diff --git a/man/nslcd.conf.5.xml b/man/nslcd.conf.5.xml
index d26ae27e..6e4c09da 100644
--- a/man/nslcd.conf.5.xml
+++ b/man/nslcd.conf.5.xml
@@ -341,6 +341,16 @@
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry id="krb5_keytab"> <!-- since 0.10 -->
+     <term><option>krb5_keytab</option> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Set the name for the GSS-API Kerberos client keytab, if supported by
+       the system Kerberos library.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
    </variablelist>
   </refsect2>
 
diff --git a/nslcd/cfg.c b/nslcd/cfg.c
index 6e561610..69379270 100644
--- a/nslcd/cfg.c
+++ b/nslcd/cfg.c
@@ -582,6 +582,35 @@ static void handle_krb5_ccname(const char *filename, int lnr,
 #endif /* HAVE_GSS_KRB5_CCACHE_NAME */
 }
 
+static void handle_krb5_keytab(const char *filename, int lnr,
+                               const char *keyword, char *line)
+{
+  char token[80];
+  /* get token */
+  check_argumentcount(filename, lnr, keyword,
+                      (get_token(&line, token, sizeof(token)) != NULL));
+  get_eol(filename, lnr, keyword, &line);
+  /* set default Kerberos client keytab for SASL-GSSAPI */
+  ktname = token;
+  /* check that cache exists and is readable if it is a file */
+  if (strncasecmp(ktname, "FILE:", sizeof("FILE:") - 1) == 0)
+  {
+    ktfile = strchr(ktname, ':') + 1;
+    check_readable(filename, lnr, keyword, ktfile);
+  }
+  /* set the environment variable (we have a memory leak if this option
+     is set multiple times) */
+  ktenvlen = strlen(ktname) + sizeof("KRB5_CLIENT_KEYTAB=");
+  ktenv = (char *)malloc(ktenvlen);
+  if (ktenv == NULL)
+  {
+    log_log(LOG_CRIT, "malloc() failed to allocate memory");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+  mysnprintf(ktenv, ktenvlen, "KRB5_CLIENT_KEYTAB=%s", ktname);
+  putenv(ktenv);
+}
+
 static enum ldap_map_selector parse_map(const char *value)
 {
   if ((strcasecmp(value, "alias") == 0) || (strcasecmp(value, "aliases") == 0))
@@ -1504,6 +1533,10 @@ static void cfg_read(const char *filename, struct ldap_config *cfg)
     {
       handle_krb5_ccname(filename, lnr, keyword, line);
     }
+    else if (strcasecmp(keyword, "krb5_keytab") == 0)
+    {
+      handle_krb5_keytab(filename, lnr, keyword, line);
+    }
     /* search/mapping options */
     else if (strcasecmp(keyword, "base") == 0)
     {
diff --git a/pynslcd/cfg.py b/pynslcd/cfg.py
index b970b5a7..eb7d96bd 100644
--- a/pynslcd/cfg.py
+++ b/pynslcd/cfg.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 sasl_authzid = None  # FIXME: add support
 sasl_secprops = None  # FIXME: add support
 sasl_canonicalize = None  # FIXME: add support
+krb5_ccname = None  # FIXME: add support
+krb5_keytab = None  # FIXME: add support
 
 # LDAP bases to search
 bases = []
@@ -201,9 +203,10 @@ def read(filename):  # noqa: C901 (many simple branches)
         # parse options with a single value that can contain spaces
         m = re.match(
             r'(?P<keyword>binddn|rootpwmoddn|sasl_realm|sasl_authcid|'
-            r'sasl_authzid|sasl_secprops|krb5_ccname|tls_cacertdir|'
-            r'tls_cacertfile|tls_randfile|tls_ciphers|tls_cert|tls_key|'
-            r'pam_password_prohibit_message)\s+(?P<value>\S.*)',
+            r'sasl_authzid|sasl_secprops|krb5_ccname|krb5_keytab|'
+            r'tls_cacertdir|tls_cacertfile|tls_randfile|tls_ciphers|'
+            r'tls_cert|tls_key|pam_password_prohibit_message)'
+            r'\s+(?P<value>\S.*)',
             line, re.IGNORECASE)
         if m:
             globals()[m.group('keyword').lower()] = m.group('value')