diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/config.html b/data/interfaces/default/config.html
index 3b72169d9..ce0217ba7 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/config.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/config.html
@@ -1416,6 +1416,17 @@ <h3>MPC</h3>
                                     <div class="row">
                                         <label>Port</label><input type="text" name="customport" value="${config['customport']}" size="8">
                                     </div>
+                                    <div class="row checkbox">
+                                        <input type="checkbox" name="customauth" id="customauth" value="1" ${config['customauth']} /><label>Requires Authentication</label>
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div id="customauth_options">
+                                        <div class="row">
+                                            <label>Username</label><input type="text" class="customuser" name="customuser" value="${config['customuser']}" size="20">
+                                        </div>
+                                        <div class="row">
+                                            <label>Password</label><input type="password" class="custompass" name="custompass" value="${config['custompass']}" size="15"><br>
+                                        </div>
+                                    </div>
                                     <div class="row">
                                         <label>Sleep Interval</label><input type="text" name="customsleep" value="${config['customsleep']}" size="4">
                                     </div>
@@ -1526,6 +1537,25 @@ <h3>MPC</h3>
                     $('#api_key').val(data);
             });
         });
+                if ($("#customauth").is(":checked"))
+                        {
+                            $("#customauth_options").show();
+                        }
+                else
+                        {
+                            $("#customauth_options").hide();
+                        }
+
+                $("#customauth").click(function(){
+                        if ($("#customauth").is(":checked"))
+                        {
+                            $("#customauth_options").slideDown();
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            $("#customauth_options").slideUp();
+                        }
+                });
                 if ($("#enable_https").is(":checked"))
                         {
                             $("#https_options").show();
@@ -2074,6 +2104,7 @@ <h3>MPC</h3>
                 initConfigCheckbox("#use_whatcd");
                 initConfigCheckbox("#api_enabled");
                 initConfigCheckbox("#enable_https");
+                initConfigCheckbox("#customauth");
 
 
                 $('#twitterStep1').click(function () {
diff --git a/headphones/config.py b/headphones/config.py
index 4071edd7e..a3b390a89 100644
--- a/headphones/config.py
+++ b/headphones/config.py
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ def bool_int(value):
     'CUE_SPLIT': (int, 'General', 1),
     'CUE_SPLIT_FLAC_PATH': (str, 'General', ''),
     'CUE_SPLIT_SHNTOOL_PATH': (str, 'General', ''),
+    'CUSTOMAUTH': (int, 'General', 0),
     'CUSTOMHOST': (str, 'General', 'localhost'),
+    'CUSTOMPASS': (str, 'General', ''),
     'CUSTOMPORT': (int, 'General', 5000),
     'CUSTOMSLEEP': (int, 'General', 1),
+    'CUSTOMUSER': (str, 'General', ''),
     'DELETE_LOSSLESS_FILES': (int, 'General', 1),
     'DESTINATION_DIR': (str, 'General', ''),
     'DETECT_BITRATE': (int, 'General', 0),
diff --git a/headphones/mb.py b/headphones/mb.py
index 6caf0090f..66a9f3035 100644
--- a/headphones/mb.py
+++ b/headphones/mb.py
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def startmb():
     elif headphones.CONFIG.MIRROR == "custom":
         mbhost = headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMHOST
         mbport = int(headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMPORT)
+        mbuser = headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMUSER
+        mbpass = headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMPASS
         sleepytime = int(headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMSLEEP)
     elif headphones.CONFIG.MIRROR == "headphones":
         mbhost = "144.76.94.239"
@@ -69,12 +71,16 @@ def startmb():
         mb_lock.minimum_delta = sleepytime
 
     # Add headphones credentials
-    if headphones.CONFIG.MIRROR == "headphones":
-        if not mbuser and mbpass:
-            logger.warn("No username or password set for VIP server")
+    if headphones.CONFIG.MIRROR == "headphones" or headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMAUTH:
+        if not mbuser or not mbpass:
+            logger.warn("No username or password set for MusicBrainz server")
         else:
             musicbrainzngs.hpauth(mbuser, mbpass)
 
+    # Let us know if we disable custom authentication
+    if not headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMAUTH:
+        musicbrainzngs.disable_hpauth();
+
     logger.debug('Using the following server values: MBHost: %s, MBPort: %i, Sleep Interval: %i', mbhost, mbport, sleepytime)
 
     return True
diff --git a/headphones/webserve.py b/headphones/webserve.py
index b3b67cac5..9cd03280e 100644
--- a/headphones/webserve.py
+++ b/headphones/webserve.py
@@ -1142,6 +1142,9 @@ def config(self):
             "customhost": headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMHOST,
             "customport": headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMPORT,
             "customsleep": headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMSLEEP,
+            "customauth": checked(headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMAUTH),
+            "customuser": headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMUSER,
+            "custompass": headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMPASS,
             "hpuser": headphones.CONFIG.HPUSER,
             "hppass": headphones.CONFIG.HPPASS,
             "songkick_enabled": checked(headphones.CONFIG.SONGKICK_ENABLED),
@@ -1196,7 +1199,7 @@ def configUpdate(self, **kwargs):
             "nma_enabled", "nma_onsnatch", "pushalot_enabled", "pushalot_onsnatch", "synoindex_enabled", "pushover_enabled",
             "pushover_onsnatch", "pushbullet_enabled", "pushbullet_onsnatch", "subsonic_enabled", "twitter_enabled", "twitter_onsnatch",
             "osx_notify_enabled", "osx_notify_onsnatch", "boxcar_enabled", "boxcar_onsnatch", "songkick_enabled", "songkick_filter_enabled",
-            "mpc_enabled"
+            "mpc_enabled", "customauth"
         ]
         for checked_config in checked_configs:
             if checked_config not in kwargs:
diff --git a/lib/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py b/lib/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py
index 875eff6f3..d7e5e74f4 100644
--- a/lib/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py
+++ b/lib/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ def _decorator(func):
 hostname = "musicbrainz.org"
 _client = ""
 _useragent = ""
+mb_auth = False
 
 def auth(u, p):
 	"""Set the username and password to be used in subsequent queries to
@@ -284,9 +285,16 @@ def hpauth(u, p):
     """Set the username and password to be used in subsequent queries to
     the MusicBrainz XML API that require authentication.
     """
-    global hpuser, hppassword
+    global hpuser, hppassword, mb_auth
     hpuser = u
     hppassword = p
+    mb_auth = True
+
+def disable_hpauth():
+    """Disable the authentication for MusicBrainz XML API
+    """
+    global mb_auth
+    mb_auth = False
 
 def set_useragent(app, version, contact=None):
     """Set the User-Agent to be used for requests to the MusicBrainz webservice.
@@ -635,7 +643,7 @@ def _mb_request(path, method='GET', auth_required=False, client_required=False,
     req.add_header('User-Agent', _useragent)
 
     # Add headphones credentials
-    if hostname == '144.76.94.239:8181':
+    if mb_auth:
         base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (hpuser, hppassword)).replace('\n', '')
         req.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)