert(csvDF.count == 3)
+    return csvDF
+  }
+
+}