diff --git a/app/api/urls.py b/app/api/urls.py
index b06b1458..2ee6b1fc 100644
--- a/app/api/urls.py
+++ b/app/api/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.urls import path
+from rest_framework.authtoken.views import obtain_auth_token
 from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns
 
 from .views import Me, Features
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ from .views import StatisticsAPI
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    path('auth-token', obtain_auth_token),
     path('me', Me.as_view(), name='me'),
     path('features', Features.as_view(), name='features'),
     path('cloud-upload', CloudUploadAPI.as_view(), name='cloud_uploader'),
diff --git a/app/app/settings.py b/app/app/settings.py
index 63107917..e77b402e 100644
--- a/app/app/settings.py
+++ b/app/app/settings.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'api.apps.ApiConfig',
     'widget_tweaks',
     'rest_framework',
+    'rest_framework.authtoken',
     'django_filters',
     'social_django',
     'polymorphic',
@@ -210,6 +211,10 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
         'rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly',
         'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated',
     ],
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
+    ),
     'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.LimitOffsetPagination',
     'PAGE_SIZE': 5,
     'DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS': ('django_filters.rest_framework.DjangoFilterBackend',),