2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3024d85..5d0705d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ You can auto-install agner packages listing them in the KERL_AGNER_AUTOINSTALL v
 
 #### SASL startup
 
-You can have SASL started automatically setting KERL_SASL_STARTUP=yes in your $HOME/.kerlrc file
+You can have SASL started automatically setting KERL_SASL_STARTUP=yes in your $HOME/.kerlrc file or prepending it to the command line
 
 update
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diff --git a/kerl b/kerl
index e50dcc5..4b2d109 100755
--- a/kerl
+++ b/kerl
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ KERL_BUILD_DIR=$KERL_BASE_DIR/builds
 if [ -n "$KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS" ]; then
     _KCO="$KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS"
 fi
+if [ -n "$KERL_SASL_STARTUP" ]; then
+    _KSS="$KERL_SASL_STARTUP"
+fi
 KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=
 KERL_DISABLE_AGNER=
 KERL_SASL_STARTUP=
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@ if [ -f "$KERL_CONFIG" ]; then . "$KERL_CONFIG"; fi
 if [ -n "$_KCO" ]; then
     KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="$_KCO"
 fi
+if [ -n "$_KSS" ]; then
+    KERL_SASL_STARTUP="$_KSS"
+fi
 
 if [ -z "$KERL_SASL_STARTUP" ]; then
     INSTALL_OPT=-minimal