diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/BaseKerberosAuthenticationFilter.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/BaseKerberosAuthenticationFilter.java
index bf7a5a5d51..bdb4138012 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/BaseKerberosAuthenticationFilter.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/BaseKerberosAuthenticationFilter.java
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ public abstract class BaseKerberosAuthenticationFilter extends BaseSSOAuthentica
             	restartLoginChallenge(context, req, resp);
         		return false;
         	}
+            else if (isFallbackEnabled())
+            {
+                return performFallbackAuthentication(context, req, resp);
+            }
         }
         
         // Check if the user is already authenticated        
@@ -631,6 +635,12 @@ public abstract class BaseKerberosAuthenticationFilter extends BaseSSOAuthentica
             getLogger().debug("Issuing login challenge to browser.");
         // Force the logon to start again
         resp.setHeader("WWW-Authenticate", "Negotiate");
+        
+        if (isFallbackEnabled())
+        {
+            includeFallbackAuth(context, req, resp);
+        }
+        
         resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
         writeLoginPageLink(context, req, resp);
         
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/BaseSSOAuthenticationFilter.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/BaseSSOAuthenticationFilter.java
index 368608fefe..34d160fa53 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/BaseSSOAuthenticationFilter.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/BaseSSOAuthenticationFilter.java
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public abstract class BaseSSOAuthenticationFilter extends BaseAuthenticationFilt
     
     private boolean m_isActive = true;
             
+    private AuthenticationDriver fallbackDelegate;
+            
     protected static final String MIME_HTML_TEXT = "text/html";
 
     /**
@@ -104,6 +106,24 @@ public abstract class BaseSSOAuthenticationFilter extends BaseAuthenticationFilt
         return m_isActive;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Activates or deactivates the fallback authentication support for this filter
+     * 
+     * @param delegate
+     */
+    public final void setFallback(AuthenticationDriver delegate)
+    {
+        this.fallbackDelegate = delegate;
+    }
+    
+    /** 
+     * @return <code>true</code> if fallback authentication enabled
+     */
+    public final boolean isFallbackEnabled()
+    {
+        return fallbackDelegate != null;
+    }
+
     /*
      * (non-Javadoc)
      * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean#afterPropertiesSet()
@@ -551,6 +571,53 @@ public abstract class BaseSSOAuthenticationFilter extends BaseAuthenticationFilt
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Include into response authentication method that is supported by fallback mechanism
+     * 
+     * @param context ServletContext
+     * @param req HttpServletRequest
+     * @param resp HttpServletResponse
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    protected void includeFallbackAuth(ServletContext context, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException
+    {
+        fallbackDelegate.restartLoginChallenge(context, req, resp);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Delegate authentication to the fallback mechanism
+     * 
+     * @param context ServletContext
+     * @param req HttpServletRequest
+     * @param resp HttpServletResponse
+     * @return
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws ServletException
+     */
+    protected boolean performFallbackAuthentication(ServletContext context, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException, ServletException
+    {
+        if (getLogger().isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            getLogger().debug("Performing fallback authentication...");
+        }
+        
+        boolean fallbackSuccess = fallbackDelegate.authenticateRequest(context, req, resp);
+        
+        if (!fallbackSuccess)
+        {
+            restartLoginChallenge(context, req, resp);
     
+            if (getLogger().isDebugEnabled())
+            {
+                getLogger().debug("Fallback authentication failed. Restarting login...");
+            }
+        }
     
