diff --git a/backend/network_inventory/settings/base.py b/backend/network_inventory/settings/base.py
index 1ade96d..43358c5 100644
--- a/backend/network_inventory/settings/base.py
+++ b/backend/network_inventory/settings/base.py
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination',
-    'PAGE_SIZE': 10
+    'PAGE_SIZE': 10,
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
+        'rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication'
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication',
+    ),
 }
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
diff --git a/backend/network_inventory/urls.py b/backend/network_inventory/urls.py
index d8374fd..6a14863 100644
--- a/backend/network_inventory/urls.py
+++ b/backend/network_inventory/urls.py
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls.static import static
 
 from rest_framework import routers
-
+from rest_framework_simplejwt.views import (
+    TokenObtainPairView,
+    TokenRefreshView,
+)
 from backups.urls import router as backups_router
 from computers.urls import router as computers_router
 from core.urls import router as core_router
@@ -49,4 +52,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('api/', include(router.urls)),
     path('api/', include('rest_framework.urls')),
     path('api/admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path('api/token/', TokenObtainPairView.as_view(), name='token_obtain_pair'),
+    path('api/token/refresh/', TokenRefreshView.as_view(), name='token_refresh'),
 ] + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
diff --git a/backend/requirements/base.txt b/backend/requirements/base.txt
index 5bbe62a..825f5be 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 wheel
 Django==3.1.4
 djangorestframework
+djangorestframework-simplejwt
 pyaml
 pytz
 django-guardian