diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.conf b/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.conf
index 28de558847..2988dd378e 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.conf
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ WSGISocketPrefix run/wsgi
 WSGIRestrictStdout On
 WSGIRestrictSignal Off
 WSGIPythonOptimize 1
+WSGIPassAuthorization On
 
 WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/pagure.wsgi