diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index cbcefa213..27d60fa8d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Federico Frenguelli
 Contributors
 ============
 
+Abhishek Patel
 Alessandro De Angelis
 Alan Crosswell
 Asif Saif Uddin
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 400bc13b7..bff59538b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,11 +15,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   -->
 
 ## [1.3.1] unreleased
+### Added
+* #725: HTTP Basic Auth support for introspection (Fix issue #709)
+
 ### Fixed
 * #812: Reverts #643 pass wrong request object to authenticate function.
 * Fix concurrency issue with refresh token requests (#[810](https://github.com/jazzband/django-oauth-toolkit/pull/810))
 * #817: Reverts #734 tutorial documentation error.
 
+
 ## [1.3.0] 2020-03-02
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index d0bc62e9a..eb7324672 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -198,12 +198,18 @@ Only applicable when used with `Django REST Framework <http://django-rest-framew
 
 RESOURCE_SERVER_INTROSPECTION_URL
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The introspection endpoint for validating token remotely (RFC7662).
+The introspection endpoint for validating token remotely (RFC7662). This URL requires either an authorization
+token (RESOURCE_SERVER_AUTH_TOKEN)
+or HTTP Basic Auth client credentials (RESOURCE_SERVER_INTROSPECTION_CREDENTIALS):
 
 RESOURCE_SERVER_AUTH_TOKEN
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The bearer token to authenticate the introspection request towards the introspection endpoint (RFC7662).
 
+RESOURCE_SERVER_INTROSPECTION_CREDENTIALS
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The HTTP Basic Auth Client_ID and Client_Secret to authenticate the introspection request
+towards the introspect endpoint (RFC7662) as a tuple: (client_id,client_secret).
 
 RESOURCE_SERVER_TOKEN_CACHING_SECONDS
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/oauth2_provider/oauth2_backends.py b/oauth2_provider/oauth2_backends.py
index f8710fdb0..04264f6a0 100644
--- a/oauth2_provider/oauth2_backends.py
+++ b/oauth2_provider/oauth2_backends.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
 
 from oauthlib import oauth2
+from oauthlib.common import Request as OauthlibRequest
 from oauthlib.common import quote, urlencode, urlencoded
 
 from .exceptions import FatalClientError, OAuthToolkitError
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ class OAuthLibCore(object):
     Meant for things like extracting request data and converting
     everything to formats more palatable for oauthlib's Server.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, server=None):
         """
         :params server: An instance of oauthlib.oauth2.Server class
@@ -128,9 +130,11 @@ def create_authorization_response(self, request, scopes, credentials, allow):
             return uri, headers, body, status
 
         except oauth2.FatalClientError as error:
-            raise FatalClientError(error=error, redirect_uri=credentials["redirect_uri"])
+            raise FatalClientError(
+                error=error, redirect_uri=credentials["redirect_uri"])
         except oauth2.OAuth2Error as error:
-            raise OAuthToolkitError(error=error, redirect_uri=credentials["redirect_uri"])
+            raise OAuthToolkitError(
+                error=error, redirect_uri=credentials["redirect_uri"])
 
     def create_token_response(self, request):
         """
@@ -171,14 +175,25 @@ def verify_request(self, request, scopes):
         """
         uri, http_method, body, headers = self._extract_params(request)
 
-        valid, r = self.server.verify_request(uri, http_method, body, headers, scopes=scopes)
+        valid, r = self.server.verify_request(
+            uri, http_method, body, headers, scopes=scopes)
         return valid, r
 
+    def authenticate_client(self, request):
+        """Wrapper to call  `authenticate_client` on `server_class` instance.
+
+        :param request: The current django.http.HttpRequest object
+        """
+        uri, http_method, body, headers = self._extract_params(request)
+        oauth_request = OauthlibRequest(uri, http_method, body, headers)
+        return self.server.request_validator.authenticate_client(oauth_request)
+
 
