diff --git a/lib/krb5/cache.c b/lib/krb5/cache.c
index 32a131b07..435c7c123 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/cache.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/cache.c
@@ -512,6 +512,12 @@ krb5_cc_set_default_name(krb5_context context, const char *name)
 		context->default_cc_name_env = strdup(e);
 	    }
 	}
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        if (e == NULL) {
+            p = e = _krb5_get_default_mit_cc_name();
+        }
+#endif
 	if (e == NULL) {
 	    e = krb5_config_get_string(context, NULL, "libdefaults",
 				       "default_cc_name", NULL);
diff --git a/lib/krb5/mit_glue.c b/lib/krb5/mit_glue.c
index 93489b607..a1d89ef32 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/mit_glue.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/mit_glue.c
@@ -431,4 +431,68 @@ krb5_free_default_realm(krb5_context context, krb5_realm realm)
     return krb5_xfree(realm);
 }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+char *
+_krb5_get_default_mit_cc_name(void)
+{
+    HKEY hk_k5 = 0;
+    LONG code;
+    DWORD type;
+    DWORD cb = 0, alloc_cb = 0;
+    LPBYTE buffer = NULL;
+
+    code = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
+                        "Software\\MIT\\Kerberos5",
+                        0, KEY_READ, &hk_k5);
+
+    if (code != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        return NULL;
+
+    do {
+        code = RegQueryValueEx(hk_k5, "ccname", NULL,
+                               &type, buffer, &cb);
+
+        if (code != ERROR_SUCCESS && code != ERROR_MORE_DATA)
+            break;
+
+        if (type != REG_SZ || cb == 0) {
+            code = ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (buffer == NULL || code == ERROR_MORE_DATA ||
+            cb >= alloc_cb) {
+            LPBYTE new_buf;
+
+            alloc_cb = cb + sizeof(char);
+            new_buf = realloc(buffer, alloc_cb);
+
+            if (new_buf == NULL) {
+                code = ERROR_MORE_DATA;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            buffer = new_buf;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        break;
+    } while (TRUE);
+
+    if (code == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        if (buffer[cb / sizeof(char) - 1] != 0) {
+            buffer[cb / sizeof(char)] = 0;
+        }
+
+        return (char *) buffer;
+    }
+
+    if (buffer)
+        free(buffer);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 #endif /* HEIMDAL_SMALLER */