diff --git a/lib/hdb/ndbm.c b/lib/hdb/ndbm.c
index f16d056d9..631d3a11c 100644
--- a/lib/hdb/ndbm.c
+++ b/lib/hdb/ndbm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ NDBM_seq(krb5_context context, HDB *db, hdb_entry *entry, int first)
     data.length = value.dsize;
     if(hdb_value2entry(context, &data, entry))
 	return NDBM_seq(context, db, entry, 0);
+    if (db->master_key_set)
+	hdb_unseal_keys (entry, db->master_key);
     if (entry->principal == NULL) {
 	entry->principal = malloc (sizeof(*entry->principal));
 	hdb_key2principal (context, &key_data, entry->principal);