diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 13c8999b18..6b9a75a6b8 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -148,12 +148,15 @@ Description The username and password to use when attempting to log in to
 
             Specifying username and password is
             required for the ``pixiv``, ``nijie`` and ``seiga`` modules and
-            optional (but strongly recommended) for ``exhentai``,
+            optional (but strongly recommended) for ``danbooru``, ``exhentai``,
             ``sankaku`` and ``idolcomplex``.
 
             These values can also be set via the ``-u/--username`` and
             ``-p/--password`` command-line options or by using a |.netrc|_ file.
             (see Authentication_)
+
+            Note: The password for ``danbooru`` is the API key found in your
+            user profile, not the password for your account.
 =========== =====
 
 
diff --git a/docs/gallery-dl.conf b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
index 02f25a64a2..2bd4141a3d 100644
--- a/docs/gallery-dl.conf
+++ b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
         {
             "external": false
         },
+        "danbooru":
+        {
+            "username": null,
+            "password": null
+        },
         "deviantart":
         {
             "refresh-token": null,
@@ -72,6 +77,11 @@
             "password": null,
             "ugoira": true
         },
+        "reactor":
+        {
+            "wait-min": 3.0,
+            "wait-max": 6.0
+        },
         "recursive":
         {
             "blacklist": ["directlink", "oauth", "recursive", "test"]
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/danbooru.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/danbooru.py
index 83cc9d84f9..ca637ecc65 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/danbooru.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/danbooru.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2014-2018 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2014-2019 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ def __init__(self, match):
         self.api_url = "{scheme}://{subdomain}.donmai.us/posts.json".format(
             scheme=self.scheme, subdomain=self.subdomain)
 
+        username, api_key = self._get_auth_info()
+        if username:
+            self.log.debug("Using HTTP Basic Auth for user '%s'", username)
+            self.session.auth = (username, api_key)
+
 
 class DanbooruTagExtractor(booru.TagMixin, DanbooruExtractor):
     """Extractor for images from danbooru based on search-tags"""