diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index ee420eac8..27fc8df56 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ Contributors, sorted by the number of commits in descending order:
 * Corentin Julé
 * meles5
 * Philipp Hansch
+* Kevin Velghe
 * Daniel Karbach
 * Panagiotis Ktistakis
-* Kevin Velghe
 * Artur Shaik
 * Nathan Isom
 * Thorsten Wißmann
diff --git a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
index 8f416d3a4..8b1803fb2 100644
--- a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 |<<network-ssl-strict,ssl-strict>>|Whether to validate SSL handshakes.
 |<<network-dns-prefetch,dns-prefetch>>|Whether to try to pre-fetch DNS entries to speed up browsing.
 |<<network-custom-headers,custom-headers>>|Set custom headers for qutebrowser HTTP requests.
+|<<network-netrc-file,netrc-file>>|Set location of netrc-file for HTTP authentication.
 |==============
 
 .Quick reference for section ``completion''
@@ -808,6 +809,12 @@ Set custom headers for qutebrowser HTTP requests.
 
 Default: empty
 
+[[network-netrc-file]]
+=== netrc-file
+Set location of netrc-file for HTTP authentication.
+
+Default: empty
+
 == completion
 Options related to completion and command history.
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/network/networkmanager.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/network/networkmanager.py
index 04ce58975..d28bd6be4 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/network/networkmanager.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/network/networkmanager.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class NetworkManager(QNetworkAccessManager):
             # altogether.
             reply.netrc_used = True
             try:
-                net = netrc.netrc()
+                net = netrc.netrc(config.get('network', 'netrc-file'))
                 authenticators = net.authenticators(reply.url().host())
                 if authenticators is not None:
                     (user, _account, password) = authenticators
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
index 3b62f3183..e503c3e45 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
@@ -438,6 +438,10 @@ def data(readonly=False):
              SettingValue(typ.HeaderDict(none_ok=True), ''),
              "Set custom headers for qutebrowser HTTP requests."),
 
+            ('netrc-file',
+             SettingValue(typ.File(none_ok=True), ''),
+             "Set location of netrc-file for HTTP authentication."),
+
             readonly=readonly
         )),