diff --git a/ironic_python_agent/extensions/standby.py b/ironic_python_agent/extensions/standby.py
index 4f7eb1a7d..b6e2e4ee8 100644
--- a/ironic_python_agent/extensions/standby.py
+++ b/ironic_python_agent/extensions/standby.py
@@ -72,6 +72,36 @@ def _verify_basic_auth_creds(user, password, image_id):
         )
 
 
+class SuppliedAuth(requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth):
+
+    def __init__(self, authorization):
+        self.authorization = authorization
+
+    def __call__(self, r):
+        r.headers["Authorization"] = self.authorization
+        return r
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return all(
+            [
+                self.authorization == getattr(other, "authorization", None)
+            ]
+        )
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self == other
+
+
+def _load_supplied_authorization(image_info):
+
+    req_auth = image_info.get('image_request_authorization')
+    if req_auth:
+        req_auth = base64.standard_b64decode(req_auth).decode()
+        return SuppliedAuth(req_auth)
+    else:
+        return None
+
+
 def _gen_auth_from_image_info_user_pass(image_info, image_id):
     """This function is used to pass the credentials to the chosen
 
@@ -166,7 +196,9 @@ def _download_with_proxy(image_info, url, image_id):
     }
     # NOTE(Adam) `image_info` is prioritized over `oslo.conf` for credential
     # collection and auth strategy selection
-    auth_object = _gen_auth_from_image_info_user_pass(image_info, image_id)
+    auth_object = _load_supplied_authorization(image_info)
+    if auth_object is None:
+        auth_object = _gen_auth_from_image_info_user_pass(image_info, image_id)
     if auth_object is None:
         auth_object = _gen_auth_from_oslo_conf_user_pass(image_id)
     if auth_object is not None:
diff --git a/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/extensions/test_standby.py b/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/extensions/test_standby.py
index 0e5cd0c5c..c7a6784f7 100644
--- a/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/extensions/test_standby.py
+++ b/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/extensions/test_standby.py
@@ -257,6 +257,17 @@ class TestStandbyExtension(base.IronicAgentTest):
             standby._gen_auth_from_oslo_conf_user_pass(image_info['id'])
         self.assertIsNone(return_auth)
 
+    def test_load_auth_header_from_image_info(self):
+        image_info = _build_fake_image_info()
+        image_info['image_request_authorization'] = b'QmVhcmVyIGYwMA=='
+        return_auth = standby._load_supplied_authorization(image_info)
+        self.assertEqual('Bearer f00', return_auth.authorization)
+
+    def test_load_auth_header_from_image_info_none(self):
+        image_info = _build_fake_image_info()
+        return_auth = standby._load_supplied_authorization(image_info)
+        self.assertIsNone(return_auth)
+
     def test_verify_basic_auth_creds_empty_user(self):
         image_info = _build_fake_image_info()
         self.assertRaises(errors.ImageDownloadError,
@@ -694,6 +705,36 @@ class TestStandbyExtension(base.IronicAgentTest):
         write.assert_any_call('content')
         self.assertEqual(2, write.call_count)
 
+    @mock.patch('hashlib.new', autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch('builtins.open', autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch('requests.get', autospec=True)
+    def test_download_image_conductor_auth(self,
+                                           requests_mock,
+                                           open_mock,
+                                           hash_mock):
+        image_info = _build_fake_image_info()
+        image_info['image_request_authorization'] = b'QmVhcmVyIGYwMA=='
+        correct_auth = standby.SuppliedAuth('Bearer f00')
+        response = requests_mock.return_value
+        response.status_code = 200
+        response.iter_content.return_value = ['some', 'content']
+        file_mock = mock.Mock()
+        open_mock.return_value.__enter__.return_value = file_mock
+        file_mock.read.return_value = None
+        hexdigest_mock = hash_mock.return_value.hexdigest
+        hexdigest_mock.return_value = image_info['os_hash_value']
+
+        standby._download_image(image_info)
+        requests_mock.assert_called_once_with(image_info['urls'][0],
+                                              cert=None, verify=True,
+                                              stream=True, proxies={},
+                                              timeout=60, auth=correct_auth)
+        self.assertEqual('Bearer f00', correct_auth.authorization)
+        write = file_mock.write
+        write.assert_any_call('some')
+        write.assert_any_call('content')
+        self.assertEqual(2, write.call_count)
+
     def test_download_image_bad_basic_auth_conf_credential(self):
         self.config(image_download_connection_retry_interval=0)
         image_info = _build_fake_image_info()