diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README
index 0743418..db208ddb 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/README
+++ b/fs/cifs/README
@@ -651,7 +651,15 @@
 			signing turned on in case buffer was modified
 			just before it was sent, also this flag will
 			be used to use the new experimental directory change 
-			notification code).
+			notification code).  When set to 2 enables
+			an additional experimental feature, "raw ntlmssp"
+			session establishment support (which allows
+			specifying "sec=ntlmssp" on mount). The Linux cifs
+			module will use ntlmv2 authentication encapsulated
+			in "raw ntlmssp" (not using SPNEGO) when
+			"sec=ntlmssp" is specified on mount.
+			This support also requires building cifs with
+			the CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL configuration flag.
 
 These experimental features and tracing can be enabled by changing flags in 
 /proc/fs/cifs (after the cifs module has been installed or built into the 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index df40ab6..a61ab77 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
 	LANMAN,			/* Legacy LANMAN auth */
 	NTLM,			/* Legacy NTLM012 auth with NTLM hash */
 	NTLMv2,			/* Legacy NTLM auth with NTLMv2 hash */
-	RawNTLMSSP,		/* NTLMSSP without SPNEGO */
-	NTLMSSP,		/* NTLMSSP via SPNEGO */
+	RawNTLMSSP,		/* NTLMSSP without SPNEGO, NTLMv2 hash */
+	NTLMSSP,		/* NTLMSSP via SPNEGO, NTLMv2 hash */
 	Kerberos,		/* Kerberos via SPNEGO */
 	MSKerberos,		/* MS Kerberos via SPNEGO */
 };
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@
 #define   CIFSSEC_MAY_PLNTXT    0
 #endif /* weak passwords */
 #define   CIFSSEC_MAY_SEAL	0x00040 /* not supported yet */
+#define   CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMSSP	0x00080 /* raw ntlmssp with ntlmv2 */
 
 #define   CIFSSEC_MUST_SIGN	0x01001
 /* note that only one of the following can be set so the
@@ -543,22 +544,23 @@
 #define   CIFSSEC_MUST_LANMAN	0x10010
 #define   CIFSSEC_MUST_PLNTXT	0x20020
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_UPCALL
-#define   CIFSSEC_MASK          0x3F03F /* allows weak security but also krb5 */
+#define   CIFSSEC_MASK          0xAF0AF /* allows weak security but also krb5 */
 #else
-#define   CIFSSEC_MASK          0x37037 /* current flags supported if weak */
+#define   CIFSSEC_MASK          0xA70A7 /* current flags supported if weak */
 #endif /* UPCALL */
 #else /* do not allow weak pw hash */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_UPCALL
-#define   CIFSSEC_MASK          0x0F00F /* flags supported if no weak allowed */
+#define   CIFSSEC_MASK          0x8F08F /* flags supported if no weak allowed */
 #else
-#define	  CIFSSEC_MASK          0x07007 /* flags supported if no weak allowed */
+#define	  CIFSSEC_MASK          0x87087 /* flags supported if no weak allowed */
 #endif /* UPCALL */
 #endif /* WEAK_PW_HASH */
 #define   CIFSSEC_MUST_SEAL	0x40040 /* not supported yet */
+#define   CIFSSEC_MUST_NTLMSSP	0x80080 /* raw ntlmssp with ntlmv2 */
 
 #define   CIFSSEC_DEF (CIFSSEC_MAY_SIGN | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLM | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMV2)
 #define   CIFSSEC_MAX (CIFSSEC_MUST_SIGN | CIFSSEC_MUST_NTLMV2)
-#define   CIFSSEC_AUTH_MASK (CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLM | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMV2 | CIFSSEC_MAY_LANMAN | CIFSSEC_MAY_PLNTXT | CIFSSEC_MAY_KRB5)
+#define   CIFSSEC_AUTH_MASK (CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLM | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMV2 | CIFSSEC_MAY_LANMAN | CIFSSEC_MAY_PLNTXT | CIFSSEC_MAY_KRB5 | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMSSP)
 /*
  *****************************************************************
  * All constants go here
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 4e10efd..75e6623 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -449,6 +449,14 @@
 		cFYI(1, ("Kerberos only mechanism, enable extended security"));
 		pSMB->hdr.Flags2 |= SMBFLG2_EXT_SEC;
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
+	else if ((secFlags & CIFSSEC_MUST_NTLMSSP) == CIFSSEC_MUST_NTLMSSP)
+		pSMB->hdr.Flags2 |= SMBFLG2_EXT_SEC;
+	else if ((secFlags & CIFSSEC_AUTH_MASK) == CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMSSP) {
+		cFYI(1, ("NTLMSSP only mechanism, enable extended security"));
+		pSMB->hdr.Flags2 |= SMBFLG2_EXT_SEC;
+	}
+#endif
 
 	count = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < CIFS_NUM_PROT; i++) {
@@ -585,6 +593,8 @@
 		server->secType = NTLMv2;
 	else if (secFlags & CIFSSEC_MAY_KRB5)
 		server->secType = Kerberos;
+	else if (secFlags & CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMSSP)
+		server->secType = NTLMSSP;
 	else if (secFlags & CIFSSEC_MAY_LANMAN)
 		server->secType = LANMAN;
 /* #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 3a934dd..4aa81a5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -979,6 +979,13 @@
 				return 1;
 			} else if (strnicmp(value, "krb5", 4) == 0) {
 				vol->secFlg |= CIFSSEC_MAY_KRB5;
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
+			} else if (strnicmp(value, "ntlmsspi", 8) == 0) {
+				vol->secFlg |= CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMSSP |
+					CIFSSEC_MUST_SIGN;
+			} else if (strnicmp(value, "ntlmssp", 7) == 0) {
+				vol->secFlg |= CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMSSP;
+#endif
 			} else if (strnicmp(value, "ntlmv2i", 7) == 0) {
 				vol->secFlg |= CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMV2 |
 					CIFSSEC_MUST_SIGN;