diff --git a/cmake/FindPAM.cmake b/cmake/FindPAM.cmake
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+# - Try to find the PAM libraries
+# Once done this will define
+#
+#  PAM_FOUND - system has pam
+#  PAM_INCLUDE_DIR - the pam include directory
+#  PAM_LIBRARIES - libpam library
+
+if (PAM_INCLUDE_DIR AND PAM_LIBRARY)
+	# Already in cache, be silent
+	set(PAM_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
+endif (PAM_INCLUDE_DIR AND PAM_LIBRARY)
+
+find_path(PAM_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES security/pam_appl.h pam/pam_appl.h)
+find_library(PAM_LIBRARY pam)
+find_library(DL_LIBRARY dl)
+
+if (PAM_INCLUDE_DIR AND PAM_LIBRARY)
+	set(PAM_FOUND TRUE)
+	if (DL_LIBRARY)
+		set(PAM_LIBRARIES ${PAM_LIBRARY} ${DL_LIBRARY})
+	else (DL_LIBRARY)
+		set(PAM_LIBRARIES ${PAM_LIBRARY})
+	endif (DL_LIBRARY)
+
+	if (EXISTS ${PAM_INCLUDE_DIR}/pam/pam_appl.h)
+		# darwin claims to be something special
+		set(HAVE_PAM_PAM_APPL_H 1)
+	endif (EXISTS ${PAM_INCLUDE_DIR}/pam/pam_appl.h)
+
+	if (NOT DEFINED PAM_MESSAGE_CONST)
+		include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+		# XXX does this work with plain c?
+		check_cxx_source_compiles("
+#if ${HAVE_PAM_PAM_APPL_H}+0
+# include <pam/pam_appl.h>
+#else
+# include <security/pam_appl.h>
+#endif
+static int PAM_conv(
+	int num_msg,
+	const struct pam_message **msg, /* this is the culprit */
+	struct pam_response **resp,
+	void *ctx)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+int main(void)
+{
+	struct pam_conv PAM_conversation = {
+		&PAM_conv, /* this bombs out if the above does not match */
+		0
+	};
+	return 0;
+}
+" PAM_MESSAGE_CONST)
+	endif (NOT DEFINED PAM_MESSAGE_CONST)
+	set(PAM_MESSAGE_CONST ${PAM_MESSAGE_CONST} CACHE BOOL "PAM expects a conversation function with const pam_message")
+
+endif (PAM_INCLUDE_DIR AND PAM_LIBRARY)
+
+if (PAM_FOUND)
+	if (NOT PAM_FIND_QUIETLY)
+		message(STATUS "Found PAM: ${PAM_LIBRARIES}")
+	endif (NOT PAM_FIND_QUIETLY)
+else (PAM_FOUND)
+	if (PAM_FIND_REQUIRED)
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "PAM was not found")
+	endif(PAM_FIND_REQUIRED)
+endif (PAM_FOUND)
+
+mark_as_advanced(PAM_INCLUDE_DIR PAM_LIBRARY DL_LIBRARY PAM_MESSAGE_CONST)