diff --git a/python3/httplib2/__init__.py b/python3/httplib2/__init__.py
index cf2db600..02c19b73 100644
--- a/python3/httplib2/__init__.py
+++ b/python3/httplib2/__init__.py
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ def _cnonce():
 def _wsse_username_token(cnonce, iso_now, password):
     return base64.b64encode(
         _sha(("%s%s%s" % (cnonce, iso_now, password)).encode("utf-8")).digest()
-    ).strip()
+    ).strip().decode("utf-8")
 
 
 # For credentials we need two things, first
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 02a3ecf8..28c8d135 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -556,9 +556,7 @@ def wrapped(request, *a, **kw):
     return wrapper
 
 
-def http_reflect_with_auth(
-    allow_scheme, allow_credentials, out_renew_nonce=None, out_requests=None
-):
+def http_reflect_with_auth(allow_scheme, allow_credentials, out_renew_nonce=None, out_requests=None):
     """allow_scheme - 'basic', 'digest', etc allow_credentials - sequence of ('name', 'password') out_renew_nonce - None | [function]
 
         Way to return nonce renew function to caller.
@@ -575,9 +573,7 @@ def http_reflect_with_auth(
 
     def renew_nonce():
         if gnextnonce[0]:
-            assert False, (
-                "previous nextnonce was not used, probably bug in " "test code"
-            )
+            assert False, "previous nextnonce was not used, probably bug in test code"
         gnextnonce[0] = gen_digest_nonce()
         return gserver_nonce[0], gnextnonce[0]
 
@@ -596,6 +592,8 @@ def deny(**kwargs):
                 + ', nonce="{nonce}", opaque="{opaque}"'
                 + (", stale=true" if nonce_stale else "")
             ).format(realm=realm, nonce=gserver_nonce[0], opaque=server_opaque)
+        elif allow_scheme == "wsse":
+            authenticate = 'wsse realm="{realm}", profile="UsernameToken"'.format(realm=realm)
         else:
             raise Exception("unknown allow_scheme={0}".format(allow_scheme))
         deny_headers = {"www-authenticate": authenticate}
@@ -612,9 +610,7 @@ def http_reflect_with_auth_handler(request):
         if not auth_header:
             return deny()
         if " " not in auth_header:
-            return http_response_bytes(
-                status=400, body=b"authorization header syntax error"
-            )
+            return http_response_bytes(status=400, body=b"authorization header syntax error")
         scheme, data = auth_header.split(" ", 1)
         scheme = scheme.lower()
         if scheme != allow_scheme:
@@ -698,11 +694,31 @@ def http_reflect_with_auth_handler(request):
                     }
                     return make_http_reflect(headers=allow_headers)(request)
             return deny(body=b"supplied credentials are not allowed")
+        elif scheme == "wsse":
+            x_wsse = request.headers.get("x-wsse", "")
+            if x_wsse.count(",") != 3:
+                return http_response_bytes(status=400, body=b"x-wsse header syntax error")
+            auth_info = http_parse_auth(x_wsse)
+            client_username = auth_info.get("username", "")
+            client_nonce = auth_info.get("nonce", "")
+            client_created = auth_info.get("created", "")
+            client_digest = auth_info.get("passworddigest", "")
+            allow_password = None
+            for allow_username, allow_password in allow_credentials:
+                if client_username == allow_username:
+                    break
+            else:
+                return deny(body=b"unknown username")
+
+            digest = hashlib.sha1("".join((client_nonce, client_created, allow_password)).encode("utf-8")).digest()
+            digest_b64 = base64.b64encode(digest).decode()
+            print("$$$ check client={} == real={}".format(client_digest, digest_b64))
+            if client_digest == digest_b64:
+                return make_http_reflect()(request)
+
+            return deny(body=b"supplied credentials are not allowed")
         else:
-            return http_response_bytes(
-                status=400,
-                body="unknown authorization scheme={0}".format(scheme).encode(),
-            )
+            return http_response_bytes(status=400, body="unknown authorization scheme={0}".format(scheme).encode(),)
 
     return http_reflect_with_auth_handler
 
diff --git a/tests/test_auth.py b/tests/test_auth.py
index 6efd6cbb..975a56ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -364,8 +364,47 @@ def test_digest_object_auth_info():
 
 
 def test_wsse_algorithm():
-    digest = httplib2._wsse_username_token(
-        "d36e316282959a9ed4c89851497a717f", "2003-12-15T14:43:07Z", "taadtaadpstcsm"
-    )
-    expected = b"quR/EWLAV4xLf9Zqyw4pDmfV9OY="
+    digest = httplib2._wsse_username_token("d36e316282959a9ed4c89851497a717f", "2003-12-15T14:43:07Z", "taadtaadpstcsm")
+    expected = "quR/EWLAV4xLf9Zqyw4pDmfV9OY="
     assert expected == digest
+
+
+def test_wsse_invalid():
+    http = httplib2.Http()
+    username = "user294"
+    password = tests.gen_password()
+    grenew_nonce = [None]
+    requests = []
+    handler = tests.http_reflect_with_auth(
+        allow_scheme="wsse",
+        allow_credentials=((username, password),),
+        out_renew_nonce=grenew_nonce,
+        out_requests=requests,
+    )
+    http.add_credentials(username, "wrong" + password)
+    with tests.server_request(handler, request_count=2) as uri:
+        response, _ = http.request(uri)
+        assert requests[0][1].status == 401
+        assert requests[1][0].headers["authorization"] == 'WSSE profile="UsernameToken"'
+        assert requests[1][1].status == 401
+        assert response.status == 401
+
+
+def test_wsse_ok():
+    http = httplib2.Http()
+    username = "user314"
+    password = tests.gen_password()
+    grenew_nonce = [None]
+    requests = []
+    handler = tests.http_reflect_with_auth(
+        allow_scheme="wsse",
+        allow_credentials=((username, password),),
+        out_renew_nonce=grenew_nonce,
+        out_requests=requests,
+    )
+    http.add_credentials(username, password)
+    with tests.server_request(handler, request_count=2) as uri:
+        response, _ = http.request(uri)
+        assert requests[0][1].status == 401
+        assert requests[1][0].headers["authorization"] == 'WSSE profile="UsernameToken"'
+        assert response.status == 200