diff --git a/lib/influxdb-rails.rb b/lib/influxdb-rails.rb
index 46fab07..a0b13e7 100644
--- a/lib/influxdb-rails.rb
+++ b/lib/influxdb-rails.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def client
             database:       cfg.database,
             username:       cfg.username,
             password:       cfg.password,
+            auth_method:    cfg.auth_method,
             hosts:          cfg.hosts,
             port:           cfg.port,
             async:          cfg.async,
diff --git a/lib/influxdb/rails/configuration.rb b/lib/influxdb/rails/configuration.rb
index c8d6065..21aeb65 100644
--- a/lib/influxdb/rails/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/influxdb/rails/configuration.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class ClientConfig
         username:       "root".freeze,
         password:       "root".freeze,
         database:       nil,
+        auth_method:    "params".freeze,
         async:          true,
         use_ssl:        false,
         retry:          nil,