diff --git a/changelog/36138.fixed b/changelog/36138.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78b2e97cc44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/36138.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add kwargs to handle extra parameters for http.query
diff --git a/salt/pillar/http_json.py b/salt/pillar/http_json.py
index 98c8a853232..a302d13f0a3 100644
--- a/salt/pillar/http_json.py
+++ b/salt/pillar/http_json.py
@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@ Set the following Salt config to setup http json result as external pillar sourc
   ext_pillar:
     - http_json:
         url: http://example.com/api/minion_id
-        ::TODO::
         username: username
         password: password
+        header_dict: None
+        auth: None
+
+You can pass additional parameters, they will be added to the http.query call
+:py:func:`utils.http.query function <salt.utils.http.query>`:
+
+.. autofunction:: salt.utils.http.query
 
 If the with_grains parameter is set, grain keys wrapped in can be provided (wrapped
 in <> brackets) in the url in order to populate pillar data based on the grain value.
@@ -52,16 +58,26 @@ def __virtual__():
     return True
 
 
-def ext_pillar(minion_id, pillar, url, with_grains=False):  # pylint: disable=W0613
+def ext_pillar(
+    minion_id, pillar, url, with_grains=False, **kwargs
+):  # pylint: disable=W0613
     """
     Read pillar data from HTTP response.
 
     :param str url: Url to request.
     :param bool with_grains: Whether to substitute strings in the url with their grain values.
+    :param dict header_dict: Extra headers to send
+    :param str username: username for auth
+    :param str pasword: password for auth
+    :param auth: special auth if needed
 
     :return: A dictionary of the pillar data to add.
     :rtype: dict
     """
+    # As we are dealing with kwargs, clean args that are hardcoded in this function
+    for arg in ["url", "decode", "decode_type"]:
+        if arg in kwargs:
+            del kwargs[arg]
 
     url = url.replace("%s", urllib.parse.quote(minion_id))
 
@@ -82,7 +98,7 @@ def ext_pillar(minion_id, pillar, url, with_grains=False):  # pylint: disable=W0
             url = re.sub("<{}>".format(grain_name), grain_value, url)
 
     log.debug("Getting url: %s", url)
-    data = __salt__["http.query"](url=url, decode=True, decode_type="json")
+    data = __salt__["http.query"](url=url, decode=True, decode_type="json", **kwargs)
 
     if "dict" in data:
         return data["dict"]
diff --git a/salt/pillar/http_yaml.py b/salt/pillar/http_yaml.py
index 72a7910382c..e9dd518cbb9 100644
--- a/salt/pillar/http_yaml.py
+++ b/salt/pillar/http_yaml.py
@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@ Set the following Salt config to setup an http endpoint as the external pillar s
   ext_pillar:
     - http_yaml:
         url: http://example.com/api/minion_id
-        ::TODO::
         username: username
         password: password
+        header_dict: None
+        auth: None
+
+You can pass additional parameters, they will be added to the http.query call
+:py:func:`utils.http.query function <salt.utils.http.query>`:
+
+.. autofunction:: salt.utils.http.query
 
 If the with_grains parameter is set, grain keys wrapped in can be provided (wrapped
 in <> brackets) in the url in order to populate pillar data based on the grain value.
@@ -50,16 +56,26 @@ def __virtual__():
     return True
 
 
-def ext_pillar(minion_id, pillar, url, with_grains=False):  # pylint: disable=W0613
+def ext_pillar(
+    minion_id, pillar, url, with_grains=False, **kwargs
+):  # pylint: disable=W0613
     """
     Read pillar data from HTTP response.
 
     :param str url: Url to request.
     :param bool with_grains: Whether to substitute strings in the url with their grain values.
+    :param dict header_dict: Extra headers to send
+    :param str username: username for auth
+    :param str pasword: password for auth
+    :param auth: special auth if needed
 
     :return: A dictionary of the pillar data to add.
     :rtype: dict
     """
+    # As we are dealing with kwargs, clean args that are hardcoded in this function
+    for arg in ["url", "decode", "decode_type"]:
+        if arg in kwargs:
+            del kwargs[arg]
 
     url = url.replace("%s", urllib.parse.quote(minion_id))
 
@@ -80,7 +96,7 @@ def ext_pillar(minion_id, pillar, url, with_grains=False):  # pylint: disable=W0
             url = re.sub("<{}>".format(grain_name), grain_value, url)
 
     log.debug("Getting url: %s", url)
-    data = __salt__["http.query"](url=url, decode=True, decode_type="yaml")
+    data = __salt__["http.query"](url=url, decode=True, decode_type="yaml", **kwargs)
 
     if "dict" in data:
         return data["dict"]