diff --git a/fcrepo-api-x-integration/src/test/java/org/fcrepo/apix/integration/LoaderIT.java b/fcrepo-api-x-integration/src/test/java/org/fcrepo/apix/integration/LoaderIT.java
index 20c50a1..9454902 100644
--- a/fcrepo-api-x-integration/src/test/java/org/fcrepo/apix/integration/LoaderIT.java
+++ b/fcrepo-api-x-integration/src/test/java/org/fcrepo/apix/integration/LoaderIT.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import static org.fcrepo.apix.model.Ontologies.Service.PROP_IS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_OF;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.maven;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.mavenBundle;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.karaf.options.KarafDistributionOption.features;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ public class LoaderIT extends ServiceBasedTest {
 
     final AtomicReference<Object> serviceResponse = new AtomicReference<>();
 
+    final AtomicBoolean auth = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
     @Rule
     public TestName name = new TestName();
 
@@ -149,6 +153,7 @@ public void setUp() {
             ex.setOut(ex.getIn());
             if ("OPTIONS".equals(ex.getIn().getHeader(Exchange.HTTP_METHOD))) {
                 ex.getOut().setBody(optionsResponse.get());
+                auth.set(ex.getIn().getHeader("Authorization") != null);
             } else if ("GET".equals(ex.getIn().getHeader(Exchange.HTTP_METHOD))) {
                 ex.getOut().setBody(serviceResponse.get());
             } else {
@@ -157,6 +162,22 @@ public void setUp() {
         });
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void authTest() throws Exception {
+
+        final String SERVICE_CANONICAL = "test:" + name.getMethodName();
+        final String EXPOSED_AT = SERVICE_CANONICAL;
+
+        optionsResponse.set(triple("", RDF_TYPE, CLASS_EXTENSION) +
+                ltriple("", PROP_EXPOSES_SERVICE_AT, EXPOSED_AT) +
+                triple("", PROP_EXPOSES_SERVICE, SERVICE_CANONICAL));
+
+        attempt(60, () -> textPost(LOADER_URI, serviceEndpoint)).getHeaderValue("Location");
+
+        assertTrue(auth.get());
+
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void htmlMinimalTest() throws Exception {
 
diff --git a/fcrepo-api-x-integration/src/test/resources/cfg/org.fcrepo.apix.test.cfg b/fcrepo-api-x-integration/src/test/resources/cfg/org.fcrepo.apix.test.cfg
index a75cf04..b453ce2 100644
--- a/fcrepo-api-x-integration/src/test/resources/cfg/org.fcrepo.apix.test.cfg
+++ b/fcrepo-api-x-integration/src/test/resources/cfg/org.fcrepo.apix.test.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 auth.http.${fcrepo.dynamic.test.port}.localhost.username = fedoraAdmin
 auth.http.${fcrepo.dynamic.test.port}.localhost.password = secret3
 auth.http.${apix.dynamic.test.port}.localhost.username = fedoraAdmin
-auth.http.${apix.dynamic.test.port}.localhost.password = secret3
\ No newline at end of file
+auth.http.${apix.dynamic.test.port}.localhost.password = secret3
+auth.http.${services.dynamic.test.port}.127.0.0.1.username = fedoraAdmin
+auth.http.${services.dynamic.test.port}.127.0.0.1.password = secret3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fcrepo-api-x-loader/src/main/java/org/fcrepo/apix/loader/impl/LoaderRoutes.java b/fcrepo-api-x-loader/src/main/java/org/fcrepo/apix/loader/impl/LoaderRoutes.java
index 39ee130..bf29b75 100644
--- a/fcrepo-api-x-loader/src/main/java/org/fcrepo/apix/loader/impl/LoaderRoutes.java
+++ b/fcrepo-api-x-loader/src/main/java/org/fcrepo/apix/loader/impl/LoaderRoutes.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public void configure() throws Exception {
                 .setHeader(Exchange.HTTP_URI, header(HEADER_SERVICE_URI))
                 .setHeader("Accept", constant("text/turtle"))
                 .process(e -> LOG.info("Execution OPTIONS to service URI {}", e.getIn().getHeader(Exchange.HTTP_URI)))
-                .to("jetty:http://localhost")
+                .to("http://localhost?httpClient=#httpClient")
                 .process(DEPOSIT_OBJECTS)
                 .setHeader(HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE, constant(303));
 
diff --git a/fcrepo-api-x-loader/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/blueprint.xml b/fcrepo-api-x-loader/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/blueprint.xml
index dc8f4d0..af388f1 100644
--- a/fcrepo-api-x-loader/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/blueprint.xml
+++ b/fcrepo-api-x-loader/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/blueprint.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@
     </cm:default-properties>
   </cm:property-placeholder>
 
+  <reference id="httpClientFetcher" ext:proxy-method="classes"
+    interface="org.fcrepo.apix.registry.HttpClientFetcher" />
+
+  <bean id="httpClient" factory-ref="httpClientFetcher"
+    factory-method="getClient" />
+
+  <bean id="http" class="org.apache.camel.component.http4.HttpComponent" />
+  <bean id="https" class="org.apache.camel.component.http4.HttpComponent" />
+
   <reference id="extensionRegistry"
     interface="org.fcrepo.apix.model.components.ExtensionRegistry" />
 
@@ -31,7 +40,8 @@
   <reference id="generalRegistry" filter="(org.fcrepo.apix.registry.role=default)"
     interface="org.fcrepo.apix.model.components.Registry" />
 
-  <reference id="routing" interface="org.fcrepo.apix.model.components.RoutingFactory" />
+  <reference id="routing"
+    interface="org.fcrepo.apix.model.components.RoutingFactory" />
 
   <bean id="loaderService" class="org.fcrepo.apix.loader.impl.LoaderService">
     <property name="extensionRegistry" ref="extensionRegistry" />