diff --git a/news/1182.feature b/news/1182.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9626866b6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/1182.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added support for ntlm authentication using ``--auth-ntlm`` option.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7dab1fd45b2..d60e5a08ca3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -83,5 +83,8 @@ def get_version(rel_path):
     },
 
     zip_safe=False,
+    extras_require={
+        'ntlm': ['requests_negotiate_sspi'],
+    },
     python_requires='>=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*',
 )
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
index ff9acfd4644..94835ae0989 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
@@ -930,6 +930,15 @@ def check_list_path_option(options):
 )  # type: Callable[..., Option]
 
 
+auth_ntlm = partial(
+    Option,
+    '--auth-ntlm',
+    dest='auth_ntlm',
+    action='store_true',
+    default=False,
+    help='Authenticate on host using NTLM.')
+
+
 ##########
 # groups #
 ##########
@@ -959,6 +968,7 @@ def check_list_path_option(options):
         no_color,
         no_python_version_warning,
         unstable_feature,
+        auth_ntlm,
     ]
 }  # type: Dict[str, Any]
 
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py b/src/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py
index 104b033281f..372bb865e36 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@
 from pip._internal.cli import cmdoptions
 from pip._internal.cli.base_command import Command
 from pip._internal.cli.command_context import CommandContextMixIn
-from pip._internal.exceptions import CommandError, PreviousBuildDirError
+from pip._internal.exceptions import (
+    CommandError,
+    InstallationError,
+    PreviousBuildDirError,
+)
 from pip._internal.index.package_finder import PackageFinder
 from pip._internal.models.selection_prefs import SelectionPreferences
+from pip._internal.network.auth import MultiDomainNtlmAuth
 from pip._internal.network.download import Downloader
 from pip._internal.network.session import PipSession
 from pip._internal.operations.prepare import RequirementPreparer
@@ -121,6 +126,14 @@ def _build_session(self, options, retries=None, timeout=None):
                 "https": options.proxy,
             }
 
+        if options.auth_ntlm:
+            try:
+                session.auth = MultiDomainNtlmAuth()
+            except InstallationError:
+                # Needed to allow pip to check for updates
+                options.auth_ntlm = False
+                raise
+
         # Determine if we can prompt the user for authentication or not
         session.auth.prompting = not options.no_input
 
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/network/auth.py b/src/pip/_internal/network/auth.py
index 94da3d46aaa..804a815c9b1 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/network/auth.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/network/auth.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from pip._vendor.requests.utils import get_netrc_auth
 from pip._vendor.six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib_parse
 
+from pip._internal.exceptions import InstallationError
 from pip._internal.utils.misc import (
     ask,
     ask_input,
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@
 )
 from pip._internal.utils.typing import MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING
 
+try:
+    from requests_negotiate_sspi import HttpNegotiateAuth  # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    HttpNegotiateAuth = None
+
 if MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING:
     from optparse import Values
     from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ def get_keyring_auth(url, username):
         )
 
 
-class MultiDomainBasicAuth(AuthBase):
+class MultiDomainAuth(AuthBase):
 
     def __init__(self, prompting=True, index_urls=None):
         # type: (bool, Optional[Values]) -> None
@@ -206,7 +212,7 @@ def __call__(self, req):
 
         if username is not None and password is not None:
             # Send the basic auth with this request
-            req = HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)(req)
+            req = self.authlib(username, password)(req)
 
         # Attach a hook to handle 401 responses
         req.register_hook("response", self.handle_401)
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@ def handle_401(self, resp, **kwargs):
         resp.raw.release_conn()
 
         # Add our new username and password to the request
-        req = HTTPBasicAuth(username or "", password or "")(resp.request)
+        req = self.authlib(username or "", password or "")(resp.request)
         req.register_hook("response", self.warn_on_401)
 
         # On successful request, save the credentials that were used to
@@ -296,3 +302,28 @@ def save_credentials(self, resp, **kwargs):
                 keyring.set_password(*creds)
             except Exception:
                 logger.exception('Failed to save credentials')
+
+    @property
+    def authlib(self):
+        # Place holder for Authentication Class
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class MultiDomainBasicAuth(MultiDomainAuth):
+    @property
+    def authlib(self):
+        return HTTPBasicAuth
+
+
+class MultiDomainNtlmAuth(MultiDomainAuth):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if HttpNegotiateAuth is None:
+            raise InstallationError(
+                "Dependencies for Ntlm authentication are missing. Install "
+                "dependencies via the 'pip install pip[ntlm]' command."
+            )
+        super(MultiDomainNtlmAuth, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    @property
+    def authlib(self):
+        return HttpNegotiateAuth
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install.py b/tests/functional/test_install.py
index 2cb44269502..388dbdbdb21 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_install.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install.py
@@ -186,6 +186,20 @@ def test_pep518_forkbombs(script, data, common_wheels, command, package):
     ) in result.stderr, str(result)
 
 
+def test_without_ntlm(script, data):
+    result = script.pip(
+        'install', '--auth-ntlm',
+        '-f', data.packages,
+        'INITools==0.2',
+        expect_error=True,
+    )
+    assert (
+        "Dependencies for Ntlm authentication are missing. Install "
+        "dependencies via the 'pip install pip[ntlm]' command."
+        in result.stderr
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.network
 def test_pip_second_command_line_interface_works(
         script, pip_src, data, common_wheels, deprecated_python):