diff --git a/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/query_view.js b/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/query_view.js
index 45ff4ced5d..cd39776bb2 100644
--- a/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/query_view.js
+++ b/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/query_view.js
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
       $scope.queryExecuting = lock;
     };
 
+    $scope.showApiKey = function() {
+      alert("API Key for this query:\n" + $scope.query.api_key);
+    };
+
     $scope.saveQuery = function(options, data) {
       if (data) {
         data.id = $scope.query.id;
diff --git a/rd_ui/app/views/query.html b/rd_ui/app/views/query.html
index 2c599c1d54..795d5df94b 100644
--- a/rd_ui/app/views/query.html
+++ b/rd_ui/app/views/query.html
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ <h2>
                    ng-show="!query.is_archived && query.id != undefined && (isQueryOwner || currentUser.hasPermission('admin'))">
                     <i class="fa fa-archive" title="Archive Query"></i>
                 </a>
-                
+
+                <button class="btn btn-default btn-sm" ng-show="query.id != undefined" ng-click="showApiKey()">
+                    <i class="fa fa-key" title="Show API Key"></i>
+                </button>
+
                 <div class="modal fade" id="archive-confirmation-modal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="archiveConfirmationModal" aria-hidden="true">
                   <div class="modal-dialog">
                     <div class="modal-content">
diff --git a/redash/authentication.py b/redash/authentication.py
index 8f330aef3d..d42aab83c0 100644
--- a/redash/authentication.py
+++ b/redash/authentication.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from flask import request, make_response, redirect, url_for
-from flask.ext.login import LoginManager, login_user, current_user
+from flask.ext.login import LoginManager, login_user, current_user, logout_user
 
 from redash import models, settings, google_oauth
 
@@ -23,9 +23,38 @@ def sign(key, path, expires):
     return h.hexdigest()
 
 
-class HMACAuthentication(object):
-    @staticmethod
-    def api_key_authentication():
+class Authentication(object):
+    def verify_authentication(self):
+        return False
+
+    def required(self, fn):
+        @functools.wraps(fn)
+        def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
+            if current_user.is_authenticated() or self.verify_authentication():
+                return fn(*args, **kwargs)
+
+            return make_response(redirect(url_for("login", next=request.url)))
+
+        return decorated
+
+
+class ApiKeyAuthentication(Authentication):
+    def verify_authentication(self):
+        api_key = request.args.get('api_key')
+        query_id = request.view_args.get('query_id', None)
+
+        if query_id and api_key:
+            query = models.Query.get(models.Query.id == query_id)
+
+            if query.api_key and api_key == query.api_key:
+                login_user(models.ApiUser(query.api_key), remember=False)
+                return True
+
+        return False
+
+
+class HMACAuthentication(Authentication):
+    def verify_authentication(self):
         signature = request.args.get('signature')
         expires = float(request.args.get('expires') or 0)
         query_id = request.view_args.get('query_id', None)
@@ -41,22 +70,14 @@ def api_key_authentication():
 
         return False
 
-    def required(self, fn):
-        @functools.wraps(fn)
-        def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
-            if current_user.is_authenticated():
-                return fn(*args, **kwargs)
-
-            if self.api_key_authentication():
-                return fn(*args, **kwargs)
-
-            return make_response(redirect(url_for("login", next=request.url)))
-
-        return decorated
-
 
 @login_manager.user_loader
 def load_user(user_id):
+    # If the user was previously logged in as api user, the user_id will be the api key and will raise an exception as
+    # it can't be casted to int.
+    if isinstance(user_id, basestring) and not user_id.isdigit():
+        return None
+
     return models.User.select().where(models.User.id == user_id).first()
 
 
@@ -66,4 +87,13 @@ def setup_authentication(app):
     app.secret_key = settings.COOKIE_SECRET
     app.register_blueprint(google_oauth.blueprint)
 
-    return HMACAuthentication()
+    if settings.AUTH_TYPE == 'hmac':
+        auth = HMACAuthentication()
+    elif settings.AUTH_TYPE == 'api_key':
+        auth = ApiKeyAuthentication()
+    else:
+        logger.warning("Unknown authentication type ({}). Using default (HMAC).".format(settings.AUTH_TYPE))
+        auth = HMACAuthentication()
+
+    return auth
+
diff --git a/redash/models.py b/redash/models.py
index e3085d2d07..d864cd2614 100644
--- a/redash/models.py
+++ b/redash/models.py
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ class ApiUser(UserMixin, PermissionsCheckMixin):
     def __init__(self, api_key):
         self.id = api_key
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return u"<ApiUser: {}>".format(self.id)
+
     @property
     def permissions(self):
         return ['view_query']
diff --git a/redash/settings.py b/redash/settings.py
index 42f17b0dcd..035315b932 100644
--- a/redash/settings.py
+++ b/redash/settings.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def parse_boolean(str):
 # proved to be "safe".
 QUERY_RESULTS_CLEANUP_ENABLED = parse_boolean(os.environ.get("REDASH_QUERY_RESULTS_CLEANUP_ENABLED", "false"))
 
+AUTH_TYPE = os.environ.get("REDASH_AUTH_TYPE", "hmac")
+
 # Google Apps domain to allow access from; any user with email in this Google Apps will be allowed
 # access
 GOOGLE_APPS_DOMAIN = os.environ.get("REDASH_GOOGLE_APPS_DOMAIN", "")
diff --git a/tests/test_authentication.py b/tests/test_authentication.py
index 4e5ca33bd9..8d2e7a947e 100644
--- a/tests/test_authentication.py
+++ b/tests/test_authentication.py
@@ -1,8 +1,45 @@
+from flask.ext.login import current_user
 from mock import patch
 from tests import BaseTestCase
 from redash import models
 from redash.google_oauth import create_and_login_user
-from tests.factories import user_factory
+from redash.authentication import ApiKeyAuthentication
+from tests.factories import user_factory, query_factory
+from redash.wsgi import app
+
+
+class TestApiKeyAuthentication(BaseTestCase):
+    #
+    # This is a bad way to write these tests, but the way Flask works doesn't make it easy to write them properly...
+    #
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestApiKeyAuthentication, self).setUp()
+        self.api_key = 10
+        self.query = query_factory.create(api_key=self.api_key)
+
+    def test_no_api_key(self):
+        auth = ApiKeyAuthentication()
+        with app.test_client() as c:
+            rv = c.get('/api/queries/{0}'.format(self.query.id))
+            self.assertFalse(auth.verify_authentication())
+
+    def test_wrong_api_key(self):
+        auth = ApiKeyAuthentication()
+        with app.test_client() as c:
+            rv = c.get('/api/queries/{0}'.format(self.query.id), query_string={'api_key': 'whatever'})
+            self.assertFalse(auth.verify_authentication())
+
+    def test_correct_api_key(self):
+        auth = ApiKeyAuthentication()
+        with app.test_client() as c:
+            rv = c.get('/api/queries/{0}'.format(self.query.id), query_string={'api_key': self.api_key})
+            self.assertTrue(auth.verify_authentication())
+
+    def test_no_query_id(self):
+        auth = ApiKeyAuthentication()
+        with app.test_client() as c:
+            rv = c.get('/api/queries', query_string={'api_key': self.api_key})
+            self.assertFalse(auth.verify_authentication())
 
 
 class TestCreateAndLoginUser(BaseTestCase):