diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1a0e8d2..7cf43b8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ deploy:
     - LICENSE
     - kwikapi/api.py
     - kwikapi/__init__.py
-  name: kwikapi-0.3.6
-  tag_name: 0.3.6
+  name: kwikapi-0.3.7
+  tag_name: 0.3.7
   on:
     repo: deep-compute/kwikapi
 - provider: pypi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9d41bd..cb42921 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -604,6 +604,113 @@ print(c.namespace.add(a=10, b=10))
 print(c(version='v2', prtocol='pickle').namespace.add(a=10, b=10))
 ```
 
+### Authentication
+KwikAPI supports `Basic` and `Bearer` authentication.
+
+**Basic authentication:**
+
+Setting up authentication at server side
+
+```python
+import tornado.ioloop
+import tornado.web
+
+from kwikapi.tornado import RequestHandler
+from kwikapi import API, Request, BasicServerAuthenticator
+
+class Calc(object):
+    def add(self, req: Request, a: int, b: int) -> int:
+        if not req.auth.is_authenticated:
+            raise Exception("No auth") # Or your logic
+        return a + b
+
+user_store = dict(johndoe=dict(password='password'))
+auth = BasicServerAuthenticator(user_store=user_store)
+api = API(auth=auth)
+api.register(Calc(), 'v1')
+
+def make_app():
+    return tornado.web.Application([
+        (r'^/api/.*', RequestHandler, dict(api=api)),
+    ])  
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app = make_app()
+    app.listen(8818)
+    tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.current().start()
+```
+
+Using authentication at client side.
+```python
+from kwikapi import Client, BasicClientAuthenticator
+
+auth = BasicClientAuthenticator(username='johndoe', password='password')
+
+c = Client('http://localhost:8818/api/', version='v1', auth=auth, protocol='json')
+print(c.add(a=10, b=10))
+```
+
+**Bearer Authentication**
+
+Setting up authentication at server side
+
+```python
+import tornado.ioloop
+import tornado.web
+
+from kwikapi.tornado import RequestHandler
+from kwikapi import API, BearerServerAuthenticator, Request
+
+class Calc(object):
+    def add(self, req: Request, a: int, b: int) -> int:
+        if not req.auth.is_authenticated:
+            raise Exception("No auth")
+        return a + b
+
+tokstore = dict(
+    key1 = dict(user='blah'),
+    key2 = dict(user='blah1'),
+)
+auth = BearerServerAuthenticator(token_store=tokstore)
+
+api = API(auth=auth)
+api.register(Calc(), 'v1')
+
+def make_app():
+    return tornado.web.Application([
+        (r'^/api/.*', RequestHandler, dict(api=api)),
+    ])
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app = make_app()
+    app.listen(8818)
+    tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.current().start()
+```
+
+Using authentication at client side.
+```python
+from kwikapi import Client, BearerClientAuthenticator
+
+auth = BearerClientAuthenticator('key2')
+
+c = Client('http://localhost:8818/api/', version='v1', auth=auth, protocol='json')
+print(c.add(a=10, b=10))
+```
+
+If you don't want to use KwikAPI client then you have to pass the authentication deatails through headers.
+
+- Example for passing authentication details in Base Authentication.
+```python
+key = b'%s:%s' % (username, password)
+key = base64.b64encode(key)
+auth = b'Basic %s' % key
+headers['Authorization'] = auth
+```
+
+- Example for passing authentication details in Bearer Authentication.
+```python
+auth = b'Bearer %s' % b'key'
+headers['Authorization'] = auth
+```
+
 ## Run test cases
 ```bash
 $ python3 -m doctest -v README.md
diff --git a/kwikapi/__init__.py b/kwikapi/__init__.py
index eec55d3..d95a7af 100644
--- a/kwikapi/__init__.py
+++ b/kwikapi/__init__.py
@@ -5,3 +5,14 @@
 
 from .client import Client, DNSCache
 from . import exception
+
+from .auth import BaseServerAuthenticator, \
+        AuthInfo, \
+        BasicServerAuthenticator, \
+        BearerServerAuthenticator, \
+        HMACServerAuthenticator, \
+        BaseClientAuthenticator, \
+        BasicClientAuthenticator, \
+        BearerClientAuthenticator, \
+        HMACClientAuthenticator, \
+        BaseAuthAPI
diff --git a/kwikapi/api.py b/kwikapi/api.py
index fe878e0..6f1ed86 100644
--- a/kwikapi/api.py
+++ b/kwikapi/api.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.protocol = None
         self.metrics = {}
         self._id = generate_random_string(length=5).decode('utf8')
+        self.auth = None
 
