diff --git a/auth2-hostbased.c b/auth2-hostbased.c

index 2ab222ed6..4e9437912 100644

--- a/auth2-hostbased.c

+++ b/auth2-hostbased.c

@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ userauth_hostbased(struct ssh *ssh, const char *method)

 		    "(null)" : key->cert->signature_type);

 		goto done;

 	}

+	if ((r = sshkey_check_rsa_length(key, options.rsa_min_size)) != 0) {

+		logit("refusing %s key", sshkey_type(key));

+		goto done;

+	}

 	if (!authctxt->valid || authctxt->user == NULL) {

 		debug2_f("disabled because of invalid user");

diff --git a/auth2-pubkey.c b/auth2-pubkey.c

index daa756a01..68e7dea1f 100644

--- a/auth2-pubkey.c

+++ b/auth2-pubkey.c

@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ userauth_pubkey(struct ssh *ssh, const char *method)

 		    "(null)" : key->cert->signature_type);

 		goto done;

 	}

+	if ((r = sshkey_check_rsa_length(key, options.rsa_min_size)) != 0) {

+		logit("refusing %s key", sshkey_type(key));

+		goto done;

+	}

 	key_s = format_key(key);

 	if (sshkey_is_cert(key))

 		ca_s = format_key(key->cert->signature_key);

diff --git a/readconf.c b/readconf.c

index 5b5afa8e3..5e17abd41 100644

--- a/readconf.c

+++ b/readconf.c

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ typedef enum {

 	oStreamLocalBindMask, oStreamLocalBindUnlink, oRevokedHostKeys,

 	oFingerprintHash, oUpdateHostkeys, oHostbasedAcceptedAlgorithms,

 	oPubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms, oCASignatureAlgorithms, oProxyJump,

-	oSecurityKeyProvider, oKnownHostsCommand,

+	oSecurityKeyProvider, oKnownHostsCommand, oRSAMinSize,

 	oIgnore, oIgnoredUnknownOption, oDeprecated, oUnsupported

 } OpCodes;

@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ static struct {

 	{ "proxyjump", oProxyJump },

 	{ "securitykeyprovider", oSecurityKeyProvider },

 	{ "knownhostscommand", oKnownHostsCommand },

+	{ "rsaminsize", oRSAMinSize },

 	{ NULL, oBadOption }

 };

@@ -2162,6 +2163,10 @@ process_config_line_depth(Options *options, struct passwd *pw, const char *host,

 			*charptr = xstrdup(arg);

 		break;

+	case oRSAMinSize:

+		intptr = &options->rsa_min_size;

+		goto parse_int;

+

 	case oDeprecated:

 		debug("%s line %d: Deprecated option \"%s\"",

 		    filename, linenum, keyword);

@@ -2409,6 +2414,7 @@ initialize_options(Options * options)

 	options->hostbased_accepted_algos = NULL;

 	options->pubkey_accepted_algos = NULL;

 	options->known_hosts_command = NULL;

+	options->rsa_min_size = -1;

 }

 /*

@@ -2598,6 +2604,8 @@ fill_default_options(Options * options)

 	if (options->sk_provider == NULL)

 		options->sk_provider = xstrdup("$SSH_SK_PROVIDER");

 #endif

+	if (options->rsa_min_size == -1)

+		options->rsa_min_size = SSH_RSA_MINIMUM_MODULUS_SIZE;

 	/* Expand KEX name lists */

 	all_cipher = cipher_alg_list(',', 0);

@@ -3287,6 +3295,7 @@ dump_client_config(Options *o, const char *host)

 	dump_cfg_int(oNumberOfPasswordPrompts, o->number_of_password_prompts);

 	dump_cfg_int(oServerAliveCountMax, o->server_alive_count_max);

 	dump_cfg_int(oServerAliveInterval, o->server_alive_interval);

+	dump_cfg_int(oRSAMinSize, o->rsa_min_size);

 	/* String options */

 	dump_cfg_string(oBindAddress, o->bind_address);

diff --git a/readconf.h b/readconf.h

index f647bd42a..29db353ab 100644

--- a/readconf.h

+++ b/readconf.h

@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ typedef struct {

 	char   *known_hosts_command;

+	int	rsa_min_size;	/* minimum size of RSA keys */

+

 	char	*ignored_unknown; /* Pattern list of unknown tokens to ignore */

 }       Options;

diff --git a/servconf.c b/servconf.c

index f7317a5cb..362ff5b67 100644

--- a/servconf.c

+++ b/servconf.c

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ initialize_server_options(ServerOptions *options)

 	options->fingerprint_hash = -1;

 	options->disable_forwarding = -1;

 	options->expose_userauth_info = -1;

+	options->rsa_min_size = -1;

