diff --git a/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/pom.xml b/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/pom.xml
index f74b48da2f4..17fb74ae0bc 100644
--- a/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/pom.xml
+++ b/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@
       <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-server</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- Get rid of log warning saying to use Caffeine -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/src/main/java/zipkin/test/EurekaProperties.java b/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/src/main/java/zipkin/test/EurekaProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28e7102a79a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/src/main/java/zipkin/test/EurekaProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-2024 The OpenZipkin Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package zipkin.test;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+
+/** Properties for configuring and building a {@link EurekaServer}. */
+@ConfigurationProperties("eureka")
+class EurekaProperties {
+
+  /** Optional username to require. */
+  private String username;
+
+  /** Optional password to require. */
+  private String password;
+
+  public String getUsername() {
+    return username;
+  }
+
+  public void setUsername(String username) {
+    this.username = username;
+  }
+
+  public String getPassword() {
+    return password;
+  }
+
+  public void setPassword(String password) {
+    this.password = password;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/src/main/java/zipkin/test/EurekaSecurity.java b/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/src/main/java/zipkin/test/EurekaSecurity.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f032ef9de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/src/main/java/zipkin/test/EurekaSecurity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-2024 The OpenZipkin Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package zipkin.test;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.ImportAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.servlet.SecurityAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.security.config.Customizer;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.provisioning.InMemoryUserDetailsManager;
+import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
+
+import static org.springframework.security.crypto.factory.PasswordEncoderFactories.createDelegatingPasswordEncoder;
+
+/** This enables security, particularly only BASIC auth, when {@code EUREKA_USERNAME} is set. */
+@Configuration
+@ConditionalOnProperty("eureka.username")
+@EnableConfigurationProperties(EurekaProperties.class)
+@ImportAutoConfiguration(SecurityAutoConfiguration.class)
+public class EurekaSecurity {
+  @Bean InMemoryUserDetailsManager userDetailsService(EurekaProperties props) {
+    PasswordEncoder encoder = createDelegatingPasswordEncoder();
+    UserDetails user = User.withUsername(props.getUsername())
+      .password(encoder.encode(props.getPassword()))
+      .roles("ADMIN")
+      .build();
+    return new InMemoryUserDetailsManager(user);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * You have to disable CSRF to allow BASIC authenticating Eureka clients to operate.
+   * <p>
+   * See <a href="https://cloud.spring.io/spring-cloud-netflix/reference/html/#securing-the-eureka-server">Securing The Eureka Server</a>
+   */
+  @Bean SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+    http.csrf(csrf -> csrf.ignoringRequestMatchers("/eureka/**"));
+    http.authorizeHttpRequests(authz -> authz.requestMatchers("/eureka/**").authenticated())
+      .httpBasic(Customizer.withDefaults());
+    return http.build();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/src/main/java/zipkin/test/EurekaServer.java b/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/src/main/java/zipkin/test/EurekaServer.java
index c17cabc3eee..f07df867eee 100644
--- a/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/src/main/java/zipkin/test/EurekaServer.java
+++ b/docker/test-images/zipkin-eureka/src/main/java/zipkin/test/EurekaServer.java
@@ -14,12 +14,23 @@
 package zipkin.test;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.security.servlet.ManagementWebSecurityAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.servlet.SecurityAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.eureka.server.EnableEurekaServer;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 
-@SpringBootApplication
+/**
+ * This disables automatic security configuration, deferring to {@linkplain EurekaSecurity}.
+ * Doing so allows Eureka to start as if spring-security wasn't in the classpath.
+ */
+@SpringBootApplication(
+  exclude = {SecurityAutoConfiguration.class, ManagementWebSecurityAutoConfiguration.class}
+)
 @EnableEurekaServer
+@Import(EurekaSecurity.class)
 public class EurekaServer {
+
   public static void main(String[] args) {
     SpringApplication.run(EurekaServer.class, args);
   }