diff --git a/lib/net/winrm/connection.rb b/lib/net/winrm/connection.rb
index c253aef512..6fdaeebf86 100644
--- a/lib/net/winrm/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/net/winrm/connection.rb
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ module Net
             self.http_client = Rex::Proto::Http::Client.new(opts[:host], opts[:port], {}, opts[:ssl], opts[:ssl_version], opts[:proxies], opts[:user], opts[:password])
             @mutex = Mutex.new
             self.uri = opts[:uri]
+            if opts[:realm]
+              self.http_client.set_config('domain' => opts[:realm])
+            end
           end
     
           def send_request(message)
diff --git a/modules/auxiliary/scanner/winrm/winrm_login.rb b/modules/auxiliary/scanner/winrm/winrm_login.rb
index 29dff9e861..34c0baec88 100644
--- a/modules/auxiliary/scanner/winrm/winrm_login.rb
+++ b/modules/auxiliary/scanner/winrm/winrm_login.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary
                       :no_ssl_peer_verification => true,
                       :operation_timeout => 1,
                       :http_timeout => 20, # For the underlying HTTP client
-                      :retry_delay => 1
+                      :retry_delay => 1,
+                      :realm => result.credential.realm,
                  )
             shell = conn.shell(:stdin)
             # Trigger the shell to open