diff --git a/cookbook/configuration/web_server_configuration.rst b/cookbook/configuration/web_server_configuration.rst
index f92c801a724..c7ac9f015ac 100644
--- a/cookbook/configuration/web_server_configuration.rst
+++ b/cookbook/configuration/web_server_configuration.rst
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ directive to pass requests for PHP files to PHP FPM:
         ServerName domain.tld
         ServerAlias www.domain.tld
 
+        # Uncomment the following line to force Apache to pass the Authorization
+        # header to PHP: required for "basic_auth" under PHP-FPM and FastCGI
+        #
+        # SetEnvIfNoCase ^Authorization$ "(.+)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
+
         ProxyPassMatch ^/(.*\.php(/.*)?)$ fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000/var/www/project/web/$1
 
         DocumentRoot /var/www/project/web