diff --git a/build/tools/repopick.py b/build/tools/repopick.py
index b571f2b5..0132124f 100755
--- a/build/tools/repopick.py
+++ b/build/tools/repopick.py
@@ -32,16 +32,19 @@ import textwrap
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
 
 try:
-    # For python3
-    import urllib.error
-    import urllib.request
+    import requests
 except ImportError:
-    # For python2
-    import imp
-    import urllib2
-    urllib = imp.new_module('urllib')
-    urllib.error = urllib2
-    urllib.request = urllib2
+    try:
+        # For python3
+        import urllib.error
+        import urllib.request
+    except ImportError:
+        # For python2
+        import imp
+        import urllib2
+        urllib = imp.new_module('urllib')
+        urllib.error = urllib2
+        urllib.request = urllib2
 
 
 # Verifies whether pathA is a subdirectory (or the same) as pathB
@@ -100,11 +103,29 @@ def fetch_query_via_ssh(remote_url, query):
 
 
 def fetch_query_via_http(remote_url, query):
-
-    """Given a query, fetch the change numbers via http"""
-    url = '{0}/changes/?q={1}&o=CURRENT_REVISION&o=ALL_REVISIONS'.format(remote_url, query)
-    data = urllib.request.urlopen(url).read().decode('utf-8')
-    reviews = json.loads(data[5:])
+    if "requests" in sys.modules:
+        auth = None
+        if os.path.isfile(os.getenv("HOME") + "/.gerritrc"):
+            f = open(os.getenv("HOME") + "/.gerritrc", "r")
+            for line in f:
+                parts = line.rstrip().split("|")
+                if parts[0] in remote_url:
+                    auth = requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(username=parts[1], password=parts[2])
+        statusCode = '-1'
+        if auth:
+            url = '{0}/a/changes/?q={1}&o=CURRENT_REVISION&o=ALL_REVISIONS'.format(remote_url, query)
+            data = requests.get(url, auth=auth)
+            statusCode = str(data.status_code)
+        if statusCode != '200':
+            #They didn't get good authorization or data, Let's try the old way
+            url = '{0}/changes/?q={1}&o=CURRENT_REVISION&o=ALL_REVISIONS'.format(remote_url, query)
+            data = requests.get(url)
+        reviews = json.loads(data.text[5:])
+    else:
+        """Given a query, fetch the change numbers via http"""
+        url = '{0}/changes/?q={1}&o=CURRENT_REVISION&o=ALL_REVISIONS'.format(remote_url, query)
+        data = urllib.request.urlopen(url).read().decode('utf-8')
+        reviews = json.loads(data[5:])
 
     for review in reviews:
         review['number'] = review.pop('_number')