diff --git a/README b/README
index 136c730..a914a39 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Configuration Directives
 [GssapiAllowedMech](#gssapiallowedmech)<br>
 [GssapiBasicAuth](#gssapibasicauth)<br>
 [GssapiBasicAuthMech](#gssapibasicauthmech)<br>
+[GssapiBasicTicketTimeout](#gssapibasicticketvalidity)<br>
 [GssapiConnectionBound](#gssapiconnectionbound)<br>
 [GssapiCredStore](#gssapicredstore)<br>
 [GssapiDelegCcacheDir](#gssapidelegccachedir)<br>
@@ -519,3 +520,26 @@ Note: The GSS_C_NT_HOSTBASED_SERVICE format is used for names (see example).
     GssapiAcceptorName HTTP@www.example.com
 
 
+### GssapiBasicTicketTimeout
+
+This option controls the ticket validity time requested for the user TGT by the
+Basic Auth method.
+
+Normally basic auth is repeated by the browser on each request so a short
+validity period is used to reduce the scope of the ticket as it will be
+replaced quickly.
+However in cases where the authentication page is separate and the session
+is used by other pages the validity can be changed to arbitrary duration.
+
+Note: the validity of a ticket is still capped by KDC configuration.
+
+Note: the value is specified in seconds.
+
+- **Default:** GssapiBasicTicketTimeout 300
+
+#### Example
+    GssapiBasicTicketTimeout 36000
+
+Sets ticket/session validity to 10 hours.
+
+
diff --git a/src/mod_auth_gssapi.c b/src/mod_auth_gssapi.c
index a7de591..0b9a983 100644
--- a/src/mod_auth_gssapi.c
+++ b/src/mod_auth_gssapi.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2014, 2016 mod_auth_gssapi contributors - See COPYING for (C) terms */
+/* Copyright (C) 2014, 2016, 2020 mod_auth_gssapi contributors
+ * See COPYING for (C) terms */
 
 #include "mod_auth_gssapi.h"
 #include "mag_parse.h"
@@ -605,7 +606,7 @@ static int mag_auth_basic(struct mag_req_cfg *req_cfg, struct mag_conn *mc,
     }
 
     maj = gss_acquire_cred_with_password(&min, user, &ba_pwd,
-                                         GSS_C_INDEFINITE,
+                                         cfg->basic_timeout,
                                          allowed_mechs,
                                          GSS_C_INITIATE,
                                          &user_cred, &actual_mechs, NULL);
@@ -624,8 +625,8 @@ static int mag_auth_basic(struct mag_req_cfg *req_cfg, struct mag_conn *mc,
 
     for (int i = 0; i < actual_mechs->count; i++) {
         maj = mag_context_loop(&min, req, cfg, user_cred, server_cred,
-                               &actual_mechs->elements[i], 300, &client,
-                               &vtime, &delegated_cred);
+                               &actual_mechs->elements[i], cfg->basic_timeout,
+                               &client, &vtime, &delegated_cred);
         if (maj == GSS_S_COMPLETE) {
             ret = mag_complete(req_cfg, mc, client, &actual_mechs->elements[i],
                                vtime, delegated_cred);
@@ -1318,6 +1319,7 @@ static void *mag_create_dir_config(apr_pool_t *p, char *dir)
 #ifdef HAVE_CRED_STORE
     cfg->ccname_envvar = "KRB5CCNAME";
 #endif
+    cfg->basic_timeout = 300;
 
     return cfg;
 }
@@ -1808,6 +1810,21 @@ static const char *mag_acceptor_name(cmd_parms *parms, void *mconfig,
     return NULL;
 }
 
+static const char *mag_basic_timeout(cmd_parms *parms, void *mconfig,
+                                     const char *w)
+{
+    struct mag_config *cfg = (struct mag_config *)mconfig;
+    unsigned long int value;
+
+    value = strtoul(w, NULL, 10);
+    if (value >= UINT32_MAX) {
+        cfg->basic_timeout = GSS_C_INDEFINITE;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    cfg->basic_timeout = value;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 static void *mag_create_server_config(apr_pool_t *p, server_rec *s)
 {
     struct mag_server_config *scfg;
@@ -1884,6 +1901,8 @@ static const command_rec mag_commands[] = {
                  "Publish GSSAPI Errors in Envionment Variables"),
     AP_INIT_RAW_ARGS("GssapiAcceptorName", mag_acceptor_name, NULL, OR_AUTHCFG,
                      "Name of the acceptor credentials."),
+    AP_INIT_TAKE1("GssapiBasicTicketTimeout", mag_basic_timeout, NULL,
+                  OR_AUTHCFG, "Ticket Validity Timeout with Basic Auth."),
     { NULL }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/mod_auth_gssapi.h b/src/mod_auth_gssapi.h
index 136cefd..a9a09d7 100644
--- a/src/mod_auth_gssapi.h
+++ b/src/mod_auth_gssapi.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ struct mag_config {
     int enverrs;
     gss_name_t acceptor_name;
     bool acceptor_name_from_req;
+    uint32_t basic_timeout;
 };
 
