diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/StatsManager.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/StatsManager.cs
index 55c327656a..a6b341f21c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/StatsManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/StatsManager.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
         // Subcommand used to list other stats.
         public const string ListSubCommand = "list";
 
+        public static string StatsPassword { get; set; }
+
         // All subcommands
         public static HashSet<string> SubCommands = new HashSet<string> { AllSubCommand, ListSubCommand };
 
@@ -302,6 +304,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
             int response_code = 200;
             string contenttype = "text/json";
 
+            if (StatsPassword != String.Empty && (!request.ContainsKey("pass") || request["pass"].ToString() != StatsPassword))
+            {
+                responsedata["int_response_code"] = response_code;
+                responsedata["content_type"] = "text/plain";
+                responsedata["keepalive"] = false;
+                responsedata["str_response_string"] = "Access denied";
+                responsedata["access_control_allow_origin"] = "*";
+
+                return responsedata;
+            }
+
             string pCategoryName = StatsManager.AllSubCommand;
             string pContainerName = StatsManager.AllSubCommand;
             string pStatName = StatsManager.AllSubCommand;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
index 8022b1e587..58178bcf50 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
             if (managedStatsURI != String.Empty)
             {
                 string urlBase = String.Format("/{0}/", managedStatsURI);
+                StatsManager.StatsPassword = managedStatsPassword;
                 MainServer.Instance.AddHTTPHandler(urlBase, StatsManager.HandleStatsRequest);
                 m_log.InfoFormat("[OPENSIM] Enabling remote managed stats fetch. URL = {0}", urlBase);
             }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
index b33e2c2784..34a9246e27 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
 
         public string userStatsURI = String.Empty;
         public string managedStatsURI = String.Empty;
+        public string managedStatsPassword = String.Empty;
 
         protected bool m_autoCreateClientStack = true;
 
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
                 m_permsModules = new List<string>(permissionModules.Split(','));
 
                 managedStatsURI = startupConfig.GetString("ManagedStatsRemoteFetchURI", String.Empty);
+                managedStatsPassword = startupConfig.GetString("ManagedStatsRemoteFetchPassword", String.Empty);
             }
 
             // Load the simulation data service