 }

 /* Returns 1 if a string option is unset or set to "none" or 0 otherwise. */

@@ -416,6 +417,8 @@ fill_default_server_options(ServerOptions *options)

 		options->expose_userauth_info = 0;

 	if (options->sk_provider == NULL)

 		options->sk_provider = xstrdup("internal");

+	if (options->rsa_min_size == -1)

+		options->rsa_min_size = SSH_RSA_MINIMUM_MODULUS_SIZE;

 	assemble_algorithms(options);

@@ -489,6 +492,7 @@ typedef enum {

 	sStreamLocalBindMask, sStreamLocalBindUnlink,

 	sAllowStreamLocalForwarding, sFingerprintHash, sDisableForwarding,

 	sExposeAuthInfo, sRDomain, sPubkeyAuthOptions, sSecurityKeyProvider,

+	sRSAMinSize,

 	sDeprecated, sIgnore, sUnsupported

 } ServerOpCodes;

@@ -632,6 +636,7 @@ static struct {

 	{ "rdomain", sRDomain, SSHCFG_ALL },

 	{ "casignaturealgorithms", sCASignatureAlgorithms, SSHCFG_ALL },

 	{ "securitykeyprovider", sSecurityKeyProvider, SSHCFG_GLOBAL },

+	{ "rsaminsize", sRSAMinSize, SSHCFG_ALL },

 	{ NULL, sBadOption, 0 }

 };

@@ -2377,6 +2382,10 @@ process_server_config_line_depth(ServerOptions *options, char *line,

 			*charptr = xstrdup(arg);

 		break;

+	case sRSAMinSize:

+		intptr = &options->rsa_min_size;

+		goto parse_int;

+

 	case sDeprecated:

 	case sIgnore:

 	case sUnsupported:

@@ -2549,6 +2558,7 @@ copy_set_server_options(ServerOptions *dst, ServerOptions *src, int preauth)

 	M_CP_INTOPT(rekey_limit);

 	M_CP_INTOPT(rekey_interval);

 	M_CP_INTOPT(log_level);

+	M_CP_INTOPT(rsa_min_size);

 	/*

 	 * The bind_mask is a mode_t that may be unsigned, so we can't use

@@ -2810,6 +2820,7 @@ dump_config(ServerOptions *o)

 	dump_cfg_int(sMaxSessions, o->max_sessions);

 	dump_cfg_int(sClientAliveInterval, o->client_alive_interval);

 	dump_cfg_int(sClientAliveCountMax, o->client_alive_count_max);

+	dump_cfg_int(sRSAMinSize, o->rsa_min_size);

 	dump_cfg_oct(sStreamLocalBindMask, o->fwd_opts.streamlocal_bind_mask);

 	/* formatted integer arguments */

diff --git a/servconf.h b/servconf.h

index 115db1e79..2e3486906 100644

--- a/servconf.h

+++ b/servconf.h

@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ typedef struct {

 	int	expose_userauth_info;

 	u_int64_t timing_secret;

 	char   *sk_provider;

+	int	rsa_min_size;	/* minimum size of RSA keys */

 }       ServerOptions;

 /* Information about the incoming connection as used by Match */

diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c

index a926cc007..cd13fb879 100644

--- a/ssh.c

+++ b/ssh.c

@@ -500,14 +500,22 @@ resolve_canonicalize(char **hostp, int port)

 }

 /*

- * Check the result of hostkey loading, ignoring some errors and

- * fatal()ing for others.

+ * Check the result of hostkey loading, ignoring some errors and either

+ * discarding the key or fatal()ing for others.

  */

 static void

-check_load(int r, const char *path, const char *message)

+check_load(int r, struct sshkey **k, const char *path, const char *message)

 {

 	switch (r) {

 	case 0:

+		/* Check RSA keys size and discard if undersized */

+		if (k != NULL && *k != NULL &&

+		    (r = sshkey_check_rsa_length(*k,

+		    options.rsa_min_size)) != 0) {

+			error_r(r, "load %s \"%s\"", message, path);

+			free(*k);

+			*k = NULL;

+		}

 		break;

 	case SSH_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR:

 	case SSH_ERR_ALLOC_FAIL:

@@ -1557,12 +1565,13 @@ main(int ac, char **av)

 	if ((o) >= sensitive_data.nkeys) \

 		fatal_f("pubkey out of array bounds"); \

 	check_load(sshkey_load_public(p, &(sensitive_data.keys[o]), NULL), \

-	    p, "pubkey"); \

+	    &(sensitive_data.keys[o]), p, "pubkey"); \

 } while (0)