 struct mag_server_config {
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 70754fb..c830e95 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	401.html \
 	httpd.conf \
 	index.html \
+	localname.html \
 	magtests.py \
 	t_bad_acceptor_name.py \
 	t_basic_k5_fail_second.py \
 	t_basic_k5.py \
 	t_basic_k5_two_users.py \
 	t_basic_proxy.py \
+	t_basic_timeout.py \
+	t_localname.py \
 	t_hostname_acceptor.py \
 	t_nonego.py \
 	t_required_name_attr.py \
diff --git a/tests/httpd.conf b/tests/httpd.conf
index c274622..b377757 100644
--- a/tests/httpd.conf
+++ b/tests/httpd.conf
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ DocumentRoot "{HTTPROOT}/html"
 PidFile "{HTTPROOT}/logs/httpd.pid"
 
 <IfModule log_config_module>
-LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{{Referer}}i\" \"%{{User-Agent}}i\"" combined
+LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{{Referer}}i\" \"%{{User-Agent}}i\" \"%{{Cookie}}i\"" combined
 CustomLog "logs/access_log" combined
 </IfModule>
 
@@ -301,3 +301,33 @@ CoreDumpDirectory "{HTTPROOT}"
     Require valid-user
   </Proxy>
 </VirtualHost>
+
+<Location /basic_auth_timeout/auth>
+  Options +Includes
+  AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .html
+  AuthType GSSAPI
+  AuthName "Password Login"
+  GssapiSSLonly Off
+  GssapiUseSessions On
+  Session On
+  SessionCookieName gssapi_session path=/basic_auth_timeout;httponly
+  GssapiSessionKey file:{HTTPROOT}/session.key
+  GssapiCredStore keytab:{HTTPROOT}/http.keytab
+  GssapiBasicAuth On
+  GssapiBasicAuthMech krb5
+  GssapiBasicTicketTimeout 400
+  GssapiDelegCcacheDir {HTTPROOT}
+  Require valid-user
+</Location>
+<Location /basic_auth_timeout/session>
+  Options +Includes
+  AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .html
+  AuthType GSSAPI
+  AuthName "Session Login"
+  GssapiSSLonly Off
+  GssapiUseSessions On
+  Session On
+  SessionCookieName gssapi_session path=/basic_auth_timeout;httponly
+  GssapiSessionKey file:{HTTPROOT}/session.key
+  Require valid-user
+</Location>
diff --git a/tests/magtests.py b/tests/magtests.py
index 5bd23f2..2f8b0ae 100755
--- a/tests/magtests.py
+++ b/tests/magtests.py
@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@
 
 import argparse
 import os
+import os.path
 import random
 import shutil
 import signal
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import time
 import traceback
 
 # check that we can import requests (for use in test scripts)
 import requests
+
 import requests_gssapi
 del requests
 del requests_gssapi
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ def setup_wrappers(base):
         f.write('maguser:x:1:1:maguser:/maguser:/bin/sh')
         f.write('maguser2:x:2:2:maguser2:/maguser2:/bin/sh')
         f.write('maguser3:x:3:3:maguser3:/maguser3:/bin/sh')
+        f.write('timeoutusr:x:4:4:timeoutusr:/timeoutusr:/bin/sh')
 
     wenv = {'LD_PRELOAD': 'libsocket_wrapper.so libnss_wrapper.so',
             'SOCKET_WRAPPER_DIR': wrapdir,
@@ -349,6 +353,7 @@ def kadmin_local(cmd, env, logfile):
 USR_NAME_3 = "maguser3"
 SVC_KTNAME = "httpd/http.keytab"
 KEY_TYPE = "aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96:normal"
+USR_NAME_4 = "timeoutusr"
 
 
 def setup_keys(tesdir, env):
@@ -369,6 +374,9 @@ def setup_keys(tesdir, env):
     cmd = "addprinc -pw %s -e %s %s" % (USR_PWD_2, KEY_TYPE, USR_NAME_2)
     kadmin_local(cmd, env, logfile)
 
+    cmd = "addprinc -pw %s -e %s %s" % (USR_PWD, KEY_TYPE, USR_NAME_4)
+    kadmin_local(cmd, env, logfile)
+
     # alias for multinamed hosts testing
     alias_name = "HTTP/%s" % WRAP_ALIASNAME
     cmd = "addprinc -randkey -e %s %s" % (KEY_TYPE, alias_name)
@@ -607,6 +615,30 @@ def test_basic_auth_krb5(testdir, testenv, logfile):
     return error_count
 
