diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/98phplist b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/98phplist
index aaa02e3..63b1924 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/98phplist
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/98phplist
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ my $status = $phplist{'status'} || 'disabled';
 my $access = $phplist{'access'} || 'private';
 my $auth   = $phplist{'Authentication'} || 'http';
 my $alias  =  $phplist{'AliasOnPrimary'} || 'enabled';
+my $ver    = $sysconfig{'ReleaseVersion'} || '8.1';
 my @users  = split(/[;,]/, ($phplist{'AdminUsers'} || 'admin'));
 my $users  = join(' ', @users);
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ my $allow = ( $access eq 'public' ) ? 'all' : "$localAccess $externalSSLAccess";
 $alias = ($alias ne 'enabled') ? '' : 'Alias /lists /usr/share/phplist/www/';
 $auth = ( $auth eq 'http' ) ? 'AuthName "phplist"' . "\n" .
                               "    AuthType Basic\n" .
-                              "    AuthExternal pwauth\n" .
+                              "    AuthExternal pwauth\n" . (($ver =~ m/^9/) ? "    AuthBasicProvider external\n":'') .
                               "    require user $users\n" : '';
 
 if ($status eq 'enabled') {