+        if (fallbackSuccess && getLogger().isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            getLogger().debug("Fallback authentication succeeded.");
+        }
+        
+        return fallbackSuccess;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/SSOFallbackBasicAuthenticationDriver.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/SSOFallbackBasicAuthenticationDriver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b41081045a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/auth/SSOFallbackBasicAuthenticationDriver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.repo.webdav.auth;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
+
+import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;
+import org.alfresco.repo.SessionUser;
+import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException;
+import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil;
+import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.RetryingTransactionCallback;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeService;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.AuthenticationService;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.PersonService;
+import org.alfresco.service.transaction.TransactionService;
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Basic HTTP web authentication implementation. Main purpose to use as fallback authentication with SSO filters.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * @author pavel.yurkevich
+ */
+public class SSOFallbackBasicAuthenticationDriver implements AuthenticationDriver
+{
+    public static final String AUTHENTICATION_USER = "_alfAuthTicket";
+    
+    private Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(SSOFallbackBasicAuthenticationDriver.class);
+    
+    private AuthenticationService authenticationService;
+    private PersonService personService;
+    private NodeService nodeService;
+    private TransactionService transactionService;
+    
+    private String userAttributeName = AUTHENTICATION_USER;
+
+    public void setAuthenticationService(AuthenticationService authenticationService)
+    {
+        this.authenticationService = authenticationService;
+    }
+
+    public void setPersonService(PersonService personService)
+    {
+        this.personService = personService;
+    }
+    
+    public void setNodeService(NodeService nodeService)
+    {
+        this.nodeService = nodeService;
+    }
+    
+    public void setTransactionService(TransactionService transactionService)
+    {
+        this.transactionService = transactionService;
+    }
+
+    public void setUserAttributeName(String userAttributeName)
+    {
+        this.userAttributeName = userAttributeName;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean authenticateRequest(ServletContext context, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+            throws IOException, ServletException
+    {
+        String authHdr = request.getHeader("Authorization");
+        HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
+        SessionUser user = session == null ? null : (SessionUser) session.getAttribute(userAttributeName);
+        if (user == null)
+        {
+            if (authHdr != null && authHdr.length() > 5 && authHdr.substring(0, 5).equalsIgnoreCase("Basic"))
+            {
+                String basicAuth = new String(Base64.decodeBase64(authHdr.substring(5).getBytes()));
+                String username = null;
+                String password = null;
+    
+                int pos = basicAuth.indexOf(":");
+                if (pos != -1)
+                {
+                    username = basicAuth.substring(0, pos);
+                    password = basicAuth.substring(pos + 1);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    username = basicAuth;
+                    password = "";
+                }
+    
+                try
+                {
+                    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+                        logger.debug("Authenticating user '" + username + "'");
+    
+                    authenticationService.authenticate(username, password.toCharArray());
+
+                    final RetryingTransactionCallback<SessionUser> callback = new RetryingTransactionCallback<SessionUser>()
+                    {
+                        @Override
+                        public SessionUser execute() throws Throwable
+                        {
+                            NodeRef personNodeRef = personService.getPerson(authenticationService.getCurrentUserName());
+                            String username = (String) nodeService.getProperty(personNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_USERNAME);
+                            NodeRef homeSpaceRef = (NodeRef) nodeService.getProperty(personNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_HOMEFOLDER);
+                            
+                            return new WebDAVUser(username, authenticationService.getCurrentTicket(), homeSpaceRef);
+                        }
+                    };
+                    
+                    user = AuthenticationUtil.runAs(new AuthenticationUtil.RunAsWork<SessionUser>()
+                    {
+                        public SessionUser doWork() throws Exception
+                        {
+                            return transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction(callback, true);
+                        }
+                    }, AuthenticationUtil.SYSTEM_USER_NAME);
+                    
+                    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+                        logger.debug("Authenticated user '" + username + "'");
+                    
+                    request.getSession().setAttribute(userAttributeName, user);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                catch (AuthenticationException ex)
+                {
+                    // Do nothing, user object will be null
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                authenticationService.validate(user.getTicket());
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (AuthenticationException ex)
+            {
+                session.invalidate();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void restartLoginChallenge(ServletContext context, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+            throws IOException
+    {
+        if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            logger.debug("Including Basic HTTP authentication into response headers...");
+        }
+
+        response.addHeader("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic realm=\"Alfresco Server\"");
+        response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
+    }
+
+}