diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf/15auth b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf/15auth
index 07490f7..ba1cdde 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf/15auth
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf/15auth
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 {
 my $greeting = $dovecot{'Greeting'} || 'SME Server IMAP service powered by doveot';
 $OUT .= "login_greeting = \"$greeting\"\n";
+our $args = $dovecot{PassDBArgs} || '';
 }
 passdb \{
   driver = pam
+  { $OUT .= ($args ne '') ? "args = $args\n" : ''; }
 \}
 {
 if (($dovecot{'AdminIsMaster'} || 'disabled') eq 'enabled'){
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ if (($dovecot{'AdminIsMaster'} || 'disabled') eq 'enabled'){
 
 passdb {
   driver = pam
-  args = dovecotadmin
+  args = $args dovecotadmin
   master = yes
 }
 auth_master_user_separator = *