diff --git a/actix-web-httpauth/CHANGES.md b/actix-web-httpauth/CHANGES.md
index 8f973f4f6..d307ad7d6 100644
--- a/actix-web-httpauth/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-web-httpauth/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Implement `From<Basic>` for `BasicAuth`.
 - Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.68.
 
 ## 0.8.0
diff --git a/actix-web-httpauth/src/extractors/basic.rs b/actix-web-httpauth/src/extractors/basic.rs
index 97890dda2..8b0f39ee8 100644
--- a/actix-web-httpauth/src/extractors/basic.rs
+++ b/actix-web-httpauth/src/extractors/basic.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ impl BasicAuth {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Basic> for BasicAuth {
+    fn from(basic: Basic) -> Self {
+        Self(basic)
+    }
+}
+
 impl FromRequest for BasicAuth {
     type Future = Ready<Result<Self, Self::Error>>;
     type Error = AuthenticationError<Challenge>;