diff --git a/fuelclient/cli/actions/snapshot.py b/fuelclient/cli/actions/snapshot.py
index f2e77e1..993458c 100644
--- a/fuelclient/cli/actions/snapshot.py
+++ b/fuelclient/cli/actions/snapshot.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import yaml
 from fuelclient.cli.actions.base import Action
 import fuelclient.cli.arguments as Args
 from fuelclient.cli.formatting import download_snapshot_with_progress_bar
+from fuelclient.client import APIClient
 from fuelclient.objects.task import SnapshotTask
 
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ class SnapshotAction(Action):
         snapshot_task.wait()
         download_snapshot_with_progress_bar(
             snapshot_task.connection.root + snapshot_task.data["message"],
+            auth_token=APIClient.auth_token,
             directory=params.dir
         )
 
diff --git a/fuelclient/cli/formatting.py b/fuelclient/cli/formatting.py
index dbec002..300165f 100644
--- a/fuelclient/cli/formatting.py
+++ b/fuelclient/cli/formatting.py
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ def get_bar_for_progress(full_width, progress):
     )
 
 
-def download_snapshot_with_progress_bar(url, directory=os.path.curdir):
+def download_snapshot_with_progress_bar(
+        url, auth_token, directory=os.path.curdir):
     """downloads file from specific 'url' with progress bar and save it
     to some 'directory'.
     """
@@ -113,7 +114,8 @@ def download_snapshot_with_progress_bar(url, directory=os.path.curdir):
         os.path.abspath(directory),
         url.split('/')[-1]
     )
-    download_handle = urllib2.urlopen(url)
+    request = urllib2.Request(url, headers={'x-auth-token': auth_token})
+    download_handle = urllib2.urlopen(request)
     with open(file_name, 'wb') as file_handle:
         meta = download_handle.info()
         file_size = int(meta.getheaders("Content-Length")[0])
diff --git a/fuelclient/tests/unit/v1/test_snapshot.py b/fuelclient/tests/unit/v1/test_snapshot.py
index 2316be5..6028d94 100644
--- a/fuelclient/tests/unit/v1/test_snapshot.py
+++ b/fuelclient/tests/unit/v1/test_snapshot.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-
+import mock
 from mock import call
 from mock import patch
 
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ class TestSnapshot(base.UnitTestCase):
         self.execute(['fuel', 'snapshot', '--conf'])
         self.assertEqual(mstdout.write.call_args_list, [call('key: value\n')])
 
+    @patch('fuelclient.cli.actions.snapshot.APIClient',
+           mock.Mock(auth_token='token123'))
     @patch('fuelclient.cli.actions.snapshot.SnapshotTask.start_snapshot_task')
     @patch('fuelclient.cli.actions.snapshot.'
            'download_snapshot_with_progress_bar')
     @patch('sys.stdin')
-    def test_snapshot_with_provided_conf(self, mstdin, mbar, mstart):
+    def test_snapshot_with_provided_conf(self, mstdin, mdownload, mstart):
         conf = 'key: value\n'
 
         mstdin.isatty.return_value = False
@@ -45,14 +47,25 @@ class TestSnapshot(base.UnitTestCase):
         mstart.assert_called_once_with({'key': 'value'})
         self.assertEqual(mstdin.read.call_count, 1)
 
+        mdownload.assert_called_once_with(
+            mock.ANY,
+            auth_token='token123',
+            directory='.')
+
+    @patch('fuelclient.cli.actions.snapshot.APIClient',
+           mock.Mock(auth_token='token123'))
     @patch('fuelclient.cli.actions.snapshot.SnapshotTask.start_snapshot_task')
     @patch('fuelclient.cli.actions.snapshot.'
            'download_snapshot_with_progress_bar')
     @patch('sys.stdin')
-    def test_snapshot_without_conf(self, mstdin, mbar, mstart):
+    def test_snapshot_without_conf(self, mstdin, mdownload, mstart):
 
         mstdin.isatty.return_value = True
 
         self.execute(['fuel', 'snapshot'])
 
         mstart.assert_called_once_with({})
+        mdownload.assert_called_once_with(
+            mock.ANY,
+            auth_token='token123',
+            directory='.')