1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ping.js b/lib/ping.js
index 9a07d93a5..23b18bfba 100644
--- a/lib/ping.js
+++ b/lib/ping.js
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ function ping (args, silent, cb) {
   }
   var registry = npm.config.get('registry')
   if (!registry) return cb(new Error('no default registry set'))
+  var auth = npm.config.getCredentialsByURI(registry)
 
-  npm.registry.ping(registry, function (er, pong) {
+  npm.registry.ping(registry, {auth: auth}, function (er, pong) {
+    if (!silent) console.log(JSON.stringify(pong))
     cb(er, er ? null : pong)
   })
 }