diff --git a/stacklight_tests/elasticsearch_kibana/api.py b/stacklight_tests/elasticsearch_kibana/api.py
index a168b6b..672feda 100644
--- a/stacklight_tests/elasticsearch_kibana/api.py
+++ b/stacklight_tests/elasticsearch_kibana/api.py
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ class ElasticsearchPluginApi(base_test.PluginApi):
 
         logger.info("Check that Kibana is running")
         msg = "Kibana responded with {0}, expected {1}"
-        self.checkers.check_http_get_response(self.get_kibana_url(), msg=msg)
+        self.checkers.check_http_get_response(
+            self.get_kibana_url(), msg=msg,
+            auth=(self.settings.kibana_username,
+                  self.settings.kibana_password)
+        )
 
     def check_elasticsearch_nodes_count(self, expected_count):
         logger.debug("Get information about Elasticsearch nodes")
diff --git a/stacklight_tests/elasticsearch_kibana/plugin_settings.py b/stacklight_tests/elasticsearch_kibana/plugin_settings.py
index bee9662..ff63b9a 100644
--- a/stacklight_tests/elasticsearch_kibana/plugin_settings.py
+++ b/stacklight_tests/elasticsearch_kibana/plugin_settings.py
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ role_name = ['elasticsearch_kibana']
 vip_name = 'es_vip_mgmt'
 plugin_path = settings.ELASTICSEARCH_KIBANA_PLUGIN_PATH
 version = helpers.get_plugin_version(plugin_path)
+kibana_username = 'kibanauser'
+kibana_password = 'kibanapassword'
 
-default_options = {}
-toolchain_options = {}
+default_options = {
+    'kibana_username/value': kibana_username,
+    'kibana_password/value': kibana_password,
+}
+toolchain_options = default_options