diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 47a852a2..ed710030 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-10-31 Daniel BODEA <dali@dali-designs.com>
+
+	* netrc.c (search_netrc): When slack_default is 0, still look for
+	an account with matching password, just not the "default account".
+	HTTP Authorization using .netrc should now work as expected.
+
 2001-11-30  T. Bharath  <TBharath@responsenetworks.com>
 
 	* http.c (persistent_available_p): Call SHUTDOWN_SSL if
diff --git a/src/netrc.c b/src/netrc.c
index 28e9ec42..4b3d2b40 100644
--- a/src/netrc.c
+++ b/src/netrc.c
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ search_netrc (const char *host, const char **acc, const char **passwd,
   /* Acc and password found; all OK.  */
   if (*acc && *passwd)
     return;
-  if (!*acc && !slack_default)
-    return;
   /* Some data not given -- try finding the host.  */
   for (l = netrc_list; l; l = l->next)
     {