 class JSONOAuthLibCore(OAuthLibCore):
     """
     Extends the default OAuthLibCore to parse correctly application/json requests
     """
+
     def extract_body(self, request):
         """
         Extracts the JSON body from the Django request object
diff --git a/oauth2_provider/views/__init__.py b/oauth2_provider/views/__init__.py
index 7bf60cece..7636bd9c7 100644
--- a/oauth2_provider/views/__init__.py
+++ b/oauth2_provider/views/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 from .base import AuthorizationView, TokenView, RevokeTokenView
 from .application import ApplicationRegistration, ApplicationDetail, ApplicationList, \
     ApplicationDelete, ApplicationUpdate
-from .generic import ProtectedResourceView, ScopedProtectedResourceView, ReadWriteScopedResourceView
+from .generic import (
+	ProtectedResourceView, ScopedProtectedResourceView, ReadWriteScopedResourceView,
+	ClientProtectedResourceView, ClientProtectedScopedResourceView)
 from .token import AuthorizedTokensListView, AuthorizedTokenDeleteView
 from .introspect import IntrospectTokenView
diff --git a/oauth2_provider/views/generic.py b/oauth2_provider/views/generic.py
index c9bbc6af4..5c0c760e5 100644
--- a/oauth2_provider/views/generic.py
+++ b/oauth2_provider/views/generic.py
@@ -2,19 +2,28 @@
 
 from ..settings import oauth2_settings
 from .mixins import (
-    ProtectedResourceMixin, ReadWriteScopedResourceMixin, ScopedResourceMixin
+    ClientProtectedResourceMixin, OAuthLibMixin, ProtectedResourceMixin,
+    ReadWriteScopedResourceMixin, ScopedResourceMixin
 )
 
 
-class ProtectedResourceView(ProtectedResourceMixin, View):
-    """
-    Generic view protecting resources by providing OAuth2 authentication out of the box
+class InitializationMixin(OAuthLibMixin):
+
+    """Initializer for OauthLibMixin
     """
+
     server_class = oauth2_settings.OAUTH2_SERVER_CLASS
     validator_class = oauth2_settings.OAUTH2_VALIDATOR_CLASS
     oauthlib_backend_class = oauth2_settings.OAUTH2_BACKEND_CLASS
 
 
+class ProtectedResourceView(ProtectedResourceMixin, InitializationMixin, View):
+    """
+    Generic view protecting resources by providing OAuth2 authentication out of the box
+    """
+    pass
+
+
 class ScopedProtectedResourceView(ScopedResourceMixin, ProtectedResourceView):
     """
     Generic view protecting resources by providing OAuth2 authentication and Scopes handling
@@ -29,3 +38,20 @@ class ReadWriteScopedResourceView(ReadWriteScopedResourceMixin, ProtectedResourc
     GET, HEAD, OPTIONS http methods require "read" scope. Otherwise "write" scope is required.
     """
     pass
+
+
+class ClientProtectedResourceView(ClientProtectedResourceMixin, InitializationMixin, View):
+
+    """View for protecting a resource with client-credentials method.
+    This involves allowing access tokens, Basic Auth and plain credentials in request body.
+    """
+
+    pass
+
+
+class ClientProtectedScopedResourceView(ScopedResourceMixin, ClientProtectedResourceView):
+
+    """Impose scope restrictions if client protection fallsback to access token.
+    """
+
+    pass
diff --git a/oauth2_provider/views/introspect.py b/oauth2_provider/views/introspect.py
index 5d5fcea76..d4afe4abb 100644
--- a/oauth2_provider/views/introspect.py
+++ b/oauth2_provider/views/introspect.py
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 
 from oauth2_provider.models import get_access_token_model
-from oauth2_provider.views import ScopedProtectedResourceView
+from oauth2_provider.views import ClientProtectedScopedResourceView
 
