diff --git a/auth-krb5.c b/auth-krb5.c

index 2b02a04..19b9364 100644

--- a/auth-krb5.c

+++ b/auth-krb5.c

@@ -375,5 +375,21 @@ cleanup:

 		return (krb5_cc_resolve(ctx, ccname, ccache));

 	}

 }

+

+/*

+ * Reads  k5login_directory  option from the  krb5.conf

+ */

+krb5_error_code

+ssh_krb5_get_k5login_directory(krb5_context ctx, char **k5login_directory) {

+	profile_t p;

+	int ret = 0;

+

+	ret = krb5_get_profile(ctx, &p);

+	if (ret)

+		return ret;

+

+	return profile_get_string(p, "libdefaults", "k5login_directory", NULL, NULL,

+		k5login_directory);

+}

 #endif /* !HEIMDAL */

 #endif /* KRB5 */

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

index f9d191c..c432d2f 100644

--- a/auth.h

+++ b/auth.h

@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ int	 sys_auth_passwd(Authctxt *, const char *);

 #if defined(KRB5) && !defined(HEIMDAL)

 krb5_error_code ssh_krb5_cc_new_unique(krb5_context, krb5_ccache *, int *);

+krb5_error_code ssh_krb5_get_k5login_directory(krb5_context ctx,

+	char **k5login_directory);

 #endif

 #endif /* AUTH_H */

diff --git a/gss-serv-krb5.c b/gss-serv-krb5.c

index a7c0c5f..df8cc9a 100644

--- a/gss-serv-krb5.c

+++ b/gss-serv-krb5.c

@@ -244,8 +244,27 @@ ssh_gssapi_k5login_exists()

 {

 	char file[MAXPATHLEN];

 	struct passwd *pw = the_authctxt->pw;

+	char *k5login_directory = NULL;

+	int ret = 0;

+

+	ret = ssh_krb5_get_k5login_directory(krb_context, &k5login_directory);

+	debug3("%s: k5login_directory = %s (rv=%d)", __func__, k5login_directory, ret);

+	if (k5login_directory == NULL || ret != 0) {

+		/* If not set, the library will look for  k5login

+		 * files in the user's home directory, with the filename  .k5login.

+		 */

+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/.k5login", pw->pw_dir);

+	} else {

+		/* If set, the library will look for a local user's k5login file

+		 * within the named directory, with a filename corresponding to the

+		 * local username.

+		 */

+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s%s%s", k5login_directory, 

+			k5login_directory[strlen(k5login_directory)-1] != '/' ? "/" : "",

+			pw->pw_name);

+	}

+	debug("%s: Checking existence of file %s", __func__, file);

-	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/.k5login", pw->pw_dir);

 	return access(file, F_OK) == 0;

 }

diff --git a/sshd.8 b/sshd.8

index 5c4f15b..135e290 100644

--- a/sshd.8

+++ b/sshd.8

@@ -806,6 +806,10 @@ rlogin/rsh.

 These files enforce GSSAPI/Kerberos authentication access control.

 Further details are described in

 .Xr ksu 1 .

+The location of the k5login file depends on the configuration option

+.Cm k5login_directory

+in the

+.Xr krb5.conf 5 .

 .Pp

 .It Pa ~/.ssh/

 This directory is the default location for all user-specific configuration