diff --git a/t/t5541-http-push.sh b/t/t5541-http-push.sh
index 312e48409..eeb993203 100755
--- a/t/t5541-http-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5541-http-push.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ test_expect_success 'setup remote repository' '
 	mv test_repo.git "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"
 '
 
+setup_askpass_helper
+
 cat >exp <<EOF
 GET  /smart/test_repo.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1 200
 POST /smart/test_repo.git/git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1 200
@@ -266,5 +268,17 @@ test_expect_success 'http push respects GIT_COMMITTER_* in reflog' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push over smart http with auth' '
+	cd "$ROOT_PATH/test_repo_clone" &&
+	echo push-auth-test >expect &&
+	test_commit push-auth-test &&
+	set_askpass user@host &&
+	git push "$HTTPD_URL"/auth/smart/test_repo.git &&
+	git --git-dir="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/test_repo.git" \
+		log -1 --format=%s >actual &&
+	expect_askpass both user@host &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 stop_httpd
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
index be6094be7..342d6af86 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ test_expect_success 'create http-accessible bare repository' '
 	git push public master:master
 '
 
+setup_askpass_helper
+
 cat >exp <<EOF
 > GET /smart/repo.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1
 > Accept: */*
@@ -109,6 +111,15 @@ test_expect_success 'follow redirects (302)' '
 	git clone $HTTPD_URL/smart-redir-temp/repo.git --quiet repo-t
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone from password-protected repository' '
+	echo two >expect &&
+	set_askpass user@host &&
+	git clone --bare "$HTTPD_URL/auth/smart/repo.git" smart-auth &&
+	expect_askpass both user@host &&
+	git --git-dir=smart-auth log -1 --format=%s >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test -n "$GIT_TEST_LONG" && test_set_prereq EXPENSIVE
 
 test_expect_success EXPENSIVE 'create 50,000 tags in the repo' '