diff --git a/kubernetes-client.cabal b/kubernetes-client.cabal
--- a/kubernetes-client.cabal
+++ b/kubernetes-client.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      1.12
 name:               kubernetes-client
-version:            0.2.0.0
+version:            0.3.0.0
 license:            Apache-2.0
 license-file:       LICENSE
 maintainer:
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 library
     exposed-modules:
         Kubernetes.Client
+        Kubernetes.Client.Auth.Basic
         Kubernetes.Client.Auth.ClientCert
         Kubernetes.Client.Auth.GCP
         Kubernetes.Client.Auth.Internal.Types
@@ -46,37 +47,37 @@
         aeson >=1.2 && <1.5,
         attoparsec ==0.13.*,
         base >=4.7 && <5.0,
-        base64-bytestring >=1.0.0.2 && <1.1,
+        base64-bytestring >=1.0.0.2,
         bytestring ==0.10.*,
-        connection >=0.2 && <0.4,
-        containers >=0.5 && <0.7,
-        data-default-class ==0.1.*,
-        either ==5.0.*,
-        filepath ==1.4.*,
-        hoauth2 ==1.8.*,
+        connection >=0.2,
+        containers >=0.5,
+        data-default-class >=0.1,
+        either >=5.0,
+        filepath >=1.4,
+        hoauth2 >=1.8,
         http-client >=0.5 && <0.7,
-        http-client-tls ==0.3.*,
-        jose-jwt ==0.8.*,
+        http-client-tls >=0.3,
+        jose-jwt >=0.8,
         jsonpath ==0.1.*,
-        kubernetes-client-core ==0.2.0.0,
+        kubernetes-client-core ==0.3.0.0,
         microlens ==0.4.*,
-        mtl ==2.2.*,
-        oidc-client ==0.4.*,
-        pem ==0.2.*,
-        safe-exceptions >=0.1.0.0 && <0.2,
-        stm >=2.4 && <2.6,
+        mtl >=2.2,
+        oidc-client >=0.4,
+        pem >=0.2,
+        safe-exceptions >=0.1.0.0,
+        stm >=2.4,
         streaming-bytestring >=0.1 && <0.2.0,
         text >=0.11 && <1.3,
-        time ==1.8.*,
-        timerep ==2.0.*,
-        tls >=1.4.1 && <1.5,
-        typed-process ==0.2.*,
-        uri-bytestring ==0.3.*,
-        x509 ==1.7.*,
-        x509-store ==1.6.*,
-        x509-system ==1.6.*,
-        x509-validation ==1.6.*,
-        yaml >=0.8.32 && <0.12
+        time >=1.8,
+        timerep >=2.0,
+        tls >=1.4.1,
+        typed-process >=0.2,
+        uri-bytestring >=0.3,
+        x509 >=1.7,
+        x509-store >=1.6,
+        x509-system >=1.6,
+        x509-validation >=1.6,
+        yaml >=0.8.32
 
 test-suite example
     type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
@@ -88,44 +89,45 @@
         aeson >=1.2 && <1.5,
         attoparsec ==0.13.*,
         base >=4.7 && <5.0,
-        base64-bytestring >=1.0.0.2 && <1.1,
+        base64-bytestring >=1.0.0.2,
         bytestring ==0.10.*,
-        connection >=0.2 && <0.4,
-        containers >=0.5 && <0.7,
-        data-default-class ==0.1.*,
-        either ==5.0.*,
-        filepath ==1.4.*,
-        hoauth2 ==1.8.*,
+        connection >=0.2,
+        containers >=0.5,
+        data-default-class >=0.1,
+        either >=5.0,
+        filepath >=1.4,
+        hoauth2 >=1.8,
         http-client >=0.5 && <0.7,
-        http-client-tls ==0.3.*,
-        jose-jwt ==0.8.*,
+        http-client-tls >=0.3,
+        jose-jwt >=0.8,
         jsonpath ==0.1.*,
         kubernetes-client -any,
-        kubernetes-client-core ==0.2.0.0,
+        kubernetes-client-core ==0.3.0.0,
         microlens ==0.4.*,
-        mtl ==2.2.*,
-        oidc-client ==0.4.*,
-        pem ==0.2.*,
-        safe-exceptions >=0.1.0.0 && <0.2,
-        stm >=2.4 && <2.6,
+        mtl >=2.2,
+        oidc-client >=0.4,
+        pem >=0.2,
+        safe-exceptions >=0.1.0.0,
+        stm >=2.4,
         streaming-bytestring >=0.1 && <0.2.0,
         text >=0.11 && <1.3,
-        time ==1.8.*,
-        timerep ==2.0.*,
-        tls >=1.4.1 && <1.5,
-        typed-process ==0.2.*,
-        uri-bytestring ==0.3.*,
-        x509 ==1.7.*,
-        x509-store ==1.6.*,
-        x509-system ==1.6.*,
-        x509-validation ==1.6.*,
-        yaml >=0.8.32 && <0.12
+        time >=1.8,
+        timerep >=2.0,
+        tls >=1.4.1,
+        typed-process >=0.2,
+        uri-bytestring >=0.3,
