} else if ( strcasecmp( flags[ j ], "proxy-authz-non-critical" ) == 0 ) {
                                        si->si_flags &= ~LDAP_BACK_AUTH_PROXYAUTHZ_CRITICAL;
 
+                               } else if ( strcasecmp( flags[ j ], "dn-none" ) == 0 ) {
+                                       si->si_flags &= ~LDAP_BACK_AUTH_DN_MASK;
+
+                               } else if ( strcasecmp( flags[ j ], "dn-authzid" ) == 0 ) {
+                                       si->si_flags &= ~LDAP_BACK_AUTH_DN_MASK;
+                                       si->si_flags |= LDAP_BACK_AUTH_DN_AUTHZID;
+
+                               } else if ( strcasecmp( flags[ j ], "dn-whoami" ) == 0 ) {
+                                       si->si_flags &= ~LDAP_BACK_AUTH_DN_MASK;
+                                       si->si_flags |= LDAP_BACK_AUTH_DN_WHOAMI;
+
                                } else {
                                        snprintf( c->cr_msg, sizeof( c->cr_msg ),
                                                "\"idassert-bind <args>\": "
                        Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "%s: %s.\n", c->log, c->cr_msg, 0 );
                        return 1;
                }
+
+       } else if ( si->si_bc.sb_method == LDAP_AUTH_SASL ) {
+               if ( BER_BVISNULL( &si->si_bc.sb_binddn ) &&
+                       !(si->si_flags & LDAP_BACK_AUTH_DN_MASK) )
+               {
+                       snprintf( c->cr_msg, sizeof( c->cr_msg ),
+                               "\"idassert-bind <args>\": "
+                               "SASL needs \"binddn\" or either \"dn-authzid\" or \"dn-whoami\" in flags" );
+                       Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "%s: %s.\n", c->log, c->cr_msg, 0 );
+                       return 1;
+               }
        }
 
        bindconf_tls_defaults( &si->si_bc );
                                        (void)lutil_strcopy( ptr, "authz=native" );
                                }
 
-                               len = bv.bv_len + STRLENOF( "flags=non-prescriptive,override,obsolete-encoding-workaround,proxy-authz-non-critical" );
+                               len = bv.bv_len + STRLENOF( "flags=non-prescriptive,override,obsolete-encoding-workaround,proxy-authz-non-critical,dn-authzid" );
                                /* flags */
                                if ( !BER_BVISEMPTY( &bv ) ) {
                                        len += STRLENOF( " " );
                                        ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, ",proxy-authz-non-critical" );
                                }
 
+                               switch ( li->li_idassert_flags & LDAP_BACK_AUTH_DN_MASK ) {
+                               case LDAP_BACK_AUTH_DN_AUTHZID:
+                                       ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, ",dn-authzid" );
+                                       break;
+
+                               case LDAP_BACK_AUTH_DN_WHOAMI:
+                                       ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, ",dn-whoami" );
+                                       break;
+
+                               default:
+                                       ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, ",dn-none" );
+                                       break;
+                               }
+
                                bv.bv_len = ( ptr - bv.bv_val );
                                /* end-of-flags */
                        }