diff --git a/backends/client.go b/backends/client.go
index 1e1bff119..a598ed49e 100644
--- a/backends/client.go
+++ b/backends/client.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func New(config Config) (StoreClient, error) {
 			config.BasicAuth,
 			config.Username,
 			config.Password,
+			config.AuthToken,
 		)
 	case "etcd":
 		// Create the etcd client upfront and use it for the life of the process.
diff --git a/backends/consul/client.go b/backends/consul/client.go
index c6ed090a5..d926bbb73 100644
--- a/backends/consul/client.go
+++ b/backends/consul/client.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type ConsulClient struct {
 }
 
 // NewConsulClient returns a new client to Consul for the given address
-func New(nodes []string, scheme, cert, key, caCert string, basicAuth bool, username string, password string) (*ConsulClient, error) {
+func New(nodes []string, scheme, cert, key, caCert string, basicAuth bool, username string, password string, authToken string) (*ConsulClient, error) {
 	conf := api.DefaultConfig()
 
 	conf.Scheme = scheme
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ func New(nodes []string, scheme, cert, key, caCert string, basicAuth bool, usern
 	if caCert != "" {
 		conf.TLSConfig.CAFile = caCert
 	}
+	if authToken != "" {
+		conf.Token = authToken
+	}
 
 	client, err := api.NewClient(conf)
 	if err != nil {