diff --git a/headers/os/net/HttpAuthentication.h b/headers/os/net/HttpAuthentication.h
index 0d71fc4191..8334f581bf 100644
--- a/headers/os/net/HttpAuthentication.h
+++ b/headers/os/net/HttpAuthentication.h
@@ -42,29 +42,33 @@ public:
 								BHttpAuthentication();
 								BHttpAuthentication(const BString& username,
 									const BString& password);
-									
+								BHttpAuthentication(
+									const BHttpAuthentication& other);
+								BHttpAuthentication& operator=(
+									const BHttpAuthentication& other);
+
 	// Field modification
 			void				SetUserName(const BString& username);
 			void				SetPassword(const BString& password);
 			void				SetMethod(
 									BHttpAuthenticationMethod type);
 			status_t			Initialize(const BString& wwwAuthenticate);
-			
+
 	// Field access
 			const BString&		UserName() const;
 			const BString&		Password() const;
 			BHttpAuthenticationMethod Method() const;
-			
-			BString				Authorization(const BUrl& url, 
+
+			BString				Authorization(const BUrl& url,
 									const BString& method) const;
-			
+
 	// Base64 encoding
 	// TODO: Move to a common place. We may have multiple implementations
 	// in the Haiku tree...
 	static	BString				Base64Encode(const BString& string);
 	static	BString				Base64Decode(const BString& string);
-	
-	
+
+
 private:
 			BString				_DigestResponse(const BString& uri,
 									const BString& method) const;
@@ -72,14 +76,14 @@ private:
 			// _KD returns a hash value of the "data" prepended by
 			// the "secret" string...
 			BString				_H(const BString& value) const;
-			BString				_KD(const BString& secret, 
+			BString				_KD(const BString& secret,
 									const BString& data) const;
-			
+
 private:
 			BHttpAuthenticationMethod fAuthenticationMethod;
 			BString				fUserName;
 			BString				fPassword;
-			
+
 			BString				fRealm;
 			BString				fDigestNonce;
 	mutable	BString				fDigestCnonce;
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ private:
 			bool				fDigestStale;
 			BHttpAuthenticationAlgorithm fDigestAlgorithm;
 			BHttpAuthenticationQop fDigestQop;
-			
+
 			BString				fAuthorizationString;
 
 	mutable	BLocker				fLock;
diff --git a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpAuthentication.cpp b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpAuthentication.cpp
index 32e47dbf5a..ea63ecf356 100644
--- a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpAuthentication.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpAuthentication.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,43 @@ BHttpAuthentication::BHttpAuthentication(const BString& username, const BString&
 }
 
 
+BHttpAuthentication::BHttpAuthentication(const BHttpAuthentication& other)
+	:
+	fAuthenticationMethod(other.fAuthenticationMethod),
+	fUserName(other.fUserName),
+	fPassword(other.fPassword),
+	fRealm(other.fRealm),
+	fDigestNonce(other.fDigestNonce),
+	fDigestCnonce(other.fDigestCnonce),
+	fDigestNc(other.fDigestNc),
+	fDigestOpaque(other.fDigestOpaque),
+	fDigestStale(other.fDigestStale),
+	fDigestAlgorithm(other.fDigestAlgorithm),
+	fDigestQop(other.fDigestQop),
+	fAuthorizationString(other.fAuthorizationString)
+{
+}
+
+
+BHttpAuthentication& BHttpAuthentication::operator=(
+	const BHttpAuthentication& other)
+{
+	fAuthenticationMethod = other.fAuthenticationMethod;
+	fUserName = other.fUserName;
+	fPassword = other.fPassword;
+	fRealm = other.fRealm;
+	fDigestNonce = other.fDigestNonce;
+	fDigestCnonce = other.fDigestCnonce;
+	fDigestNc = other.fDigestNc;
+	fDigestOpaque = other.fDigestOpaque;
+	fDigestStale = other.fDigestStale;
+	fDigestAlgorithm = other.fDigestAlgorithm;
+	fDigestQop = other.fDigestQop;
+	fAuthorizationString = other.fAuthorizationString;
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
 // #pragma mark Field modification