diff --git a/etc/patchman/apache.conf.example b/etc/patchman/apache.conf.example
index c055eba0..0141cfe6 100644
--- a/etc/patchman/apache.conf.example
+++ b/etc/patchman/apache.conf.example
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Define patchman_pythonpath /srv/patchman/
 WSGIScriptAlias /patchman ${patchman_pythonpath}/patchman/wsgi.py application-group=%{GLOBAL}
 WSGIPythonPath ${patchman_pythonpath}
+WSGIPassAuthorization On
 
 <Directory ${patchman_pythonpath}>
     <Files wsgi.py>