diff --git a/R/deps.R b/R/deps.R
index 987b7b87..15fac848 100644
--- a/R/deps.R
+++ b/R/deps.R
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
 
 package_deps <- function(packages, dependencies = NA,
                          repos = getOption("repos"),
-                         type = getOption("pkgType")) {
+                         type = getOption("pkgType"), 
+                         ...) {
 
   repos <- fix_repositories(repos)
   cran <- available_packages(repos, type)
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ package_deps <- function(packages, dependencies = NA,
   remote <- structure(lapply(deps, package2remote, repos = repos, type = type), class = "remotes")
 
   inst_ver <- vapply(deps, local_sha, character(1))
-  cran_ver <- vapply(remote, function(x) remote_sha(x), character(1))
+  cran_ver <- vapply(remote, function(x) remote_sha(x, ...), character(1))
   is_cran_remote <- vapply(remote, inherits, logical(1), "cran_remote")
 
   diff <- compare_versions(inst_ver, cran_ver, is_cran_remote)
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ dev_package_deps <- function(pkgdir = ".", dependencies = NA,
   }
 
   combine_deps(
-    package_deps(deps, repos = repos, type = type),
+    package_deps(deps, repos = repos, type = type, ...),
     remote_deps(pkg, ...))
 }
 
@@ -510,7 +511,7 @@ remote_deps <- function(pkg, ...) {
 
   package <- vapply(remote, function(x) remote_package_name(x), character(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
   installed <- vapply(package, function(x) local_sha(x), character(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
-  available <- vapply(remote, function(x) remote_sha(x), character(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
+  available <- vapply(remote, function(x) remote_sha(x, ...), character(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
   diff <- installed == available
   diff <- ifelse(!is.na(diff) & diff, CURRENT, BEHIND)
   diff[is.na(installed)] <- UNINSTALLED
diff --git a/R/install-gitlab.R b/R/install-gitlab.R
index de7a7f9c..8d4d3a39 100644
--- a/R/install-gitlab.R
+++ b/R/install-gitlab.R
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ remote_package_name.gitlab_remote <- function(remote, ...) {
 
 #' @export
 remote_sha.gitlab_remote <- function(remote, ...) {
+  if (is.null(remote$auth_token)) {
+    auth_token <- list(...)
+    remote$auth_token <- auth_token$auth_token
+  }
   gitlab_commit(username = remote$username, repo = remote$repo,
     host = remote$host, ref = remote$ref, pat = remote$auth_token)
 }
diff --git a/R/install-remote.R b/R/install-remote.R
index d057111a..f0e421bf 100644
--- a/R/install-remote.R
+++ b/R/install-remote.R
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ install_remote <- function(remote,
 
   package_name <- remote_package_name(remote)
   local_sha <- local_sha(package_name)
-  remote_sha <- remote_sha(remote, local_sha)
+  remote_sha <- remote_sha(remote, local_sha, ...)
 
   if (!isTRUE(force) &&
     !different_sha(remote_sha = remote_sha, local_sha = local_sha)) {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ local_sha <- function(name) {
 # is added to the package when it is installed by remotes. If the package is
 # installed some other way, such as by `install.packages()` there will be no
 # meta-data, so there we construct a generic CRAN remote.
-package2remote <- function(name, lib = .libPaths(), repos = getOption("repos"), type = getOption("pkgType")) {
+package2remote <- function(name, lib = .libPaths(), repos = getOption("repos"), type = getOption("pkgType"), ...) {
 
   x <- tryCatch(utils::packageDescription(name, lib.loc = lib), error = function(e) NA, warning = function(e) NA)
 
diff --git a/man/package_deps.Rd b/man/package_deps.Rd
index ff515222..87a51d55 100644
--- a/man/package_deps.Rd
+++ b/man/package_deps.Rd
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 \title{Find all dependencies of a CRAN or dev package.}
 \usage{
 package_deps(packages, dependencies = NA, repos = getOption("repos"),
-  type = getOption("pkgType"))
+  type = getOption("pkgType"), ...)
 
 local_package_deps(pkgdir = ".", dependencies = NA)
 
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ just check this package, not its dependencies).}
 
 \item{type}{Type of package to \code{update}.}
 
-\item{pkgdir}{path to a package directory, or to a package tarball.}
-
 \item{...}{Additional arguments passed to \code{install_packages}.}
 
+\item{pkgdir}{path to a package directory, or to a package tarball.}
+
 \item{object}{A \code{package_deps} object.}
 
 \item{upgrade}{One of "default", "ask", "always", or "never". "default"