diff --git a/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py b/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
index 4eea7b0b3364..ba87644218db 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
@@ -241,6 +241,59 @@ class LibvirtVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(tree.find('./source').get('protocol'), 'rbd')
         rbd_name = '%s/%s' % (FLAGS.rbd_pool, name)
         self.assertEqual(tree.find('./source').get('name'), rbd_name)
+        self.assertEqual(tree.find('./source/auth'), None)
+        libvirt_driver.disconnect_volume(connection_info, mount_device)
+        connection_info = vol_driver.terminate_connection(vol, self.connr)
+
+    def test_libvirt_rbd_driver_auth_enabled(self):
+        vol_driver = volume_driver.RBDDriver()
+        libvirt_driver = volume.LibvirtNetVolumeDriver(self.fake_conn)
+        name = 'volume-00000001'
+        vol = {'id': 1, 'name': name}
+        connection_info = vol_driver.initialize_connection(vol, self.connr)
+        uuid = '875a8070-d0b9-4949-8b31-104d125c9a64'
+        user = 'foo'
+        secret_type = 'ceph'
+        connection_info['data']['auth_enabled'] = True
+        connection_info['data']['auth_username'] = user
+        connection_info['data']['secret_type'] = secret_type
+        connection_info['data']['secret_uuid'] = uuid
+
+        mount_device = "vde"
+        conf = libvirt_driver.connect_volume(connection_info, mount_device)
+        tree = conf.format_dom()
+        self.assertEqual(tree.get('type'), 'network')
+        self.assertEqual(tree.find('./source').get('protocol'), 'rbd')
+        rbd_name = '%s/%s' % (FLAGS.rbd_pool, name)
+        self.assertEqual(tree.find('./source').get('name'), rbd_name)
+        self.assertEqual(tree.find('./auth').get('username'), user)
+        self.assertEqual(tree.find('./auth/secret').get('type'), secret_type)
+        self.assertEqual(tree.find('./auth/secret').get('uuid'), uuid)
+        libvirt_driver.disconnect_volume(connection_info, mount_device)
+        connection_info = vol_driver.terminate_connection(vol, self.connr)
+
+    def test_libvirt_rbd_driver_auth_disabled(self):
+        vol_driver = volume_driver.RBDDriver()
+        libvirt_driver = volume.LibvirtNetVolumeDriver(self.fake_conn)
+        name = 'volume-00000001'
+        vol = {'id': 1, 'name': name}
+        connection_info = vol_driver.initialize_connection(vol, self.connr)
+        uuid = '875a8070-d0b9-4949-8b31-104d125c9a64'
+        user = 'foo'
+        secret_type = 'ceph'
+        connection_info['data']['auth_enabled'] = False
+        connection_info['data']['auth_username'] = user
+        connection_info['data']['secret_type'] = secret_type
+        connection_info['data']['secret_uuid'] = uuid
+
+        mount_device = "vde"
+        conf = libvirt_driver.connect_volume(connection_info, mount_device)
+        tree = conf.format_dom()
+        self.assertEqual(tree.get('type'), 'network')
+        self.assertEqual(tree.find('./source').get('protocol'), 'rbd')
+        rbd_name = '%s/%s' % (FLAGS.rbd_pool, name)
+        self.assertEqual(tree.find('./source').get('name'), rbd_name)
+        self.assertEqual(tree.find('./auth'), None)
         libvirt_driver.disconnect_volume(connection_info, mount_device)
         connection_info = vol_driver.terminate_connection(vol, self.connr)
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_libvirt_config.py b/nova/tests/test_libvirt_config.py
index b910849a5fdc..df435690f24b 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_libvirt_config.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_libvirt_config.py
@@ -105,6 +105,31 @@ class LibvirtConfigGuestDiskTest(LibvirtConfigBaseTest):
               <target bus="ide" dev="/dev/hda"/>
             </disk>""")
 