 
+def test_basic_auth_timeout(testdir, testenv, logfile):
+    httpdir = os.path.join(testdir, 'httpd')
+    timeoutdir = os.path.join(httpdir, 'html', 'basic_auth_timeout')
+    os.mkdir(timeoutdir)
+    authdir = os.path.join(timeoutdir, 'auth')
+    os.mkdir(authdir)
+    sessdir = os.path.join(timeoutdir, 'session')
+    os.mkdir(sessdir)
+    shutil.copy('tests/index.html', os.path.join(authdir))
+    shutil.copy('tests/index.html', os.path.join(sessdir))
+
+    basictout = subprocess.Popen(["tests/t_basic_timeout.py"],
+                                 stdout=logfile, stderr=logfile,
+                                 env=testenv, preexec_fn=os.setsid)
+    basictout.wait()
+    if basictout.returncode != 0:
+        sys.stderr.write('BASIC Timeout Behavior: FAILED\n')
+        return 1
+    else:
+        sys.stderr.write('BASIC Timeout Behavior: SUCCESS\n')
+
+    return 0
+
+
 def test_bad_acceptor_name(testdir, testenv, logfile):
     bandir = os.path.join(testdir, 'httpd', 'html', 'bad_acceptor_name')
     os.mkdir(bandir)
@@ -702,6 +734,33 @@ def test_gss_localname(testdir, testenv, logfile):
     return error_count
 
 
+def faketime_setup(testenv):
+    libfaketime = '/usr/lib64/faketime/libfaketime.so.1'
+    # optional faketime
+    if not os.path.isfile(libfaketime):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # spedup x100
+    fakeenv = {'FAKETIME': '+0 x100'}
+    fakeenv.update(testenv)
+    fakeenv['LD_PRELOAD'] = ' '.join((testenv['LD_PRELOAD'], libfaketime))
+    return fakeenv
+
+
+def http_restart(testdir, so_dir, testenv):
+
+    httpenv = {'PATH': '/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin',
+               'MALLOC_CHECK_': '3',
+               'MALLOC_PERTURB_': str(random.randint(0, 32767) % 255 + 1)}
+    httpenv.update(testenv)
+
+    httpd = "httpd" if os.path.exists("/etc/httpd/modules") else "apache2"
+    config = os.path.join(testdir, 'httpd', 'httpd.conf')
+    httpproc = subprocess.Popen([httpd, '-DFOREGROUND', '-f', config],
+                                env=httpenv, preexec_fn=os.setsid)
+    return httpproc
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     args = parse_args()
 
@@ -766,6 +825,25 @@ def test_gss_localname(testdir, testenv, logfile):
         errs += test_basic_auth_krb5(testdir, testenv, logfile)
 
         errs += test_no_negotiate(testdir, testenv, logfile)
+
+        # After this point we need to speed up httpd to test creds timeout
+        try:
+            fakeenv = faketime_setup(kdcenv)
+            timeenv = {'TIMEOUT_USER': USR_NAME_4,
+                       'MAG_USER_PASSWORD': USR_PWD}
+            timeenv.update(fakeenv)
+            curporc = httpproc
+            pid = processes['HTTPD(%d)' % httpproc.pid].pid
+            os.killpg(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+            time.sleep(1)
+            del processes['HTTPD(%d)' % httpproc.pid]
+            httpproc = http_restart(testdir, so_dir, timeenv)
+            processes['HTTPD(%d)' % httpproc.pid] = httpproc
+
+            errs += test_basic_auth_timeout(testdir, timeenv, logfile)
+        except NotImplementedError:
+            sys.stderr.write('BASIC Timeout Behavior: SKIPPED\n')
+
     except Exception:
         traceback.print_exc()
     finally:
diff --git a/tests/t_bad_acceptor_name.py b/tests/t_bad_acceptor_name.py
index 41ee48b..0e8c0fa 100755
--- a/tests/t_bad_acceptor_name.py
+++ b/tests/t_bad_acceptor_name.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
+
 import requests
 from requests_gssapi import HTTPKerberosAuth, OPTIONAL # noqa
 
diff --git a/tests/t_basic_k5.py b/tests/t_basic_k5.py
index e499eac..aaa60d5 100755
--- a/tests/t_basic_k5.py
+++ b/tests/t_basic_k5.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
+
 import requests
 from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
 
diff --git a/tests/t_basic_k5_fail_second.py b/tests/t_basic_k5_fail_second.py
index 273e9a5..de35707 100755
--- a/tests/t_basic_k5_fail_second.py
+++ b/tests/t_basic_k5_fail_second.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
+
 import requests
 
