diff --git a/oslo_middleware/opts.py b/oslo_middleware/opts.py
index 734c21f..eb03db0 100644
--- a/oslo_middleware/opts.py
+++ b/oslo_middleware/opts.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import copy
 import itertools
 
+from oslo_middleware import basic_auth
 from oslo_middleware import cors
 from oslo_middleware.healthcheck import opts as healthcheck_opts
 from oslo_middleware import http_proxy_to_wsgi
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ __all__ = [
     'list_opts_cors',
     'list_opts_http_proxy_to_wsgi',
     'list_opts_healthcheck',
+    'list_opts_basic_auth',
 ]
 
 
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ def list_opts():
             list_opts_cors(),
             list_opts_http_proxy_to_wsgi(),
             list_opts_healthcheck(),
+            list_opts_basic_auth(),
         )
     )
 
@@ -183,3 +186,27 @@ def list_opts_healthcheck():
                                       healthcheck_opts.DISABLE_BY_FILE_OPTS +
                                       healthcheck_opts.DISABLE_BY_FILES_OPTS))
     ]
+
+
+def list_opts_basic_auth():
+    """Return a list of oslo.config options for basic auth middleware.
+
+    The returned list includes all oslo.config options which may be registered
+    at runtime by the library.
+
+    Each element of the list is a tuple. The first element is the name of the
+    group under which the list of elements in the second element will be
+    registered. A group name of None corresponds to the [DEFAULT] group in
+    config files.
+
+    This function is also discoverable via the 'oslo.middleware' entry point
+    under the 'oslo.config.opts' namespace.
+
+    The purpose of this is to allow tools like the Oslo sample config file
+    generator to discover the options exposed to users by this library.
+
+    :returns: a list of (group_name, opts) tuples
+    """
+    return [
+        ('oslo_middleware', copy.deepcopy(basic_auth.OPTS)),
+    ]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index de5689a..7d3d771 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ oslo.config.opts =
     oslo.middleware.ssl = oslo_middleware.opts:list_opts_ssl
     oslo.middleware.http_proxy_to_wsgi = oslo_middleware.opts:list_opts_http_proxy_to_wsgi
     oslo.middleware.healthcheck = oslo_middleware.opts:list_opts_healthcheck
+    oslo.middleware.basic_auth = oslo_middleware.opts:list_opts_basic_auth
 
 oslo.middleware.healthcheck =
     disable_by_file = oslo_middleware.healthcheck.disable_by_file:DisableByFileHealthcheck