diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cbbed6b..ca1b02f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+dist: trusty
 services:
   - cassandra
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0506473..0333714 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/thegeorgeous/flask-cqlalchemy/badges/gpa.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/thegeorgeous/flask-cqlalchemy)
 
 
-Flask-CQLAlchemy handles connections to Cassandra clusters
-and gives a unified easier way to declare models and their
-columns
+Flask-CQLAlchemy handles connections to Cassandra and Astra clusters
+and gives a unified easier way to declare models and their columns.
 
 **Now with support for PyPy**
 
@@ -109,6 +108,9 @@ method
 * `CASSANDRA_RETRY_CONNECT` - True if we should retry to connect even if there was
   a connection failure initially
 * `CASSANDRA_SETUP_KWARGS` - Pass-through keyword arguments for Cluster()
+* `ASTRA_SECURE_CONNECT_BUNDLE` - Full path to the secure connect bundle for your Astra database.
+* `CASSANDRA_USERNAME` - Username to used to connect to a Cassandra cluster.
+* `CASSANDRA_PASSWORD` - Password to used to connect to a Cassandra cluster.
 
 ## Beta Features
 Flask CQLAlchemy supports User Defined Types, provided you are using Cassandra
diff --git a/flask_cqlalchemy/__init__.py b/flask_cqlalchemy/__init__.py
index 6f4ce5e..67e4cbd 100644
--- a/flask_cqlalchemy/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_cqlalchemy/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 from cassandra.cqlengine import models
 from cassandra.cqlengine import usertype
 
+from cassandra.cluster import Cluster
+from cassandra.auth import PlainTextAuthProvider
+
 try:
     from flask import _app_ctx_stack as stack
 except ImportError:
@@ -45,12 +48,29 @@ def init_app(self, app):
         This method set all the config options for the connection to
         the Cassandra cluster and creates a connection at startup.
         """
-        self._hosts_ = app.config['CASSANDRA_HOSTS']
-        self._keyspace_ = app.config['CASSANDRA_KEYSPACE']
+        self._hosts_ = app.config.get('CASSANDRA_HOSTS', '')
+        self._keyspace_ = app.config.get('CASSANDRA_KEYSPACE', '')
+        self._username = app.config.get('CASSANDRA_USERNAME', '')
+        self._password = app.config.get('CASSANDRA_PASSWORD', '')
+        self._cloud_bundle = app.config.get('ASTRA_SECURE_CONNECT_BUNDLE', '')
         consistency = app.config.get('CASSANDRA_CONSISTENCY', 1)
         lazy_connect = app.config.get('CASSANDRA_LAZY_CONNECT', False)
         retry_connect = app.config.get('CASSANDRA_RETRY_CONNECT', False)
         setup_kwargs = app.config.get('CASSANDRA_SETUP_KWARGS', {})
+        self._auth_provider = None
+
+        if self._username and self._password:
+            self._auth_provider = PlainTextAuthProvider(
+                                       username=self._username,
+                                       password=self._password
+                                  )
+
+        if self._cloud_bundle != None and self._auth_provider != None:
+            cloud = { 'secure_connect_bundle' : self._cloud_bundle }
+            cluster = Cluster(cloud=cloud, auth_provider=self._auth_provider)
+            session = cluster.connect(self._keyspace_)
+            connection.set_session(session)
+            return
 
         if not self._hosts_ and self._keyspace_:
             raise NoConfig("""No Configuration options defined.