diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-extended/pam/libpam/pam.d/common-auth b/meta-phosphor/recipes-extended/pam/libpam/pam.d/common-auth
index 7bebd9a..58ed74f 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-extended/pam/libpam/pam.d/common-auth
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-extended/pam/libpam/pam.d/common-auth
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # traditional Unix authentication mechanisms.
 
 # here are the per-package modules (the "Primary" block)
-auth	[success=ok default=2]	pam_tally2.so deny=0 unlock_time=0
+auth	[success=ok user_unknown=ignore default=2]	pam_tally2.so deny=0 unlock_time=0
 # Try for local user first, and then try for ldap
 auth	[success=2 default=ignore]	pam_unix.so nullok_secure
 -auth    [success=1 default=ignore]  	pam_ldap.so ignore_unknown_user ignore_authinfo_unavail