 
 @method_decorator(csrf_exempt, name="dispatch")
-class IntrospectTokenView(ScopedProtectedResourceView):
+class IntrospectTokenView(ClientProtectedScopedResourceView):
     """
     Implements an endpoint for token introspection based
     on RFC 7662 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7662
diff --git a/oauth2_provider/views/mixins.py b/oauth2_provider/views/mixins.py
index 0cc9bd589..851ec4cd5 100644
--- a/oauth2_provider/views/mixins.py
+++ b/oauth2_provider/views/mixins.py
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ def error_response(self, error, **kwargs):
 
         return redirect, error_response
 
+    def authenticate_client(self, request):
+        """Returns a boolean representing if client is authenticated with client credentials
+        method. Returns `True` if authenticated.
+
+        :param request: The current django.http.HttpRequest object
+        """
+        core = self.get_oauthlib_core()
+        return core.authenticate_client(request)
+
 
 class ScopedResourceMixin(object):
     """
@@ -200,6 +209,7 @@ class ProtectedResourceMixin(OAuthLibMixin):
     Helper mixin that implements OAuth2 protection on request dispatch,
     specially useful for Django Generic Views
     """
+
     def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         # let preflight OPTIONS requests pass
         if request.method.upper() == "OPTIONS":
@@ -223,12 +233,14 @@ class ReadWriteScopedResourceMixin(ScopedResourceMixin, OAuthLibMixin):
 
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         provided_scopes = get_scopes_backend().get_all_scopes()
-        read_write_scopes = [oauth2_settings.READ_SCOPE, oauth2_settings.WRITE_SCOPE]
+        read_write_scopes = [oauth2_settings.READ_SCOPE,
+                             oauth2_settings.WRITE_SCOPE]
 
         if not set(read_write_scopes).issubset(set(provided_scopes)):
             raise ImproperlyConfigured(
                 "ReadWriteScopedResourceMixin requires following scopes {}"
-                ' to be in OAUTH2_PROVIDER["SCOPES"] list in settings'.format(read_write_scopes)
+                ' to be in OAUTH2_PROVIDER["SCOPES"] list in settings'.format(
+                    read_write_scopes)
             )
 
         return super().__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -246,3 +258,30 @@ def get_scopes(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
         # this returns a copy so that self.required_scopes is not modified
         return scopes + [self.read_write_scope]
+
+
+class ClientProtectedResourceMixin(OAuthLibMixin):
+
+    """Mixin for protecting resources with client authentication as mentioned in rfc:`3.2.1`
+    This involves authenticating with any of: HTTP Basic Auth, Client Credentials and
+    Access token in that order. Breaks off after first validation.
+    """
+
+    def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        # let preflight OPTIONS requests pass
+        if request.method.upper() == "OPTIONS":
+            return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        # Validate either with HTTP basic or client creds in request body.
+        # TODO: Restrict to POST.
+        valid = self.authenticate_client(request)
+        if not valid:
+            # Alternatively allow access tokens
+            # check if the request is valid and the protected resource may be accessed
+            valid, r = self.verify_request(request)
+            if valid:
+                request.resource_owner = r.user
+                return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            else:
+                return HttpResponseForbidden()
+        else:
+            return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/test_introspection_view.py b/tests/test_introspection_view.py
index a06a73e52..061d213e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_introspection_view.py
+++ b/tests/test_introspection_view.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 from oauth2_provider.models import get_access_token_model, get_application_model
 from oauth2_provider.settings import oauth2_settings
 
+from .utils import get_basic_auth_header
+
 
 Application = get_application_model()
 AccessToken = get_access_token_model()
@@ -19,9 +21,12 @@ class TestTokenIntrospectionViews(TestCase):
     """
     Tests for Authorized Token Introspection Views
     """
+
     def setUp(self):
-        self.resource_server_user = UserModel.objects.create_user("resource_server", "test@example.com")
-        self.test_user = UserModel.objects.create_user("bar_user", "dev@example.com")
+        self.resource_server_user = UserModel.objects.create_user(
+            "resource_server", "test@example.com")
+        self.test_user = UserModel.objects.create_user(
+            "bar_user", "dev@example.com")
 
