diff --git a/advanced/lighttpd.conf.debian b/advanced/lighttpd.conf.debian
index bf2e5104..15821bc7 100644
--- a/advanced/lighttpd.conf.debian
+++ b/advanced/lighttpd.conf.debian
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 server.modules = (
 	"mod_access",
 	"mod_accesslog",
+	"mod_auth",
 	"mod_expire",
 	"mod_compress",
 	"mod_redirect",
@@ -60,3 +61,6 @@ $HTTP["url"] =~ "^(?!/admin)/.*" {
     # Create a response header for debugging using curl -I
     setenv.add-response-header = ( "X-Pi-hole" => "A black hole for Internet advertisements." )
 }
+
+# Add user chosen options held in external file
+include_shell "cat external.conf 2>/dev/null"
diff --git a/advanced/lighttpd.conf.fedora b/advanced/lighttpd.conf.fedora
index fc00923c..96e1311e 100644
--- a/advanced/lighttpd.conf.fedora
+++ b/advanced/lighttpd.conf.fedora
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 server.modules = (
 	"mod_access",
+	"mod_auth",
 	"mod_fastcgi",
 	"mod_accesslog",
 	"mod_expire",
@@ -77,3 +78,6 @@ $HTTP["url"] =~ "^(?!/admin)/.*" {
 	# Create a response header for debugging using curl -I
 	setenv.add-response-header = ( "X-Pi-hole" => "A black hole for Internet advertisements." )
 }
+
+# Add user chosen options held in external file
+include_shell "cat external.conf 2>/dev/null"