diff --git a/webvirtcloud/settings.py b/webvirtcloud/settings.py
index a163fa3..d8e8906 100644
--- a/webvirtcloud/settings.py
+++ b/webvirtcloud/settings.py
@@ -38,11 +38,16 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 )
 
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
+    'django.contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend',
+)
+
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'webvirtcloud.urls'
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'webvirtcloud.wsgi.application'