+        x509 >=1.7,
+        x509-store >=1.6,
+        x509-system >=1.6,
+        x509-validation >=1.6,
+        yaml >=0.8.32
 
 test-suite spec
     type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
     main-is:          Spec.hs
     hs-source-dirs:   test
     other-modules:
+        Kubernetes.Client.Auth.BasicSpec
         Kubernetes.Client.Auth.ClientCertSpec
         Kubernetes.Client.Auth.TokenFileSpec
         Kubernetes.Client.KubeConfigSpec
@@ -137,38 +139,38 @@
         aeson >=1.2 && <1.5,
         attoparsec ==0.13.*,
         base >=4.7 && <5.0,
-        base64-bytestring >=1.0.0.2 && <1.1,
+        base64-bytestring >=1.0.0.2,
         bytestring ==0.10.*,
-        connection >=0.2 && <0.4,
-        containers >=0.5 && <0.7,
-        data-default-class ==0.1.*,
-        either ==5.0.*,
-        file-embed >=0.0.11 && <0.1,
-        filepath ==1.4.*,
-        hoauth2 ==1.8.*,
-        hspec >=2.7.1 && <2.8,
-        hspec-attoparsec >=0.1.0.2 && <0.2,
+        connection >=0.2,
+        containers >=0.5,
+        data-default-class >=0.1,
+        either >=5.0,
+        file-embed >=0.0.11,
+        filepath >=1.4,
+        hoauth2 >=1.8,
+        hspec >=2.7.1,
+        hspec-attoparsec >=0.1.0.2,
         http-client >=0.5 && <0.7,
-        http-client-tls ==0.3.*,
-        jose-jwt ==0.8.*,
+        http-client-tls >=0.3,
+        jose-jwt >=0.8,
         jsonpath ==0.1.*,
         kubernetes-client -any,
-        kubernetes-client-core ==0.2.0.0,
+        kubernetes-client-core ==0.3.0.0,
         microlens ==0.4.*,
-        mtl ==2.2.*,
-        oidc-client ==0.4.*,
-        pem ==0.2.*,
-        safe-exceptions >=0.1.0.0 && <0.2,
-        stm >=2.4 && <2.6,
+        mtl >=2.2,
+        oidc-client >=0.4,
+        pem >=0.2,
+        safe-exceptions >=0.1.0.0,
+        stm >=2.4,
         streaming-bytestring >=0.1 && <0.2.0,
         text >=0.11 && <1.3,
-        time ==1.8.*,
-        timerep ==2.0.*,
-        tls >=1.4.1 && <1.5,
-        typed-process ==0.2.*,
-        uri-bytestring ==0.3.*,
-        x509 ==1.7.*,
-        x509-store ==1.6.*,
-        x509-system ==1.6.*,
-        x509-validation ==1.6.*,
-        yaml >=0.11.1.2 && <0.12
+        time >=1.8,
+        timerep >=2.0,
+        tls >=1.4.1,
+        typed-process >=0.2,
+        uri-bytestring >=0.3,
+        x509 >=1.7,
+        x509-store >=1.6,
+        x509-system >=1.6,
+        x509-validation >=1.6,
+        yaml >=0.11.1.2
diff --git a/src/Kubernetes/Client/Auth/Basic.hs b/src/Kubernetes/Client/Auth/Basic.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Kubernetes/Client/Auth/Basic.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards   #-}
+module Kubernetes.Client.Auth.Basic where
+
+import           Data.ByteString.Base64         ( encode )
+import           Data.Function                  ( (&) )
+import           Data.Monoid                    ( (<>) )
+import           Data.Text                      ( Text )
+import           Kubernetes.Client.Auth.Internal.Types
+import           Kubernetes.OpenAPI.Core
+import           Kubernetes.Client.KubeConfig
+
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding            as T
+import qualified Lens.Micro                    as L
+
+
+data BasicAuth = BasicAuth { basicAuthUsername :: Text
+                           , basicAuthPassword :: Text
+                           }
+
+instance AuthMethod BasicAuth where
+  applyAuthMethod _ BasicAuth{..} req =
+    pure
+      $           req
+      `setHeader` toHeader ("authorization", "Basic " <> encodeBasicAuth)
+      &           L.set rAuthTypesL []
+    where
+      encodeBasicAuth = T.decodeUtf8 $ encode $ T.encodeUtf8 $ basicAuthUsername <> ":" <> basicAuthPassword
+
+-- |Detects if username and password is specified in AuthConfig, if it is configures 'KubernetesClientConfig' with 'BasicAuth'
+basicAuth :: DetectAuth
+basicAuth auth (tlsParams, cfg) = do
+  u <- username auth
+  p <- password auth
+  return $ return (tlsParams, setBasicAuth u p cfg)
+
+-- |Configures the 'KubernetesClientConfig' to use basic authentication.
