diff --git a/network/libtirpc/libtirpc.conf b/network/libtirpc/libtirpc.conf
index 14fc55940..61d2631e9 100644
--- a/network/libtirpc/libtirpc.conf
+++ b/network/libtirpc/libtirpc.conf
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@
 
 autogen=1
 hook_add preconf 9 'autoreconf -vifs'
+
+# turn on gss api if possible
+if pkginstalled -f libgssglue; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-gss"
+fi