diff --git a/lib/krb5/constants.c b/lib/krb5/constants.c
index 15a2a23bc..6be160584 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/constants.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/constants.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997-2004 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -35,5 +35,9 @@
 
 RCSID("$Id$");
 
-const char *krb5_config_file = SYSCONFDIR "/krb5.conf:/etc/krb5.conf";
+const char *krb5_config_file = 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+"/Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos:"
+#endif
+SYSCONFDIR "/krb5.conf:/etc/krb5.conf";
 const char *krb5_defkeyname = KEYTAB_DEFAULT;