+setBasicAuth
+  :: Text                 -- ^Username
+  -> Text                 -- ^Password
+  -> KubernetesClientConfig
+  -> KubernetesClientConfig
+setBasicAuth u p kcfg = kcfg
+  { configAuthMethods = [AnyAuthMethod (BasicAuth u p)]
+  }
diff --git a/src/Kubernetes/Client/Config.hs b/src/Kubernetes/Client/Config.hs
--- a/src/Kubernetes/Client/Config.hs
+++ b/src/Kubernetes/Client/Config.hs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import qualified Data.Text                     as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding            as T
 import           Data.Yaml
+import           Kubernetes.Client.Auth.Basic
 import           Kubernetes.Client.Auth.ClientCert
 import           Kubernetes.Client.Auth.GCP
 import           Kubernetes.Client.Auth.OIDC
@@ -172,3 +173,4 @@
     <|> tokenFileAuth auth input
     <|> gcpAuth auth input
     <|> cachedOIDCAuth oidcCache auth input
+    <|> basicAuth auth input
diff --git a/test/Kubernetes/Client/Auth/BasicSpec.hs b/test/Kubernetes/Client/Auth/BasicSpec.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Kubernetes/Client/Auth/BasicSpec.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+module Kubernetes.Client.Auth.BasicSpec where
+
+import           Test.Hspec
+import           Data.Typeable
+import           Data.Maybe                     ( isJust
+                                                , isNothing
+                                                , fromJust
+                                                )
+import           Kubernetes.Client.Auth.Basic
+import           Kubernetes.Client.KubeConfig
+import           Kubernetes.OpenAPI
+import           Network.TLS                    ( defaultParamsClient )
+
+emptyAuthInfo :: AuthInfo
+emptyAuthInfo = AuthInfo Nothing
+                         Nothing
+                         Nothing
+                         Nothing
+                         Nothing
+                         Nothing
+                         Nothing
+                         Nothing
+                         Nothing
+                         Nothing
+                         Nothing
+                         Nothing
+
+spec :: Spec
+spec = do
+  let testTLSParams  = defaultParamsClient "" ""
+      testUsername   = Just "testuser"
+      testPassword   = Just "testpassword"
+      basicAuthInfo  = emptyAuthInfo { username = testUsername, password = testPassword}
+  describe "Basic Authentication" $ do
+    it "should return Nothing if the username an d/or password is not provided" $ do
+      testConfig <- newConfig
+      isNothing (basicAuth emptyAuthInfo (testTLSParams, testConfig))
+        `shouldBe` True
+      isNothing (basicAuth emptyAuthInfo { username = testUsername} (testTLSParams, testConfig))
+        `shouldBe` True
+      isNothing (basicAuth emptyAuthInfo { password = testUsername} (testTLSParams, testConfig))
+        `shouldBe` True
+
+    context "when username and password are provided" $ do
+      it "should return a configuration provider io" $ do
+        testConfig <- newConfig
+        isJust (basicAuth basicAuthInfo (testTLSParams, testConfig)) `shouldBe` True
+      
+      it "should configure basic auth" $ do
+        testConfig <- newConfig
+        (_, (KubernetesClientConfig { configAuthMethods = AnyAuthMethod (a) : as })) <- 
+          fromJust $ basicAuth basicAuthInfo (testTLSParams, testConfig)
+        null as `shouldBe` True
+        isJust (cast a :: Maybe BasicAuth) `shouldBe` True