diff --git a/h-opc/Ua/UaClient.cs b/h-opc/Ua/UaClient.cs
index 62bac5e..2699007 100644
--- a/h-opc/Ua/UaClient.cs
+++ b/h-opc/Ua/UaClient.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ public UaClient(Uri serverUrl)
       Status = OpcStatus.NotConnected;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a server object
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="serverUrl">the url of the server to connect to</param>
+    /// <param name="options">custom options to use with ua client</param>
+    public UaClient(Uri serverUrl, UaClientOptions options)
+    {
+      _serverUrl = serverUrl;
+      _options = options;
+      Status = OpcStatus.NotConnected;
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Options to configure the UA client session
@@ -466,13 +477,17 @@ private void AddNodeToCache(UaNode node)
     /// <returns>AnonUser or User with name and password</returns>
     private UserIdentity GetIdentity(Uri url)
     {
-       var uriLogin = new UserIdentity();
-       if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(url.UserInfo))
-       {
-           var uis = url.UserInfo.Split(':');
-           uriLogin = new UserIdentity(uis[0], uis[1]);
-       }
-       return uriLogin;
+      if (_options.UserIdentity != null)
+      {
+        return _options.UserIdentity;
+      }
+      var uriLogin = new UserIdentity();
+      if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(url.UserInfo))
+      {
+        var uis = url.UserInfo.Split(':');
+        uriLogin = new UserIdentity(uis[0], uis[1]);
+      }
+      return uriLogin;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/h-opc/Ua/UaClientOptions.cs b/h-opc/Ua/UaClientOptions.cs
index 08dd8cf..84e401f 100644
--- a/h-opc/Ua/UaClientOptions.cs
+++ b/h-opc/Ua/UaClientOptions.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+using OpcUa = Opc.Ua;
 
 namespace Hylasoft.Opc.Ua
 {
@@ -91,6 +92,11 @@ public class UaClientOptions
     /// </summary>
     public int MaxPublishRequestCount { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The identity to connect to the OPC server as
+    /// </summary>
+    public OpcUa.UserIdentity UserIdentity { get; set; }
+
     internal UaClientOptions()
     {
       // Initialize default values:
@@ -109,4 +115,4 @@ internal UaClientOptions()
       MaxPublishRequestCount = 20;
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}