diff -ur /usr/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/files/mit-krb5kdc.initd /usr/local/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/files/mit-krb5kdc.initd
--- /usr/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/files/mit-krb5kdc.initd	2003-06-06 19:53:04.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/local/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/files/mit-krb5kdc.initd	2008-11-04 22:51:10.000000000 -0500
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
 opts="start stop restart"
 
 depend() {
-	need net
+	MYNEED="net"
+	if [ "${NEED_LDAP}x" = "1x" ]; then
+	    MYNEED="${MYNEED} slapd"
+	fi
+	need ${MYNEED}
 }
 
 start() {
diff -ur /usr/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/Manifest /usr/local/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/Manifest
--- /usr/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/metadata.xml	2008-07-31 05:05:35.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/local/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/metadata.xml	2008-11-04 22:10:55.000000000 -0500
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@
     Enables ipv6 support which is default in actual releases. This
     flag is marked for removal.
   </flag>
+  <flag name="ldap">
+    Enables ldap backend support in krb5.
+  </flag>
 </use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff -ur /usr/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/mit-krb5-1.6.3-r4.ebuild /usr/local/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/mit-krb5-1.6.3-r4.ebuild
--- /usr/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/mit-krb5-1.6.3-r4.ebuild	2008-11-02 06:05:27.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/local/portage/app-crypt/mit-krb5/mit-krb5-1.6.3-r4.ebuild	2008-11-04 22:08:11.000000000 -0500
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
 LICENSE="as-is"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="krb4 doc"
+IUSE="krb4 doc ldap"
 
 RDEPEND="!virtual/krb5
-	>=sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.0"
+	>=sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.0
+	ldap? ( net-nds/openldap )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	doc? ( virtual/latex-base )"
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 	append-flags "-I/usr/include/et"
 	econf \
 		$(use_with krb4) \
+		$(use_with ldap) \
 		--enable-shared \
 		--with-system-et --with-system-ss \
 		--enable-dns-for-realm \
@@ -95,10 +97,14 @@
 
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/mit-krb5kadmind.initd mit-krb5kadmind
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/mit-krb5kdc.initd mit-krb5kdc
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/mit-krb5kdc.confd mit-krb5kdc
 
 	insinto /etc
 	newins "${D}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples/krb5.conf" krb5.conf.example
 	newins "${D}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples/kdc.conf" kdc.conf.example
+
+	insinto /etc/openldap/schema
+	use ldap && doins "${S}"/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kerberos.schema
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {