diff --git a/cyrus/templates/imapd.conf.erb b/cyrus/templates/imapd.conf.erb
index 092709f..e8618f7 100644
--- a/cyrus/templates/imapd.conf.erb
+++ b/cyrus/templates/imapd.conf.erb
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ allowplaintext: yes
 # (you need to uncomment this if you are not using an auxprop-based SASL
 # mechanism.  saslauthd users, that means you!). And pay attention to
 # sasl_minimum_layer and allowapop below, too.
-#sasl_mech_list: PLAIN
+sasl_mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN
 
 # Allow use of the POP3 APOP authentication command.
 # Note that this command requires that the plaintext passwords are