diff --git a/cmd/flags_misc.go b/cmd/flags_misc.go
index 93c56ce8ca..83002287f5 100644
--- a/cmd/flags_misc.go
+++ b/cmd/flags_misc.go
@@ -20,19 +20,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	LogLevelFlag        = "log.level"
-	LogLevelModuleFlag  = "log.level.module"
-	pprofFlag           = "pprof"
-	tracingFlag         = "tracing"
-	tracingEndpointFlag = "tracing.endpoint"
-	tracingTlS          = "tracing.tls"
-	metricsFlag         = "metrics"
-	metricsEndpointFlag = "metrics.endpoint"
-	metricsTlS          = "metrics.tls"
-	p2pMetrics          = "p2p.metrics"
-	pyroscopeFlag       = "pyroscope"
-	pyroscopeTracing    = "pyroscope.tracing"
-	pyroscopeEndpoint   = "pyroscope.endpoint"
+	LogLevelFlag               = "log.level"
+	LogLevelModuleFlag         = "log.level.module"
+	pprofFlag                  = "pprof"
+	tracingFlag                = "tracing"
+	tracingEndpointFlag        = "tracing.endpoint"
+	tracingTlS                 = "tracing.tls"
+	metricsFlag                = "metrics"
+	metricsEndpointFlag        = "metrics.endpoint"
+	metricsTlS                 = "metrics.tls"
+	p2pMetrics                 = "p2p.metrics"
+	pyroscopeFlag              = "pyroscope"
+	pyroscopeTracing           = "pyroscope.tracing"
+	pyroscopeEndpoint          = "pyroscope.endpoint"
+	pyroscopeBasicAuthUser     = "pyroscope.basic-auth.user"
+	pyroscopeBasicAuthPassword = "pyroscope.basic-auth.password" //nolint:gosec
 )
 
 // MiscFlags gives a set of hardcoded miscellaneous flags.
@@ -118,6 +120,18 @@ and their lower-case forms`,
 		"Sets HTTP endpoint for Pyroscope profiles to be exported to. Depends on '--pyroscope'",
 	)
 
+	flags.String(
+		pyroscopeBasicAuthUser,
+		"",
+		"Sets basic auth user for Pyroscope. Depends on '--pyroscope'",
+	)
+
+	flags.String(
+		pyroscopeBasicAuthPassword,
+		"",
+		"Sets basic auth password for Pyroscope. Depends on '--pyroscope'",
+	)
+
 	return flags
 }
 
@@ -183,6 +197,8 @@ func ParseMiscFlags(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command) (context.Context, e
 		ctx = WithNodeOptions(ctx,
 			nodebuilder.WithPyroscope(
 				cmd.Flag(pyroscopeEndpoint).Value.String(),
+				cmd.Flag(pyroscopeBasicAuthUser).Value.String(),
+				cmd.Flag(pyroscopeBasicAuthPassword).Value.String(),
 				NodeType(ctx),
 			),
 		)
diff --git a/nodebuilder/settings.go b/nodebuilder/settings.go
index ea1aac2d37..328c5ea682 100644
--- a/nodebuilder/settings.go
+++ b/nodebuilder/settings.go
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ func WithBootstrappers(peers p2p.Bootstrappers) fx.Option {
 }
 
 // WithPyroscope enables pyroscope profiling for the node.
-func WithPyroscope(endpoint string, nodeType node.Type) fx.Option {
+func WithPyroscope(endpoint, basicAuthUser, basicAuthPassword string, nodeType node.Type) fx.Option {
 	return fx.Options(
 		fx.Invoke(func(peerID peer.ID) error {
-			_, err := pyroscope.Start(pyroscope.Config{
+			config := pyroscope.Config{
 				UploadRate:      15 * time.Second,
 				ApplicationName: "celestia.da-node",
 				ServerAddress:   endpoint,
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ func WithPyroscope(endpoint string, nodeType node.Type) fx.Option {
 					pyroscope.ProfileInuseSpace,
 					pyroscope.ProfileGoroutines,
 				},
-			})
+				BasicAuthUser:     basicAuthUser,
+				BasicAuthPassword: basicAuthPassword,
+			}
+
+			_, err := pyroscope.Start(config)
 			return err
 		}),
 	)