diff --git a/salt/modules/elasticsearch.py b/salt/modules/elasticsearch.py
index ed681307365b..81c249fe6c72 100644
--- a/salt/modules/elasticsearch.py
+++ b/salt/modules/elasticsearch.py
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ def _get_instance(hosts=None, profile=None):
         use_ssl = _profile.get('use_ssl', False)
         ca_certs = _profile.get('ca_certs', False)
         verify_certs = _profile.get('verify_certs', False)
+        username = _profile.get('username', None)
+        password = _profile.get('password', None)
 
     if not hosts:
         hosts = ['127.0.0.1:9200']
@@ -114,6 +116,14 @@ def _get_instance(hosts=None, profile=None):
                     ca_certs=ca_certs,
                     verify_certs=verify_certs,
                 )
+        elif username and password:
+            es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch(
+                    hosts,
+                    use_ssl=use_ssl,
+                    ca_certs=ca_certs,
+                    verify_certs=verify_certs,
+                    http_auth=(username, password)
+                )
         else:
             # Custom connection class to use requests module with proxies
             class ProxyConnection(RequestsHttpConnection):