         self.application = Application.objects.create(
             name="Test Application",
@@ -256,3 +261,63 @@ def test_view_post_notexisting_token(self):
         self.assertDictEqual(content, {
             "active": False,
         })
+
+    def test_view_post_valid_client_creds_basic_auth(self):
+        """Test HTTP basic auth working
+        """
+        auth_headers = get_basic_auth_header(
+            self.application.client_id, self.application.client_secret)
+        response = self.client.post(
+            reverse("oauth2_provider:introspect"),
+            {"token": self.valid_token.token},
+            **auth_headers)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        content = response.json()
+        self.assertIsInstance(content, dict)
+        self.assertDictEqual(content, {
+            "active": True,
+            "scope": self.valid_token.scope,
+            "client_id": self.valid_token.application.client_id,
+            "username": self.valid_token.user.get_username(),
+            "exp": int(calendar.timegm(self.valid_token.expires.timetuple())),
+        })
+
+    def test_view_post_invalid_client_creds_basic_auth(self):
+        """Must fail for invalid client credentials
+        """
+        auth_headers = get_basic_auth_header(
+            self.application.client_id, self.application.client_secret + "_so_wrong")
+        response = self.client.post(
+            reverse("oauth2_provider:introspect"),
+            {"token": self.valid_token.token},
+            **auth_headers)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
+
+    def test_view_post_valid_client_creds_plaintext(self):
+        """Test introspecting with credentials in request body
+        """
+        response = self.client.post(
+            reverse("oauth2_provider:introspect"),
+            {"token": self.valid_token.token,
+             "client_id": self.application.client_id,
+             "client_secret": self.application.client_secret})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        content = response.json()
+        self.assertIsInstance(content, dict)
+        self.assertDictEqual(content, {
+            "active": True,
+            "scope": self.valid_token.scope,
+            "client_id": self.valid_token.application.client_id,
+            "username": self.valid_token.user.get_username(),
+            "exp": int(calendar.timegm(self.valid_token.expires.timetuple())),
+        })
+
+    def test_view_post_invalid_client_creds_plaintext(self):
+        """Must fail for invalid creds in request body.
+        """
+        response = self.client.post(
+            reverse("oauth2_provider:introspect"),
+            {"token": self.valid_token.token,
+             "client_id": self.application.client_id,
+             "client_secret": self.application.client_secret + "_so_wrong"})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
diff --git a/tests/test_token_revocation.py b/tests/test_token_revocation.py
index fdbc07229..0368ef283 100644
--- a/tests/test_token_revocation.py
+++ b/tests/test_token_revocation.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def test_revoke_access_token(self):
             expires=timezone.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=1),
             scope="read write"
         )
+
         data = {
             "client_id": self.application.client_id,
             "client_secret": self.application.client_secret,
@@ -96,12 +97,14 @@ def test_revoke_access_token_with_hint(self):
             expires=timezone.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=1),
             scope="read write"
         )
+
         data = {
             "client_id": self.application.client_id,
             "client_secret": self.application.client_secret,
             "token": tok.token,
             "token_type_hint": "access_token"
         }
+
         url = reverse("oauth2_provider:revoke-token")
         response = self.client.post(url, data=data)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
@@ -115,12 +118,14 @@ def test_revoke_access_token_with_invalid_hint(self):
             scope="read write"
         )
         # invalid hint should have no effect
+
         data = {
             "client_id": self.application.client_id,
             "client_secret": self.application.client_secret,
             "token": tok.token,
             "token_type_hint": "bad_hint"
         }
+
         url = reverse("oauth2_provider:revoke-token")
         response = self.client.post(url, data=data)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
@@ -137,11 +142,13 @@ def test_revoke_refresh_token(self):
             user=self.test_user, token="999999999",
             application=self.application, access_token=tok
         )
+
         data = {
             "client_id": self.application.client_id,
             "client_secret": self.application.client_secret,
             "token": rtok.token,
         }
+
         url = reverse("oauth2_provider:revoke-token")
         response = self.client.post(url, data=data)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
@@ -166,6 +173,7 @@ def test_revoke_refresh_token_with_revoked_access_token(self):
                 "client_secret": self.application.client_secret,
                 "token": token,
             }
+
             url = reverse("oauth2_provider:revoke-token")
             response = self.client.post(url, data=data)
             self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
@@ -195,6 +203,7 @@ def test_revoke_token_with_wrong_hint(self):
             "token": tok.token,
             "token_type_hint": "refresh_token"
         }
+
         url = reverse("oauth2_provider:revoke-token")
         response = self.client.post(url, data=data)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)