diff --git a/src/analyzer/protocol/gssapi/gssapi-analyzer.pac b/src/analyzer/protocol/gssapi/gssapi-analyzer.pac
index 64e8dd5e50..28516bd9a3 100644
--- a/src/analyzer/protocol/gssapi/gssapi-analyzer.pac
+++ b/src/analyzer/protocol/gssapi/gssapi-analyzer.pac
@@ -28,31 +28,61 @@ refine connection GSSAPI_Conn += {
 
 	function forward_blob(val: GSSAPI_NEG_TOKEN_MECH_TOKEN, is_orig: bool): bool
 		%{
-		if ( ${val.mech_token}.length() >= 7 &&
-		     memcmp("NTLMSSP", ${val.mech_token}.begin(), 7) == 0 )
-			{
-			// ntlmssp
-			if ( ! ntlm )
-				ntlm = analyzer_mgr->InstantiateAnalyzer("NTLM", bro_analyzer()->Conn());
+        if ( ${val.token}.length() >= 7 &&
+             memcmp("NTLMSSP", ${val.token}.begin(), 7) == 0 )
+            {
+            // ntlmssp
+            if ( ! ntlm )
+                ntlm = analyzer_mgr->InstantiateAnalyzer("NTLM", bro_analyzer()->Conn());
 
-			if ( ntlm )
-				ntlm->DeliverStream(${val.mech_token}.length(), ${val.mech_token}.begin(), is_orig);
-			}
-		else if ( ${val.mech_token}.length() == 9 &&
-		          (memcmp("\x2a\x86\x48\x86\xf7\x12\x01\x02\x02", ${val.mech_token}.begin(), ${val.mech_token}.length()) == 0 ||
-		           memcmp("\x2a\x86\x48\x82\xf7\x12\x01\x02\x02", ${val.mech_token}.begin(), ${val.mech_token}.length()) == 0 ) )
-			{
-			// krb5 && ms-krb5
-			if ( ! krb5 )
-				krb5 = analyzer_mgr->InstantiateAnalyzer("KRB", bro_analyzer()->Conn());
+            if ( ntlm )
+                ntlm->DeliverStream(${val.token}.length(),
+                                    ${val.token}.begin(), is_orig);
+            }
 
-			// 0x0100 is a special marker
-			if ( krb5 && memcmp("\x01\x00", ${val.mech_token}.begin(), 2) == 0 )
-				{
-				krb5->DeliverPacket(${val.mech_token}.length()-2, ${val.mech_token}.begin()+2, is_orig, 0, 0, 0);
-				}
-			}
 
+        else if ( 0x60 == *(${val.token}.begin()) )
+            {
+            // probably KRB
+
+            const unsigned char *p = ${val.token}.begin();
+            int len_to_send = ${val.token}.length();
+            p++;
+            len_to_send--;
+
+            int shift = 1;
+            if ( ((*p) & 0x80) > 0 )
+                {
+                    shift += (*p) & 0x7f;
+                }
+
+            p += shift;  // eating an ASN.1 meta
+            len_to_send -= shift;
+
+            // should now be pointing at OID
+            if ( (*p) == 0x06 )
+                {
+                    p++;
+                    len_to_send--;
+                    len_to_send -= (*p) + 1;
+                    p += (*p) + 1;  // eating the OID.  assuming short form on
+                                    // OID len
+
+                    // should now be pointing at the type of KRB
+                    // 0x0100 or 0x0200
+                    // krb5 && ms-krb5
+                    if ( ! krb5 )
+                        krb5 = analyzer_mgr->InstantiateAnalyzer("KRB", bro_analyzer()->Conn());
+
+                    if ( krb5 ) // accepting all KRB types (REQ, REP, etc)
+                          
+                        {
+                        krb5->DeliverPacket(len_to_send-2,
+                                            p+2, 
+                                            is_orig, 0, 0, 0);
+                        }
+                }
+            } 
 		return true;
 		%}
 
diff --git a/src/analyzer/protocol/gssapi/gssapi-protocol.pac b/src/analyzer/protocol/gssapi/gssapi-protocol.pac
index abd58d7a4d..8038e52b25 100644
--- a/src/analyzer/protocol/gssapi/gssapi-protocol.pac
+++ b/src/analyzer/protocol/gssapi/gssapi-protocol.pac
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ type GSSAPI_NEG_TOKEN_RESP_Arg = record {
 };
 
 type GSSAPI_NEG_TOKEN_MECH_TOKEN(is_orig: bool) = record {
-	meta       : ASN1EncodingMeta;
-	mech_token : bytestring &length=meta.length;
+	meta    : ASN1EncodingMeta;
+	token   : bytestring &length=meta.length;
 };
-
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.protocols.krb.smb_gssapi/kerberos.log b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.protocols.krb.smb_gssapi/kerberos.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d55cd5281a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.protocols.krb.smb_gssapi/kerberos.log
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#separator \x09
+#set_separator	,
+#empty_field	(empty)
+#unset_field	-
+#path	kerberos
+#open	2017-09-17-21-25-06
+#fields	ts	uid	id.orig_h	id.orig_p	id.resp_h	id.resp_p	request_type	client	service	success	error_msg	from	till	cipher	forwardable	renewable	client_cert_subject	client_cert_fuid	server_cert_subject	server_cert_fuid
+#types	time	string	addr	port	addr	port	string	string	string	bool	string	time	time	string	bool	bool	string	string	string	string
+1165958411.822000	CHhAvVGS1DHFjwGM9	10.24.64.228	1227	10.24.8.44	445	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
+#close	2017-09-17-21-25-06
diff --git a/testing/btest/Traces/krb/smb_gssapi.trace b/testing/btest/Traces/krb/smb_gssapi.trace
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..140ce3a914
Binary files /dev/null and b/testing/btest/Traces/krb/smb_gssapi.trace differ
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/krb/smb_gssapi.test b/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/krb/smb_gssapi.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4995cd2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/krb/smb_gssapi.test
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This test verifies that GSSAPI is correctly passing events to
+#   the Kerberos analyzer.  The specific trace example is a
+#   SMB authentication event and therfore relies on the SMB
+#   analyzer as well.
+
+# @TEST-EXEC: bro -b -C -r $TRACES/krb/smb_gssapi.trace %INPUT
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff kerberos.log
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff-rst scripts.base.protocols.krb
+
+@load base/protocols/krb
+@load policy/protocols/smb