     @property
     def id(self):
@@ -187,9 +188,10 @@ class API(object):
 
     def __init__(self, default_version=None, id='',
             threadpool=None, threadpool_size=THREADPOOL_SIZE,
-            log=DUMMY_LOG):
+            auth=None, log=DUMMY_LOG):
 
         self._api_funcs = {}
+        self._auth = auth
         self.log = log.bind(api_id=id)
         self._id = id
         self.default_version = default_version
@@ -450,6 +452,9 @@ def _find_request_protocol(self, request):
         return self.PROTOCOLS[protocol]
 
     def handle_request(self, request):
+        if self.api._auth:
+            request.auth = self.api._auth.authenticate(request)
+
         protocol = self._find_request_protocol(request)
         request.protocol = protocol.get_name()
         response = request.response
diff --git a/kwikapi/auth.py b/kwikapi/auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3f5fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kwikapi/auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import abc
+from abc import abstractmethod
+import base64
+
+from deeputil import xcode, AttrDict
+
+from .api import Request
+
+class BaseServerAuthenticator:
+    '''Helps in authenticating a request on the server'''
+    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
+
+    TYPE = 'base'
+
+    def _read_auth(self, req):
+        auth = req.headers.get('Authorization')
+        _type, info = auth.split(' ', 1)
+        if _type.lower() != self.TYPE:
+            raise Exception('Invalid auth type: %s' % _type) # FIXME: raise exc hierarchy
+
+        auth = AuthInfo(type=self.TYPE)
+        auth.header_info = info
+        return auth
+
+    def authenticate(self, req):
+        return self._read_auth(req)
+
+class AuthInfo(AttrDict):
+    '''Represents authentication information (post auth)'''
+    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self, type=None):
+        self.type = type
+        self.is_authenticated = False
+
+class BasicServerAuthenticator(BaseServerAuthenticator):
+    TYPE = 'basic'
+
+    def __init__(self, user_store=None):
+        self.user_store = user_store or {}
+
+    def authenticate(self, req):
+        auth = super().authenticate(req)
+        auth.username, auth.password = \
+            base64.b64decode(xcode(auth.header_info)).decode('utf-8').split(':')
+
+        auth_info = self.user_store.get(auth.username, None)
+        if not auth_info:
+            return auth
+
+        if auth_info.get('password', None) != auth.password:
+            return auth
+
+        auth.is_authenticated = True
+        auth.update(auth_info)
+
+        return auth
+
+class BearerServerAuthenticator(BaseServerAuthenticator):
+    TYPE = 'bearer'
+
+    def __init__(self, token_store=None):
+        self.token_store = token_store or {}
+
+    def authenticate(self, req):
+        auth = super().authenticate(req)
+        auth.token = auth.header_info
+
+        auth_info = self.token_store.get(auth.token, None)
+        if auth_info:
+            auth.is_authenticated = True
+            auth.update(auth_info)
+
+        return auth
+
+class HMACServerAuthenticator(BaseServerAuthenticator):
+    pass
+
+class BaseClientAuthenticator:
+    '''Helps in signing a request with auth info'''
+    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.type = None
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def sign(self, url, headers, body):
+        pass
+
+class BasicClientAuthenticator(BaseClientAuthenticator):
+    def __init__(self, username, password):
+        self.username = xcode(username)
+        self.password = xcode(password)
+        self.encoded_key = b'%s:%s' % (self.username, self.password)
+        self.encoded_key = base64.b64encode(self.encoded_key)
+
+    def sign(self, url, headers, body):
+        headers['Authorization'] = b'Basic %s' % self.encoded_key
+
+class BearerClientAuthenticator(BaseClientAuthenticator):
+    def __init__(self, bearer_token):
+        self.bearer_token = xcode(bearer_token)
+
+    def sign(self, url, headers, body):
+        headers['Authorization'] = b'Bearer %s' % self.bearer_token
+
+class HMACClientAuthenticator(BaseClientAuthenticator):
+    pass
+
+class BaseAuthAPI:
+    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def login(self, req: Request, username: str, password: str) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def logout(self, req: Request) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def signup(self, req: Request,
+        username: str, password: str,
+        email: str) -> str:
+        pass
diff --git a/kwikapi/client.py b/kwikapi/client.py
index d680ed8..1aad18d 100644
--- a/kwikapi/client.py
+++ b/kwikapi/client.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Client:
 
     def __init__(self, url, version=None, protocol=DEFAULT_PROTOCOL,
             path=None, request='', timeout=None, dnscache=None,
-            headers=None, log=DUMMY_LOG):
+            headers=None, auth=None, log=DUMMY_LOG):
 
         headers = headers or {}
 
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def __init__(self, url, version=None, protocol=DEFAULT_PROTOCOL,
         self._timeout = timeout
         self._dnscache = dnscache
         self._headers = CaseInsensitiveDict(headers)
+        self._auth = auth
         self._log = log
 
         if not self._dnscache:
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ def _get_state(self):
             protocol=self._protocol, path=self._path,
             request=self._request, timeout=self._timeout,
             dnscache=self._dnscache, headers=self._headers,
-            log=self._log)
+            auth=self._auth, log=self._log)
 
     def _copy(self, **kwargs):
         _kwargs = self._get_state()
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ def _prepare_request(self, post_body, get_params=None):
             url = '{}?{}'.format(url, urlencode(get_params))
 
         url = self._dnscache.map_url(url)
+        if self._auth:
+            self._auth.sign(url, headers, post_body)
+
         return url, post_body, headers
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 364f70a..3252937 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-version = '0.3.6'
+version = '0.3.7'
 setup(
     name="kwikapi",
     version=version,
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
     'requests==2.18.4',
     ],
     extras_require={
-        'django': ['kwikapi-django==0.2.2'],
+        'django': ['kwikapi-django==0.2.3'],
         'tornado': ['kwikapi-tornado==0.3'],
-        'all': ['kwikapi-django==0.2.2', 'kwikapi-tornado==0.3']
+        'all': ['kwikapi-django==0.2.3', 'kwikapi-tornado==0.3']
     },
     classifiers=[
         'Environment :: Web Environment',