diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/auth.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3155e7754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+from freqtrade.rpc.api_server2.models import AccessAndRefreshToken, AccessToken
+import secrets
+from typing import Optional
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, Request, status
+from fastapi.security.http import HTTPBasic, HTTPBasicCredentials
+from fastapi.security.utils import get_authorization_scheme_param
+from fastapi_jwt_auth import AuthJWT
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+from .deps import get_config
+
+
+SECRET_KEY = "09d25e094faa6ca2556c818166b7a9563b93f7099f6f0f4caa6cf63b88e8d3e7"
+ALGORITHM = "HS256"
+ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES = 30
+
+router_login = APIRouter()
+
+
+class Settings(BaseModel):
+    # TODO: should be set as config['api_server'].get('jwt_secret_key', 'super-secret')
+    authjwt_secret_key: str = "secret"
+
+
+@AuthJWT.load_config
+def get_jwt_config():
+    return Settings()
+
+
+def verify_auth(config, username: str, password: str):
+    return (secrets.compare_digest(username, config['api_server'].get('username')) and
+            secrets.compare_digest(password, config['api_server'].get('password')))
+
+
+class HTTPBasicOrJWTToken(HTTPBasic):
+    description = "Token Or Pass auth"
+
+    async def __call__(self, request: Request, config=Depends(get_config)  # type: ignore
+                       ) -> Optional[str]:
+        header_authorization: str = request.headers.get("Authorization")
+        header_scheme, header_param = get_authorization_scheme_param(header_authorization)
+        if header_scheme.lower() == 'bearer':
+            AuthJWT.jwt_required()
+        elif header_scheme.lower() == 'basic':
+            credentials: Optional[HTTPBasicCredentials] = await HTTPBasic()(request)
+            if credentials and verify_auth(config, credentials.username, credentials.password):
+                return credentials.username
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Incorrect username or password",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Basic"},
+        )
+
+
+@router_login.post('/token/login', response_model=AccessAndRefreshToken)
+def token_login(form_data: HTTPBasicCredentials = Depends(HTTPBasic()), config=Depends(get_config)):
+
+    print(form_data)
+    Authorize = AuthJWT()
+
+    if verify_auth(config, form_data.username, form_data.password):
+        token_data = form_data.username
+        access_token = Authorize.create_access_token(subject=token_data)
+        refresh_token = Authorize.create_refresh_token(subject=token_data)
+        return {
+            "access_token": access_token,
+            "refresh_token": refresh_token,
+        }
+    else:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Incorrect username or password",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Basic"},
+        )
+
+
+@router_login.post('/token/refresh', response_model=AccessToken)
+def token_refresh(Authorize: AuthJWT = Depends()):
+    Authorize.jwt_refresh_token_required()
+
+    access_token = Authorize.create_access_token(subject=Authorize.get_jwt_subject())
+    return {'access_token': access_token}
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/models.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/models.py
index 7cd628da0..c9ddb0d6f 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/models.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/models.py
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ class Ping(BaseModel):
     status: str
 
 
+class AccessToken(BaseModel):
+    access_token: str
+
+
+class AccessAndRefreshToken(AccessToken):
+    refresh_token: str
+
+
 class Version(BaseModel):
     version: str
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/webserver.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/webserver.py
index 23cae8b73..84f6fc222 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/webserver.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/webserver.py
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict
-
-from fastapi import FastAPI
-from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 import uvicorn
+from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 
-from freqtrade.rpc.rpc import RPCHandler, RPC
+from freqtrade.rpc.rpc import RPC, RPCHandler
 
 from .uvicorn_threaded import UvicornServer
 
 
 class ApiServer(RPCHandler):
 
-    _rpc = None
-    _config = None
+    _rpc: Optional[RPC] = None
+    _config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
 
     def __init__(self, rpc: RPC, config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         super().__init__(rpc, config)
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ class ApiServer(RPCHandler):
         ApiServer._rpc = rpc
         ApiServer._config = config
 
-        self.app = FastAPI()
+        self.app = FastAPI(title="Freqtrade API")
         self.configure_app(self.app, self._config)
 
         self.start_api()
@@ -35,12 +34,15 @@ class ApiServer(RPCHandler):
         pass
 
     def configure_app(self, app: FastAPI, config):
-        from .api_v1 import router_public as api_v1_public
         from .api_v1 import router as api_v1
+        from .api_v1 import router_public as api_v1_public
+        from .auth import router_login, HTTPBasicOrJWTToken
         app.include_router(api_v1_public, prefix="/api/v1")
 
-        # TODO: Include auth dependency!
-        app.include_router(api_v1, prefix="/api/v1")
+        app.include_router(api_v1, prefix="/api/v1",
+                           dependencies=[Depends(HTTPBasicOrJWTToken())]
+                           )
+        app.include_router(router_login, prefix="/api/v1")
 
         app.add_middleware(
             CORSMiddleware,
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ad43c1006..7cda9e48c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ flask-cors==3.0.9
 # API Server
 fastapi==0.63.0
 uvicorn==0.13.2
+fastapi_jwt_auth==0.5.0
 
 # Support for colorized terminal output
 colorama==0.4.4