diff --git a/sasl/manifests/init.pp b/sasl/manifests/init.pp
index 36cf674..99fa85e 100644
--- a/sasl/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/sasl/manifests/init.pp
@@ -94,10 +94,16 @@ class sasl::saslauthd {
                     augeas { "set-saslauthd-mech":
                         context => "/files/etc/sysconfig/saslauthd",
                         changes => [ "set MECH kerberos5",
-                                     "set KRB5_KTNAME '\"/etc/saslauthd.keytab\"'",
-                                     "set @export KRB5_KTNAME", ],
+                                     "set KRB5_KTNAME '\"/etc/saslauthd.keytab\"'", ],
                         notify  => Service["saslauthd"],
                     }
+                    if versioncmp($::operatingsystemrelease, 7) < 0 {
+                        augeas { "export-saslauthd-keytab":
+                            context => "/files/etc/sysconfig/saslauthd",
+                            changes => "set @export KRB5_KTNAME",
+                            notify  => Service["saslauthd"],
+                        }
+                    }
                     $user = "saslauth"
                 }
                 "openbsd": {