diff --git a/fs/rc/rcserver/rcserver.go b/fs/rc/rcserver/rcserver.go
index c32aa0ea6..ba7e957ba 100644
--- a/fs/rc/rcserver/rcserver.go
+++ b/fs/rc/rcserver/rcserver.go
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ func (s *Server) handleOptions(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, path stri
 }
 
 func (s *Server) serveRoot(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// Listing the configured remotes discloses their names so
+	// require auth like the rest of the rc endpoints
+	if !s.noAuth && !s.server.UsingAuth() {
+		writeError(r.URL.Path, nil, w, errors.New("listing the remotes requires authentication to be set up on the rc server or the --rc-no-auth flag"), http.StatusForbidden)
+		return
+	}
 	remoteNames := config.GetRemoteNames()
 	sort.Strings(remoteNames)
 	directory := serve.NewDirectory("", s.server.HTMLTemplate())
diff --git a/fs/rc/rcserver/rcserver_test.go b/fs/rc/rcserver/rcserver_test.go
index 11cacf964..533dbcb28 100644
--- a/fs/rc/rcserver/rcserver_test.go
+++ b/fs/rc/rcserver/rcserver_test.go
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ func TestServingRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	opt := newTestOpt()
 	opt.Serve = true
 	opt.Files = testFs
+	opt.NoAuth = true
 	testServer(t, tests, &opt)
 }
 
@@ -800,6 +801,53 @@ func TestServingRootNoFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	opt := newTestOpt()
 	opt.Serve = true
 	opt.Files = ""
+	opt.NoAuth = true
+	testServer(t, tests, &opt)
+}
+
+// On a server with no authentication configured and without --rc-no-auth the
+// remote listing must not disclose the configured remote names.
+func TestServingRootFailClosed(t *testing.T) {
+	forbidden := regexp.MustCompile(`"status": 403`)
+	tests := []testRun{{
+		Name:     "rootlist-star",
+		URL:      "*",
+		Status:   http.StatusForbidden,
+		Contains: forbidden,
+	}, {
+		Name:     "rootlist-empty",
+		URL:      "",
+		Status:   http.StatusForbidden,
+		Contains: forbidden,
+	}}
+	opt := newTestOpt()
+	opt.Serve = true
+	opt.Files = ""
+	testServer(t, tests, &opt)
+}
+
+// With authentication configured the remote listing is available to
+// authenticated requests only.
+func TestServingRootWithAuth(t *testing.T) {
+	const user, pass = "user", "pass"
+	tests := []testRun{{
+		Name:     "rootlist-authed",
+		URL:      "",
+		User:     user,
+		Pass:     pass,
+		Status:   http.StatusOK,
+		Contains: matchRemoteDirListing,
+	}, {
+		Name:     "rootlist-unauthed",
+		URL:      "",
+		Status:   http.StatusUnauthorized,
+		Contains: regexp.MustCompile(`Unauthorized`),
+	}}
+	opt := newTestOpt()
+	opt.Serve = true
+	opt.Files = ""
+	opt.Auth.BasicUser = user
+	opt.Auth.BasicPass = pass
 	testServer(t, tests, &opt)
 }