diff --git a/scrutiny/settings.py b/scrutiny/settings.py
index 8bc91a9..6466b85 100644
--- a/scrutiny/settings.py
+++ b/scrutiny/settings.py
@@ -107,6 +107,38 @@ TEMPLATES = [
     },
 ]
 
+# Authentication settings
+try:
+    import mellon
+except ImportError:
+    mellon = None
+
+if mellon is not None:
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ('mellon',)
+    AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
+        'mellon.backends.SAMLBackend',
+        'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
+    )
+
+LOGIN_URL = '/login/'
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
+LOGOUT_URL = '/logout/'
+
+MELLON_ATTRIBUTE_MAPPING = {
+    'email': '{attributes[email][0]}',
+    'first_name': '{attributes[first_name][0]}',
+    'last_name': '{attributes[last_name][0]}',
+}
+
+MELLON_SUPERUSER_MAPPING = {
+    'is_superuser': 'true',
+}
+
+MELLON_USERNAME_TEMPLATE = '{attributes[name_id_content]}'
+
+MELLON_IDENTITY_PROVIDERS = []
+
+
 
 REDMINE_REFERENCE_PLATFORM = 'SaaS2 / Test'
 
diff --git a/scrutiny/templates/registration/login.html b/scrutiny/templates/registration/login.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d72d47e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scrutiny/templates/registration/login.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{% extends "scrutiny/base.html" %}
+{% load gadjo i18n %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<form method="post">
+{% csrf_token %}
+{{ form|as_template }}
+<input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Log in' %}" />
+</form>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/scrutiny/urls.py b/scrutiny/urls.py
index eb4d29f..8341693 100644
--- a/scrutiny/urls.py
+++ b/scrutiny/urls.py
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ from django.conf.urls.static import static
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
 
-from django.contrib.auth.views import logout_then_login
-from django.contrib.auth.urls import urlpatterns as auth_urls
-
 import scrutiny.views
 from scrutiny.projects.urls import urlpatterns as projects_urls
 
@@ -16,9 +13,12 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^$', scrutiny.views.home, name='home'),
     url(r'^projects/', include(projects_urls)),
     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
-    url(r'^accounts/logout/', logout_then_login),
-    url(r'^accounts/', include(auth_urls)),
+    url(r'^logout/$', scrutiny.views.logout, name='auth_logout'),
+    url(r'^login/$', scrutiny.views.login, name='auth_login'),
 ]
 
 urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
 urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
+
+if 'mellon' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+    urlpatterns.append(url(r'^accounts/mellon/', include('mellon.urls')))
diff --git a/scrutiny/views.py b/scrutiny/views.py
index 8bf707e..d901c9a 100644
--- a/scrutiny/views.py
+++ b/scrutiny/views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,40 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth import logout as auth_logout
+from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.shortcuts import resolve_url
+from django.utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import quote
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
 
 from .projects.models import Project
 
+
+if 'mellon' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+    from mellon.utils import get_idps
+else:
+    get_idps = lambda: []
+
+
+def login(request, *args, **kwargs):
+    if any(get_idps()):
+        if not 'next' in request.GET:
+            return HttpResponseRedirect(resolve_url('mellon_login'))
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(resolve_url('mellon_login') + '?next='
+                                    + quote(request.GET.get('next')))
+    return auth_views.login(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+def logout(request, next_page=None):
+    if any(get_idps()):
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(resolve_url('mellon_logout'))
+    auth_logout(request)
+    if next_page is not None:
+        next_page = resolve_url(next_page)
+    else:
+        next_page = '/'
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(next_page)
+
+
+
 class Home(TemplateView):
     template_name = 'scrutiny/home.html'