}
 #undef TRACE
 
+#if !defined(HAVE_GETPEEREID) && !defined(SO_PEERCRED) && !defined(LOCAL_PEERCRED) && defined(HAVE_SENDMSG)
+#define DO_SENDMSG
+#endif
+
 static int
 ldap_pvt_connect(LDAP *ld, ber_socket_t s, struct sockaddr_un *sa, int async)
 {
                if ( ldap_pvt_ndelay_off(ld, s) == -1 ) {
                        return ( -1 );
                }
+#ifdef DO_SENDMSG
+       /* Send a dummy message with access rights. Remote side will
+        * obtain our uid/gid by fstat'ing this descriptor.
+        */
+sendcred:       {
+                       int fds[2];
+                       struct iovec iov = {(char *)fds, sizeof(int)};
+                       struct msghdr msg = {0};
+                       if (pipe(fds) == 0) {
+                               msg.msg_iov = &iov;
+                               msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+                               msg.msg_accrights = (char *)fds;
+                               msg.msg_accrightslen = sizeof(int);
+                               sendmsg( s, &msg, 0 );
+                               close(fds[0]);
+                               close(fds[1]);
+                       }
+               }
+#endif
                return ( 0 );
        }
 
                        return ( -1 );
                if ( ldap_pvt_ndelay_off(ld, s) == -1 )
                        return ( -1 );
+#ifdef DO_SENDMSG
+               goto sendcred;
+#else
                return ( 0 );
+#endif
        }
        oslocal_debug(ld, "ldap_connect_timeout: timed out\n",0,0,0);
        ldap_pvt_set_errno( ETIMEDOUT );
 
 #include <sys/ucred.h>
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(SO_PEERCRED) && !defined(LOCAL_PEERCRED) && defined(HAVE_SENDMSG)
+#define DO_SENDMSG
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
+
 int getpeereid( int s, uid_t *euid, gid_t *egid )
 {
 #ifdef LDAP_PF_LOCAL
                *egid = peercred.cr_gid;
                return 0;
        }
+#elif defined( DO_SENDMSG )
+       int dummy, fd[2];
+       struct iovec iov = {(char *)&dummy, sizeof(dummy)};
+       struct msghdr msg = {0};
+       struct stat st;
+       msg.msg_iov = &iov;
+       msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+       msg.msg_accrights = (char *)fd;
+       msg.msg_accrightslen = sizeof(fd);
+       if( recvmsg( s, &msg, 0) >= 0 && msg.msg_accrightslen == sizeof(int) )
+       {
+               dummy = fstat( fd, &st );
+               close(fd[0]);
+               if( dummy == 0 )
+               {
+                       *euid = st.st_uid;
+                       *egid = st.st_gid;
+                       return 0;
+               }
+       }
 #endif
 #endif