--- mod_jk.c	2009-03-19 16:52:06.000000000 +0100
+++ /mod_jk.c	2009-06-07 13:34:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -712,6 +712,39 @@
                                   conf->auth_type_indicator, 1);
     s->remote_user = get_env_string(r, r->user,
                                     conf->remote_user_indicator, 1);
+/*
+ * Enhancement request: 'remote_user not logged in apache logfile'
+ * Code taken and modified from apache2 mod_auth_basic.c !
+ */
+ {
+    const char *auth_line;
+    char *decoded_line;
+    int length;
+
+    /* Get the appropriate header */
+    auth_line = apr_table_get(r->headers_in, "Authorization");
+
+    if (!r->user && auth_line && 0==strcasecmp(ap_getword(r->pool, &auth_line, ' '), "Basic")) {
+
+        /* Skip leading spaces. */
+        while (apr_isspace(*auth_line)) {
+            auth_line++;
+        }
+
+        decoded_line = apr_palloc(r->pool, apr_base64_decode_len(auth_line) + 1);
+        length = apr_base64_decode(decoded_line, auth_line);
+        /* Null-terminate the string. */
+        decoded_line[length] = '\0';
+
+        char* user = ap_getword_nulls(r->pool, (const char**)&decoded_line, ':');
+
+        /* set the user, even though the user is unauthenticated at this point */
+        r->user = user;
+    }
+ }
+/*
+ * End
+ */
 
     s->protocol = r->protocol;
     s->remote_host = (char *)ap_get_remote_host(r->connection,