diff --git a/middleware/basicauth/basicauth.go b/middleware/basicauth/basicauth.go
index de29b8d9a..25d1d5046 100644
--- a/middleware/basicauth/basicauth.go
+++ b/middleware/basicauth/basicauth.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ type BasicAuth struct {
 
 // ServeHTTP implements the middleware.Handler interface.
 func (a BasicAuth) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error) {
+
+	var hasAuth bool
+	var isAuthenticated bool
+
 	for _, rule := range a.Rules {
 		for _, res := range rule.Resources {
 			if !middleware.Path(r.URL.Path).Matches(res) {
@@ -27,16 +31,26 @@ func (a BasicAuth) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error
 
 			// Path matches; parse auth header
 			username, password, ok := r.BasicAuth()
+			hasAuth = true
 
 			// Check credentials
 			if !ok || username != rule.Username || password != rule.Password {
-				w.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic")
-				return http.StatusUnauthorized, nil
+				continue
 			}
-
+			// flag set only on success authentication
+			isAuthenticated = true
+		}
+	}
+	
+	if hasAuth {
+		if !isAuthenticated {
+			w.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic")
+			return http.StatusUnauthorized, nil
+		} else {
 			// "It's an older code, sir, but it checks out. I was about to clear them."
 			return a.Next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	// Pass-thru when no paths match
diff --git a/middleware/basicauth/basicauth_test.go b/middleware/basicauth/basicauth_test.go
index 04d9fc83d..b590bc35b 100644
--- a/middleware/basicauth/basicauth_test.go
+++ b/middleware/basicauth/basicauth_test.go
@@ -84,12 +84,13 @@ func TestMultipleOverlappingRules(t *testing.T) {
 		{"/t", http.StatusOK, "t:p1"},
 		{"/t/t", http.StatusOK, "t:p1"},
 		{"/t/t", http.StatusOK, "t1:p2"},
-
+		{"/a", http.StatusOK, "t1:p2"},
+		{"/t/t", http.StatusUnauthorized, "t1:p3"},
+		{"/t", http.StatusUnauthorized, "t1:p2"},
 	}
 
 	
 	for i, test := range tests {
-
 		
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", test.from, nil)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -108,7 +109,6 @@ func TestMultipleOverlappingRules(t *testing.T) {
 				i, test.result, result)
 		}
 		
-	
 	}
 
 }