diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index fc9160d26f955790f5e7c6e938160b4161c7beca..68a2ea227f5ea2ba048c8c4426f9b85d0694f706 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ void loadServerConfigFromString(char *config) {
                 err = "repl-backlog-ttl can't be negative ";
                 goto loaderr;
             }
+        } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],"masteruser") && argc == 2) {
+            zfree(server.masteruser);
+            server.masteruser = argv[1][0] ? zstrdup(argv[1]) : NULL;
         } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],"masterauth") && argc == 2) {
             zfree(server.masterauth);
             server.masterauth = argv[1][0] ? zstrdup(argv[1]) : NULL;
@@ -943,6 +946,9 @@ void configSetCommand(client *c) {
         sds aclop = sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),">%s",(char*)o->ptr);
         ACLSetUser(DefaultUser,aclop,sdslen(aclop));
         sdsfree(aclop);
+    } config_set_special_field("masteruser") {
+        zfree(server.masteruser);
+        server.masteruser = ((char*)o->ptr)[0] ? zstrdup(o->ptr) : NULL;
     } config_set_special_field("masterauth") {
         zfree(server.masterauth);
         server.masterauth = ((char*)o->ptr)[0] ? zstrdup(o->ptr) : NULL;
@@ -1354,6 +1360,7 @@ void configGetCommand(client *c) {
 
     /* String values */
     config_get_string_field("dbfilename",server.rdb_filename);
+    config_get_string_field("masteruser",server.masteruser);
     config_get_string_field("masterauth",server.masterauth);
     config_get_string_field("cluster-announce-ip",server.cluster_announce_ip);
     config_get_string_field("unixsocket",server.unixsocket);
@@ -2232,6 +2239,7 @@ int rewriteConfig(char *path) {
     rewriteConfigDirOption(state);
     rewriteConfigSlaveofOption(state,"replicaof");
     rewriteConfigStringOption(state,"replica-announce-ip",server.slave_announce_ip,CONFIG_DEFAULT_SLAVE_ANNOUNCE_IP);
+    rewriteConfigStringOption(state,"masteruser",server.masteruser,NULL);
     rewriteConfigStringOption(state,"masterauth",server.masterauth,NULL);
     rewriteConfigStringOption(state,"cluster-announce-ip",server.cluster_announce_ip,NULL);
     rewriteConfigYesNoOption(state,"replica-serve-stale-data",server.repl_serve_stale_data,CONFIG_DEFAULT_SLAVE_SERVE_STALE_DATA);
diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index 3bc42d62a258827590d4ae13a6c3a2cef55c3506..9175bb420098d85e167708f4c3c6f4afdb811167 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -1661,7 +1661,13 @@ void syncWithMaster(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
 
     /* AUTH with the master if required. */
     if (server.repl_state == REPL_STATE_SEND_AUTH) {
-        if (server.masterauth) {
+        if (server.masteruser && server.masterauth) {
+            err = sendSynchronousCommand(SYNC_CMD_WRITE,fd,"AUTH",
+                                         server.masteruser,server.masterauth,NULL);
+            if (err) goto write_error;
+            server.repl_state = REPL_STATE_RECEIVE_AUTH;
+            return;
+        } else if (server.masterauth) {
             err = sendSynchronousCommand(SYNC_CMD_WRITE,fd,"AUTH",server.masterauth,NULL);
             if (err) goto write_error;
             server.repl_state = REPL_STATE_RECEIVE_AUTH;
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 59f7cbe10c1d31307599f2a83ec7848120ba180b..a396e1cf74011bea969f51a01634280cfd92d473 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -1217,6 +1217,7 @@ struct redisServer {
     int repl_diskless_sync;         /* Send RDB to slaves sockets directly. */
     int repl_diskless_sync_delay;   /* Delay to start a diskless repl BGSAVE. */
     /* Replication (slave) */
+    char *masteruser;               /* AUTH with this user and masterauth with master */
     char *masterauth;               /* AUTH with this password with master */
     char *masterhost;               /* Hostname of master */
     int masterport;                 /* Port of master */