diff --git a/config/config.php.example b/config/config.php.example
index 3f96407..e54b1f5 100644
--- a/config/config.php.example
+++ b/config/config.php.example
@@ -71,6 +71,31 @@
    environments. */
 #  $config->custom->password['no_random_crypt_salt'] = true;
 
+/* If you want to restrict password available types (encryption algorithms)
+	 Should be subset of:
+	 array(
+		''=>'clear',
+		'bcrypt'=>'bcrypt',
+		'blowfish'=>'blowfish',
+		'crypt'=>'crypt',
+		'ext_des'=>'ext_des',
+		'md5'=>'md5',
+		'k5key'=>'k5key',
+		'md5crypt'=>'md5crypt',
+		'sha'=>'sha',
+		'smd5'=>'smd5',
+		'ssha'=>'ssha',
+		'sha256'=>'sha256',
+		'ssha256'=>'ssha256',
+		'sha384'=>'sha384',
+		'ssha384'=>'ssha384',
+		'sha512'=>'sha512',
+		'ssha512'=>'ssha512',
+		'sha256crypt'=>'sha256crypt',
+		'sha512crypt'=>'sha512crypt',
+	 )*/
+#  $config->custom->password['available_types'] = array(''=>'clear','md5'=>'md5');
+
 /* PHP script timeout control. If php runs longer than this many seconds then
    PHP will stop with an Maximum Execution time error. Increase this value from
    the default if queries to your LDAP server are slow. The default is either
diff --git a/lib/config_default.php b/lib/config_default.php
index 9c18be4..121d743 100644
--- a/lib/config_default.php
+++ b/lib/config_default.php
@@ -554,6 +554,30 @@ class Config {
 			'desc'=>'Disable random salt for crypt()',
 			'default'=>false);
 
+		$this->default->password['available_types'] = array(
+			'desc'=>'List of available password types used for encryption',
+			'default'=>array(
+				''=>'clear',
+				'bcrypt'=>'bcrypt',
+				'blowfish'=>'blowfish',
+				'crypt'=>'crypt',
+				'ext_des'=>'ext_des',
+				'md5'=>'md5',
+				'k5key'=>'k5key',
+				'md5crypt'=>'md5crypt',
+				'sha'=>'sha',
+				'smd5'=>'smd5',
+				'ssha'=>'ssha',
+				'sha256'=>'sha256',
+				'ssha256'=>'ssha256',
+				'sha384'=>'sha384',
+				'ssha384'=>'ssha384',
+				'sha512'=>'sha512',
+				'ssha512'=>'ssha512',
+				'sha256crypt'=>'sha256crypt',
+				'sha512crypt'=>'sha512crypt',
+			));
+
 		/** Search display
 		 * By default, when searching you may display a list or a table of results.
 		 * Set this to 'table' to see table formatted results.
diff --git a/lib/functions.php b/lib/functions.php
index df3e079..b44dd2c 100644
--- a/lib/functions.php
+++ b/lib/functions.php
@@ -2148,27 +2148,7 @@ function password_types() {
 	if (DEBUG_ENABLED && (($fargs=func_get_args())||$fargs='NOARGS'))
 		debug_log('Entered (%%)',1,0,__FILE__,__LINE__,__METHOD__,$fargs);
 
-	return array(
-		''=>'clear',
-		'bcrypt'=>'bcrypt',
-		'blowfish'=>'blowfish',
-		'crypt'=>'crypt',
-		'ext_des'=>'ext_des',
-		'md5'=>'md5',
-		'k5key'=>'k5key',
-		'md5crypt'=>'md5crypt',
-		'sha'=>'sha',
-		'smd5'=>'smd5',
-		'ssha'=>'ssha',
-		'sha256'=>'sha256',
-		'ssha256'=>'ssha256',
-		'sha384'=>'sha384',
-		'ssha384'=>'ssha384',
-		'sha512'=>'sha512',
-		'ssha512'=>'ssha512',
-		'sha256crypt'=>'sha256crypt',
-		'sha512crypt'=>'sha512crypt',
-	);
+	return $_SESSION[APPCONFIG]->getValue('password', 'available_types');
 }
 
 /**