 
diff --git a/tests/t_basic_k5_two_users.py b/tests/t_basic_k5_two_users.py
index 41ffe98..ed98255 100755
--- a/tests/t_basic_k5_two_users.py
+++ b/tests/t_basic_k5_two_users.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
+
 import requests
 
 
diff --git a/tests/t_basic_proxy.py b/tests/t_basic_proxy.py
index 5370314..14e90aa 100755
--- a/tests/t_basic_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/t_basic_proxy.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
+
 import requests
 from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
 
diff --git a/tests/t_basic_timeout.py b/tests/t_basic_timeout.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..983dfd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/t_basic_timeout.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (C) 2020 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
+
+import os
+import time
+
+import requests
+from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    s = requests.Session()
+    url = 'http://{}/basic_auth_timeout/auth/'.format(
+            os.environ['NSS_WRAPPER_HOSTNAME']
+    )
+    url2 = 'http://{}/basic_auth_timeout/session/'.format(
+            os.environ['NSS_WRAPPER_HOSTNAME']
+    )
+
+    r = s.get(url, auth=HTTPBasicAuth(os.environ['TIMEOUT_USER'],
+                                      os.environ['MAG_USER_PASSWORD']))
+    if r.status_code != 200:
+        raise ValueError('Basic Auth Failed')
+
+    time.sleep(301)
+    r = s.get(url2)
+    if r.status_code != 200:
+        raise ValueError('Session Auth Failed')
+
+    time.sleep(401)
+
+    r = s.get(url2)
+    if r.status_code == 200:
+        raise ValueError('Timeout check Failed')
diff --git a/tests/t_localname.py b/tests/t_localname.py
index c9f08b1..4950869 100755
--- a/tests/t_localname.py
+++ b/tests/t_localname.py
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
-import gssapi
-import requests
 import subprocess
 import sys
+
+import gssapi
+
+import requests
+
 from requests_gssapi import HTTPSPNEGOAuth
 
+
 def use_requests(auth):
     sess = requests.Session()
     url = 'http://%s/gss_localname/' % os.environ['NSS_WRAPPER_HOSTNAME']
@@ -39,14 +43,14 @@ def use_curl():
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
         mech_name = sys.argv[1]
 
-    mech=None
+    mech = None
     if mech_name is not None:
         mech = gssapi.mechs.Mechanism.from_sasl_name(mech_name)
 
     try:
         auth = HTTPSPNEGOAuth(mech=mech)
         use_requests(auth)
-    except TypeError as e:
+    except TypeError:
         # odler version of requests that does not support mechs
         if mech_name == 'SPNEGO':
             use_curl()
@@ -55,4 +59,4 @@ def use_curl():
             auth = HTTPSPNEGOAuth()
             use_requests(auth)
         else:
-            sys.exit(42) # SKIP
+            sys.exit(42)  # SKIP
diff --git a/tests/t_nonego.py b/tests/t_nonego.py
index 430001a..6cb7770 100755
--- a/tests/t_nonego.py
+++ b/tests/t_nonego.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
+
 import requests
 
 
diff --git a/tests/t_required_name_attr.py b/tests/t_required_name_attr.py
index bbfdc19..b0c9724 100755
--- a/tests/t_required_name_attr.py
+++ b/tests/t_required_name_attr.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
+
 import requests
 from requests_gssapi import HTTPKerberosAuth, OPTIONAL # noqa
 
diff --git a/tests/t_spnego_negotiate_once.py b/tests/t_spnego_negotiate_once.py
index e8eb601..4e57b95 100755
--- a/tests/t_spnego_negotiate_once.py
+++ b/tests/t_spnego_negotiate_once.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
+
 import requests
 from requests_gssapi import HTTPKerberosAuth, OPTIONAL # noqa
 
diff --git a/tests/t_spnego_no_auth.py b/tests/t_spnego_no_auth.py
index abcccdf..ac04b0b 100755
--- a/tests/t_spnego_no_auth.py
+++ b/tests/t_spnego_no_auth.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
+
 import requests
 from requests_gssapi import HTTPKerberosAuth, OPTIONAL # noqa
 
diff --git a/tests/t_spnego_proxy.py b/tests/t_spnego_proxy.py
index c47558b..9db9a4f 100755
--- a/tests/t_spnego_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/t_spnego_proxy.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from base64 import b64encode
 
 import gssapi
+
 import requests
 
 
diff --git a/tests/t_spnego_rewrite.py b/tests/t_spnego_rewrite.py
index 2ed1d3e..4205a92 100755
--- a/tests/t_spnego_rewrite.py
+++ b/tests/t_spnego_rewrite.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015 - mod_auth_gssapi contributors, see COPYING for license.
 
 import os
+
 import requests
 from requests_gssapi import HTTPKerberosAuth, OPTIONAL # noqa