diff --git a/config_example.py b/config_example.py
index 60a08d3..c55129f 100644
--- a/config_example.py
+++ b/config_example.py
@@ -12,3 +12,22 @@ DATABASES = {
             'NAME':  'db.sqlite3',
             }
         }
+
+## Django Mellon configuration
+# you need to generate SSL certificates in your current directory to make it functionnal :
+#
+#   openssl genpkey -algorithm rsa -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048 -out key.cert
+#   openssl req -x509 -new -out cert.pem -subj '/CN=whocaresIdo' -key key.cert -days 3650
+#
+# you also need to get the idp metadata and call it idp-metadata.xml
+# Uncomment the following lines to enable SAML support
+#INSTALLED_APPS += ('mellon',)
+#AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ( 'mellon.backends.SAMLBackend',)
+#LOGIN_URL = 'mellon_login'
+#LOGOUT_URL = 'mellon_logout'
+#MELLON_PUBLIC_KEYS = ['cert.pem']
+#MELLON_PRIVATE_KEY = 'key.cert'
+#MELLON_IDENTITY_PROVIDERS = [
+#            {'METADATA': 'idp-metadata.xml',
+#             'GROUP_ATTRIBUTE': 'role'},
+#        ]
diff --git a/hobo/default_settings.py b/hobo/default_settings.py
index f74ebc6..92ec6bd 100644
--- a/hobo/default_settings.py
+++ b/hobo/default_settings.py
@@ -139,3 +139,18 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
+
+# mellon authentication params
+MELLON_ATTRIBUTE_MAPPING = {
+    'username': '{attributes[username][0]}',
+    'email': '{attributes[email][0]}',
+    'first_name': '{attributes[first_name][0]}',
+    'last_name': '{attributes[last_name][0]}',
+}
+
+MELLON_SUPERUSER_MAPPING = {
+    'roles': 'Admin::Hobo',
+}
+
+MELLON_USERNAME_TEMPLATE = '{attributes[username][0]}'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6b99037..b6f85fe 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ django<1.7
 -e git+http://repos.entrouvert.org/gadjo.git/#egg=gadjo
 -e git+http://repos.entrouvert.org/django-allauth-authentic2.git/#egg=allauth_authentic2
 celery
+django-mellon