diff --git a/bindings/src/main/resources/import-configuration.xsd b/bindings/src/main/resources/import-configuration.xsd
index 93cfbe3e..8987ce33 100644
--- a/bindings/src/main/resources/import-configuration.xsd
+++ b/bindings/src/main/resources/import-configuration.xsd
@@ -1230,6 +1230,15 @@
                         </xs:documentation>
                     </xs:annotation>
                 </xs:element>
+                <xs:element ref="Credentials" minOccurs="0">
+                    <xs:annotation>
+                        <xs:documentation>
+                            If the sos server is protected by Basic
+                            authentication, the user name and password has to
+                            be defined.
+                        </xs:documentation>
+                    </xs:annotation>
+                </xs:element>
             </xs:sequence>
             <xs:attribute name="insertSweArrayObservationTimeoutBuffer">
                 <xs:annotation>
diff --git a/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/Configuration.java b/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/Configuration.java
index 91ceeddd..6ad135b4 100644
--- a/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/Configuration.java
+++ b/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/Configuration.java
@@ -334,20 +334,44 @@ public URL getSosUrl() throws MalformedURLException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * <p>getUser.</p>
+     * <p>getSosUser.</p>
      *
      * @return a {@link java.lang.String} object.
      */
-    public String getUser() {
+     public String getSosUser() {
+        if (importConf.getSosMetadata().getCredentials() != null) {
+            return importConf.getSosMetadata().getCredentials().getUserName();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>getSosPassword.</p>
+     *
+     * @return a {@link java.lang.String} object.
+     */
+    public String getSosPassword() {
+        if (importConf.getSosMetadata().getCredentials() != null) {
+            return importConf.getSosMetadata().getCredentials().getPassword();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>getFtpUser.</p>
+     *
+     * @return a {@link java.lang.String} object.
+     */
+    public String getFtpUser() {
         return importConf.getDataFile().getRemoteFile().getCredentials().getUserName();
     }
 
     /**
-     * <p>getPassword.</p>
+     * <p>getFtpPassword.</p>
      *
      * @return a {@link java.lang.String} object.
      */
-    public String getPassword() {
+    public String getFtpPassword() {
         return importConf.getDataFile().getRemoteFile().getCredentials().getPassword();
     }
 
diff --git a/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/Feeder.java b/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/Feeder.java
index 25719723..012e161d 100644
--- a/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/Feeder.java
+++ b/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/Feeder.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.text.ParseException;
@@ -268,6 +270,16 @@ public Feeder(final Configuration config)
                     sweArrayObservationTimeOutBuffer);
         }
         isUseLastTimestamp = config.isUseLastTimestamp();
+        if (config.getSosUser() != null && config.getSosPassword()!= null) {
+            try {
+                URI u = sosUrl.toURI();
+                sosWrapper.setBasicAuthHost(u.getScheme() + "://" + u.getHost() + ':' + u.getPort());
+                sosWrapper.setBasicAuthUser(config.getSosUser());
+                sosWrapper.setBasicAuthPassword(config.getSosPassword());
+            } catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
+                throw new OXFException(ex);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private Binding getBinding(final String binding) throws OXFException {
diff --git a/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/util/FtpClient.java b/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/util/FtpClient.java
index e6d28e72..63a8c055 100644
--- a/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/util/FtpClient.java
+++ b/feeder/src/main/java/org/n52/sos/importer/feeder/util/FtpClient.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public DataFile download() {
         try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);) {
             client.connect(config.getRemoteFileURL());
             if (config.areRemoteFileCredentialsSet()) {
-                client.login(config.getUser(), config.getPassword());
+                client.login(config.getFtpUser(), config.getFtpPassword());
             }
             client.enterLocalPassiveMode();
             URL remoteFileURL = new URL(config.getRemoteFileURL());