 #define L_CERT(p,o) do { \

 	if ((o) >= sensitive_data.nkeys) \

 		fatal_f("cert out of array bounds"); \

-	check_load(sshkey_load_cert(p, &(sensitive_data.keys[o])), p, "cert"); \

+	check_load(sshkey_load_cert(p, &(sensitive_data.keys[o])), \

+	    &(sensitive_data.keys[o]), p, "cert"); \

 } while (0)

 		if (options.hostbased_authentication == 1) {

@@ -2244,7 +2253,7 @@ load_public_identity_files(const struct ssh_conn_info *cinfo)

 		filename = default_client_percent_dollar_expand(cp, cinfo);

 		free(cp);

 		check_load(sshkey_load_public(filename, &public, NULL),

-		    filename, "pubkey");

+		    &public, filename, "pubkey");

 		debug("identity file %s type %d", filename,

 		    public ? public->type : -1);

 		free(options.identity_files[i]);

@@ -2263,7 +2272,7 @@ load_public_identity_files(const struct ssh_conn_info *cinfo)

 			continue;

 		xasprintf(&cp, "%s-cert", filename);

 		check_load(sshkey_load_public(cp, &public, NULL),

-		    filename, "pubkey");

+		    &public, filename, "pubkey");

 		debug("identity file %s type %d", cp,

 		    public ? public->type : -1);

 		if (public == NULL) {

@@ -2294,7 +2303,7 @@ load_public_identity_files(const struct ssh_conn_info *cinfo)

 		free(cp);

 		check_load(sshkey_load_public(filename, &public, NULL),

-		    filename, "certificate");

+		    &public, filename, "certificate");

 		debug("certificate file %s type %d", filename,

 		    public ? public->type : -1);

 		free(options.certificate_files[i]);

diff --git a/sshconnect2.c b/sshconnect2.c

index 67f8e0309..d050c1656 100644

--- a/sshconnect2.c

+++ b/sshconnect2.c

@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ static const struct ssh_conn_info *xxx_conn_info;

 static int

 verify_host_key_callback(struct sshkey *hostkey, struct ssh *ssh)

 {

+	int r;

+

+	if ((r = sshkey_check_rsa_length(hostkey, options.rsa_min_size)) != 0)

+		fatal_r(r, "Bad server host key");

 	if (verify_host_key(xxx_host, xxx_hostaddr, hostkey,

 	    xxx_conn_info) == -1)

 		fatal("Host key verification failed.");

@@ -1747,6 +1751,12 @@ pubkey_prepare(struct ssh *ssh, Authctxt *authctxt)

		close(agent_fd);

	} else {

 		for (j = 0; j < idlist->nkeys; j++) {

+			if ((r = sshkey_check_rsa_length(idlist->keys[j],

+			    options.rsa_min_size)) != 0) {

+				debug_fr(r, "ignoring %s agent key",

+				    sshkey_ssh_name(idlist->keys[j]));

+				continue;

+			}

 			found = 0;

 			TAILQ_FOREACH(id, &files, next) {

 				/*

diff --git a/sshd.c b/sshd.c

index d26eb86ae..5f36905a1 100644

--- a/sshd.c

+++ b/sshd.c

@@ -1746,6 +1746,13 @@ main(int ac, char **av)

 				fatal_r(r, "Could not demote key: \"%s\"",

 				    options.host_key_files[i]);

 		}

+		if (pubkey != NULL && (r = sshkey_check_rsa_length(pubkey,

+		    options.rsa_min_size)) != 0) {

+			error_fr(r, "Host key %s", options.host_key_files[i]);

+			sshkey_free(pubkey);

+			sshkey_free(key);

+			continue;

+		}

 		sensitive_data.host_keys[i] = key;

 		sensitive_data.host_pubkeys[i] = pubkey;

diff --git a/sshkey.c b/sshkey.c

index 47864e6d8..8bad6bd99 100644

--- a/sshkey.c

+++ b/sshkey.c

@@ -2319,18 +2319,24 @@ cert_parse(struct sshbuf *b, struct sshkey *key, struct sshbuf *certbuf)

 	return ret;

 }

-#ifdef WITH_OPENSSL

-static int

-check_rsa_length(const RSA *rsa)

+int

+sshkey_check_rsa_length(const struct sshkey *k, int min_size)

 {

+#ifdef WITH_OPENSSL

 	const BIGNUM *rsa_n;

+	int nbits;

-	RSA_get0_key(rsa, &rsa_n, NULL, NULL);

-	if (BN_num_bits(rsa_n) < SSH_RSA_MINIMUM_MODULUS_SIZE)

+	if (k == NULL || k->rsa == NULL ||

+	    (k->type != KEY_RSA && k->type != KEY_RSA_CERT))

+		return 0;

+	RSA_get0_key(k->rsa, &rsa_n, NULL, NULL);

