diff --git a/auth.go b/auth.go
index 7602d72..9caf072 100644
--- a/auth.go
+++ b/auth.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/subtle"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 )
 
@@ -28,9 +29,10 @@ func (a authPairs) Len() int           { return len(a) }
 func (a authPairs) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
 func (a authPairs) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].Value < a[j].Value }
 
-// Implements a basic Basic HTTP Authorization. It takes as argument a map[string]string where
-// the key is the user name and the value is the password.
-func BasicAuth(accounts Accounts) HandlerFunc {
+// Implements a basic Basic HTTP Authorization. It takes as arguments a map[string]string where
+// the key is the user name and the value is the password, as well as the name of the Realm
+// (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617#section-1.2)
+func BasicAuthForRealm(accounts Accounts, realm string) HandlerFunc {
 	pairs, err := processAccounts(accounts)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -40,7 +42,10 @@ func BasicAuth(accounts Accounts) HandlerFunc {
 		user, ok := searchCredential(pairs, c.Request.Header.Get("Authorization"))
 		if !ok {
 			// Credentials doesn't match, we return 401 Unauthorized and abort request.
-			c.Writer.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic realm=\"Authorization Required\"")
+			if realm == "" {
+				realm = "Authorization Required"
+			}
+			c.Writer.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", fmt.Sprintf("Basic realm=\"%s\"", realm))
 			c.Fail(401, errors.New("Unauthorized"))
 		} else {
 			// user is allowed, set UserId to key "user" in this context, the userId can be read later using
@@ -50,6 +55,12 @@ func BasicAuth(accounts Accounts) HandlerFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+// Implements a basic Basic HTTP Authorization. It takes as argument a map[string]string where
+// the key is the user name and the value is the password.
+func BasicAuth(accounts Accounts) HandlerFunc {
+	return BasicAuthForRealm(accounts, "")
+}
+
 func processAccounts(accounts Accounts) (authPairs, error) {
 	if len(accounts) == 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("Empty list of authorized credentials")
diff --git a/auth_test.go b/auth_test.go
index d60c587..067dfb1 100644
--- a/auth_test.go
+++ b/auth_test.go
@@ -59,3 +59,27 @@ func TestBasicAuth401(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("WWW-Authenticate header is incorrect: %s", w.HeaderMap.Get("Content-Type"))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBasicAuth401WithCustomRealm(t *testing.T) {
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/login", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	r := New()
+	accounts := Accounts{"foo": "bar"}
+	r.Use(BasicAuthForRealm(accounts, "My Custom Realm"))
+
+	r.GET("/login", func(c *Context) {
+		c.String(200, "autorized")
+	})
+
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Basic "+base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("admin:password")))
+	r.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	if w.Code != 401 {
+		t.Errorf("Response code should be Not autorized, was: %s", w.Code)
+	}
+
+	if w.HeaderMap.Get("WWW-Authenticate") != "Basic realm=\"My Custom Realm\"" {
+		t.Errorf("WWW-Authenticate header is incorrect: %s", w.HeaderMap.Get("Content-Type"))
+	}
+}