diff --git a/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.5-r1.ebuild b/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.5-r1.ebuild
index 79c538dd1e1..ca9b6dc23f3 100644
--- a/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SRC_URI="
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="-dmalloc ldap +libtirpc mount-locking sasl systemd"
+IUSE="-dmalloc ldap +libtirpc mount-locking sasl sssd systemd"
 
 # USE="sasl" adds SASL support to the LDAP module which will not be build. If
 # SASL support should be available, please add "ldap" to the USE flags.
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ RDEPEND=">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.20
 			virtual/krb5
 		)
 	)
+	sssd? ( sys-auth/sssd[autofs] )
 	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )
 	libtirpc? ( net-libs/libtirpc )
 	!libtirpc? ( elibc_glibc? ( sys-libs/glibc[rpc(-)] ) )
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	sys-devel/flex
 	virtual/yacc
 	libtirpc? ( net-libs/rpcsvc-proto )
+	!sssd? ( !sys-auth/sssd[autofs] )
 "
 
 CONFIG_CHECK="~AUTOFS4_FS"