diff --git a/connector_elasticsearch/components/adapter.py b/connector_elasticsearch/components/adapter.py
index 4ce8bf83..3f940582 100644
--- a/connector_elasticsearch/components/adapter.py
+++ b/connector_elasticsearch/components/adapter.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from odoo import _, exceptions
+from odoo.exceptions import UserError
 
 from odoo.addons.component.core import Component
 
@@ -37,20 +38,31 @@ def _es_connection_class(self):
 
     def _get_es_client(self):
         backend = self.backend_record
-        api_key = (
-            (backend.api_key_id, backend.api_key)
-            if backend.api_key_id and backend.api_key
-            else None
-        )
-        if not backend.es_server_host:
-            raise exceptions.UserError(_("No ElasticSearch host defined"))
-            # UserError to be consistent with
-            # se_backend_elasticsearch.py
-        return elasticsearch.Elasticsearch(
-            [backend.es_server_host],
-            connection_class=self._es_connection_class,
-            api_key=api_key,
-        )
+
+        if backend.is_http_authentication:
+            if backend.es_user and backend.es_password:
+                auth = (backend.es_user, backend.es_password)
+                es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch(
+                    [backend.es_server_host], http_auth=auth
+                )
+            else:
+                es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch([backend.es_server_host])
+
+            if not es.ping():  # pragma: no cover
+                raise UserError(_("Connect Exception with elasticsearch"))
+
+            return es
+        else:
+            api_key = (
+                (backend.api_key_id, backend.api_key)
+                if backend.api_key_id and backend.api_key
+                else None
+            )
+            return elasticsearch.Elasticsearch(
+                [backend.es_server_host],
+                connection_class=self._es_connection_class,
+                api_key=api_key,
+            )
 
     def index(self, records):
         es = self._get_es_client()
diff --git a/connector_elasticsearch/models/se_backend_elasticsearch.py b/connector_elasticsearch/models/se_backend_elasticsearch.py
index 6cc42c1e..00a14ecd 100644
--- a/connector_elasticsearch/models/se_backend_elasticsearch.py
+++ b/connector_elasticsearch/models/se_backend_elasticsearch.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2019 ACSONE SA/NV
 # License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl).
-
 from elasticsearch import AuthenticationException, NotFoundError
 
 from odoo import _, fields, models
@@ -28,29 +27,39 @@ class SeBackendElasticsearch(models.Model):
     tech_name = fields.Char(
         related="se_backend_id.tech_name", store=True, readonly=False
     )
+
+    is_http_authentication = fields.Boolean(
+        string="use http authentication", default=False
+    )
+
     api_key_id = fields.Char(help="Elasticsearch Api Key ID", string="Api Key ID")
     api_key = fields.Char(help="Elasticsearch Api Key")
 
+    es_user = fields.Char(help="Leave blank if not using http authentication.")
+    es_password = fields.Char(help="Leave blank if not using http authentication.")
+
     @property
     def _server_env_fields(self):
         env_fields = super()._server_env_fields
-        env_fields.update({"es_server_host": {}})
+        env_fields.update({"es_server_host": {}, "es_user": {}, "es_password": {}})
         return env_fields
 
     def action_test_connection(self):
         with self.specific_backend.work_on(self._name) as work:
             adapter = work.component(usage="se.backend.adapter")
             es = adapter._get_es_client()
-            try:
-                es.security.authenticate()
-            except NotFoundError:
-                raise UserError(_("Unable to reach host."))
-            except AuthenticationException:
-                raise UserError(_("Unable to authenticate. Check credentials."))
-            except Exception as e:
-                raise UserError(
-                    _("Unable to connect to ElasticSearch:") + "\n\n" + repr(e)
-                )
+
+            if not self.is_http_authentication:
+                try:
+                    es.security.authenticate()
+                except NotFoundError:
+                    raise UserError(_("Unable to reach host."))
+                except AuthenticationException:
+                    raise UserError(_("Unable to authenticate. Check credentials."))
+                except Exception as e:
+                    raise UserError(
+                        _("Unable to connect to ElasticSearch:") + "\n\n" + repr(e)
+                    )
         return {
             "type": "ir.actions.client",
             "tag": "display_notification",
diff --git a/connector_elasticsearch/views/se_backend_elasticsearch.xml b/connector_elasticsearch/views/se_backend_elasticsearch.xml
index c38c22dd..3ca05bbf 100644
--- a/connector_elasticsearch/views/se_backend_elasticsearch.xml
+++ b/connector_elasticsearch/views/se_backend_elasticsearch.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,24 @@
                     string="Host"
                     placeholder="http://elastic:9200"
                 />
-                <field name="api_key_id" />
-                <field name="api_key" />
+                <field name="is_http_authentication" />
+                <field
+                    name="es_user"
+                    attrs="{'invisible':[('is_http_authentication','=',False)]}"
+                />
+                <field
+                    name="es_password"
+                    password="True"
+                    attrs="{'invisible':[('is_http_authentication','=',False)]}"
+                />
+                <field
+                    name="api_key_id"
+                    attrs="{'invisible':[('is_http_authentication','=',True)]}"
+                />
+                <field
+                    name="api_key"
+                    attrs="{'invisible':[('is_http_authentication','=',True)]}"
+                />
             </group>
             <group name="se-main" position="after">
                 <group name="se-buttons" colspan="4" col="1">