+	nbits = BN_num_bits(rsa_n);

+	if (nbits < SSH_RSA_MINIMUM_MODULUS_SIZE ||

+	    (min_size > 0 && nbits < min_size))

 		return SSH_ERR_KEY_LENGTH;

+#endif /* WITH_OPENSSL */

 	return 0;

 }

-#endif

 static int

 sshkey_from_blob_internal(struct sshbuf *b, struct sshkey **keyp,

@@ -2391,7 +2397,7 @@ sshkey_from_blob_internal(struct sshbuf *b, struct sshkey **keyp,

 			goto out;

 		}

 		rsa_n = rsa_e = NULL; /* transferred */

-		if ((ret = check_rsa_length(key->rsa)) != 0)

+		if ((ret = sshkey_check_rsa_length(key, 0)) != 0)

 			goto out;

 #ifdef DEBUG_PK

 		RSA_print_fp(stderr, key->rsa, 8);

@@ -3580,7 +3586,7 @@ sshkey_private_deserialize(struct sshbuf *buf, struct sshkey **kp)

 			goto out;

 		}

 		rsa_p = rsa_q = NULL; /* transferred */

-		if ((r = check_rsa_length(k->rsa)) != 0)

+		if ((r = sshkey_check_rsa_length(k, 0)) != 0)

 			goto out;

 		if ((r = ssh_rsa_complete_crt_parameters(k, rsa_iqmp)) != 0)

 			goto out;

@@ -4566,7 +4572,7 @@ sshkey_parse_private_pem_fileblob(struct sshbuf *blob, int type,

 			r = SSH_ERR_LIBCRYPTO_ERROR;

 			goto out;

 		}

-		if ((r = check_rsa_length(prv->rsa)) != 0)

+		if ((r = sshkey_check_rsa_length(prv, 0)) != 0)

 			goto out;

 	} else if (EVP_PKEY_base_id(pk) == EVP_PKEY_DSA &&

 	    (type == KEY_UNSPEC || type == KEY_DSA)) {

diff --git a/sshkey.h b/sshkey.h

index 125cadb64..52e879456 100644

--- a/sshkey.h

+++ b/sshkey.h

@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ int	sshkey_parse_private_fileblob_type(struct sshbuf *blob, int type,

 int	sshkey_parse_pubkey_from_private_fileblob_type(struct sshbuf *blob,

     int type, struct sshkey **pubkeyp);

+int sshkey_check_rsa_length(const struct sshkey *, int);

 /* XXX should be internal, but used by ssh-keygen */

 int ssh_rsa_complete_crt_parameters(struct sshkey *, const BIGNUM *);

diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1

index b4956aec..b1a40ebd 100644

--- a/ssh.1

+++ b/ssh.1

@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see

 .It LogLevel

 .It MACs

 .It Match

+.It RSAMinSize

 .It NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost

 .It NumberOfPasswordPrompts

 .It PasswordAuthentication

diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5

index 24a46460..68771e4b 100644

--- a/ssh_config.5

+++ b/ssh_config.5

@@ -1322,6 +1322,10 @@ The argument to this keyword must be

 or

 .Cm no

 (the default).

+.It Cm RSAMinSize

+Provides a minimal bits requirement for RSA keys when used for signature and

+verification but not for the key generation. The default value is 1024 and

+can't be reduced.

 .It Cm NumberOfPasswordPrompts

 Specifies the number of password prompts before giving up.

 The argument to this keyword must be an integer.

diff --git a/sshd_config.5 b/sshd_config.5

index 867a747d..e08811ca 100644

--- a/sshd_config.5

+++ b/sshd_config.5

@@ -1266,6 +1266,10 @@ will refuse connection attempts with a probability of rate/100 (30%)

 if there are currently start (10) unauthenticated connections.

 The probability increases linearly and all connection attempts

 are refused if the number of unauthenticated connections reaches full (60).

+.It Cm RSAMinSize

+Provides a minimal bits requirement for RSA keys when used for signature and

+verification but not for the key generation. The default value is 1024 and

+can't be reduced.

 .It Cm ModuliFile

 Specifies the

 .Xr moduli 5

diff --git a/sshkey.h b/sshkey.h

index 094815e0..2bb8cb90 100644

--- a/sshkey.h

+++ b/sshkey.h

@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ int	 sshkey_private_serialize_maxsign(struct sshkey *key,

 void	 sshkey_sig_details_free(struct sshkey_sig_details *);

+int ssh_set_rsa_min_bits(int minbits);

+

 #ifdef SSHKEY_INTERNAL

 int ssh_rsa_sign(const struct sshkey *key,

     u_char **sigp, size_t *lenp, const u_char *data, size_t datalen,