+    def test_config_network_auth(self):
+        obj = config.LibvirtConfigGuestDisk()
+        obj.source_type = "network"
+        obj.source_protocol = "rbd"
+        obj.source_host = "pool/image"
+        obj.driver_name = "qemu"
+        obj.driver_format = "raw"
+        obj.target_dev = "/dev/vda"
+        obj.target_bus = "virtio"
+        obj.auth_username = "foo"
+        obj.auth_secret_type = "ceph"
+        obj.auth_secret_uuid = "b38a3f43-4be2-4046-897f-b67c2f5e0147"
+
+        xml = obj.to_xml()
+        self.assertXmlEqual(xml, """
+            <disk type="network" device="disk">
+              <driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
+              <source protocol="rbd" name="pool/image"/>
+              <auth username="foo">
+                <secret type="ceph"
+                uuid="b38a3f43-4be2-4046-897f-b67c2f5e0147"/>
+              </auth>
+              <target bus="virtio" dev="/dev/vda"/>
+            </disk>""")
+
 
 class LibvirtConfigGuestFilesysTest(LibvirtConfigBaseTest):
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/config.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/config.py
index 63499eaf8a60..2ccfd35fb97c 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/config.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/config.py
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ class LibvirtConfigGuestDisk(LibvirtConfigGuestDevice):
         self.target_dev = None
         self.target_path = None
         self.target_bus = None
+        self.auth_username = None
+        self.auth_secret_type = None
+        self.auth_secret_uuid = None
 
     def format_dom(self):
         dev = super(LibvirtConfigGuestDisk, self).format_dom()
@@ -114,6 +117,13 @@ class LibvirtConfigGuestDisk(LibvirtConfigGuestDevice):
             dev.append(etree.Element("source", protocol=self.source_protocol,
                                       name=self.source_host))
 
+        if self.auth_secret_type is not None:
+            auth = etree.Element("auth")
+            auth.set("username", self.auth_username)
+            auth.append(etree.Element("secret", type=self.auth_secret_type,
+                                      uuid=self.auth_secret_uuid))
+            dev.append(auth)
+
         if self.source_type == "mount":
             dev.append(etree.Element("target", dir=self.target_path))
         else:
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/volume.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume.py
index 38f8c2dd09d2..23cf3390ea6c 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/volume.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume.py
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ class LibvirtNetVolumeDriver(LibvirtVolumeDriver):
         conf.source_host = connection_info['data']['name']
         conf.target_dev = mount_device
         conf.target_bus = "virtio"
+        netdisk_properties = connection_info['data']
+        if netdisk_properties.get('auth_enabled'):
+            conf.auth_username = netdisk_properties['auth_username']
+            conf.auth_secret_type = netdisk_properties['secret_type']
+            conf.auth_secret_uuid = netdisk_properties['secret_uuid']
         return conf
 
 
diff --git a/nova/volume/driver.py b/nova/volume/driver.py
index ffdd1f520618..8b316befca53 100644
--- a/nova/volume/driver.py
+++ b/nova/volume/driver.py
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ volume_opts = [
                help='The port that the iSCSI daemon is listening on'),
     cfg.StrOpt('rbd_pool',
                default='rbd',
-               help='the rbd pool in which volumes are stored'),
+               help='the RADOS pool in which rbd volumes are stored'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('rbd_user',
+               default=None,
+               help='the RADOS client name for accessing rbd volumes'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('rbd_secret_uuid',
+               default=None,
+               help='the libvirt uuid of the secret for the rbd_user'
+                    'volumes'),
     ]
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
@@ -546,7 +553,11 @@ class RBDDriver(VolumeDriver):
         return {
             'driver_volume_type': 'rbd',
             'data': {
-                'name': '%s/%s' % (FLAGS.rbd_pool, volume['name'])
+                'name': '%s/%s' % (FLAGS.rbd_pool, volume['name']),
+                'auth_enabled': FLAGS.rbd_secret_uuid is not None,
+                'auth_username': FLAGS.rbd_user,
+                'secret_type': 'ceph',
+                'secret_uuid': FLAGS.rbd_secret_uuid,
             }
         }