diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index cfc7904f0206546625b4264c3f6a0d08affec3f3..01f4fabf4173ae564a48719dbc10dfb53fb1e22f 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 ## workaround for HTTP authorization
 ## in CGI environment
 
-##    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
+    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 
 ############################################
 ## TRACE and TRACK HTTP methods disabled to prevent XSS attacks