diff --git a/config-templates/authmemcookie.php b/config-templates/authmemcookie.php
index 967151248b9cc19140a60d654a808fefeffdd060..036e8c2e6767cf2d888369865366d8d2d8576440 100644
--- a/config-templates/authmemcookie.php
+++ b/config-templates/authmemcookie.php
@@ -7,10 +7,20 @@
 $config = array(
 
 	/*
-	 * What type of login Auth MemCookie will use. Can be either 'saml2' or 'shib13'.
-	 * The default value is 'saml2'.
+	 * What type of login Auth MemCookie will use.
+	 * Can be either 'authsource', 'saml2' or 'shib13'.
+	 *
+	 * For backwards compatibility, the default value if unset is 'saml2'.
+	 * New installations should use 'authsource'.
+	 */
+	'loginmethod' => 'authsource',
+
+	/*
+	 * The authentication source that should be used.
+	 *
+	 * This must be one of the authentication sources configured in config/authsources.php.
 	 */
-	'loginmethod' => 'saml2',
+	'authsource' => 'default-sp',
 
 	/*
 	 * This is the name of the cookie we should save the session id in. The value of this option must match the
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/AuthMemCookie.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/AuthMemCookie.php
index 79824d1f3f7f1bb89bfcf4f093609a3cf741ccc7..61adacbcc1df60170f6daa0283fb3d961e7db6a6 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/AuthMemCookie.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/AuthMemCookie.php
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_AuthMemCookie {
 	public function getLoginMethod() {
 		$loginMethod = $this->amcConfig->getString('loginmethod', 'saml2');
 		$supportedLogins = array(
+			'authsource',
 			'saml2',
 			'shib13',
 			);
@@ -63,6 +64,17 @@ class SimpleSAML_AuthMemCookie {
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve the authentication source that should be used to authenticate the user.
+	 *
+	 * @return string  The login type which should be used for Auth MemCookie.
+	 */
+	public function getAuthSource() {
+
+		return $this->amcConfig->getString('authsource');
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * This function retrieves the name of the cookie from the configuration.
 	 *
diff --git a/www/authmemcookie.php b/www/authmemcookie.php
index fde955233865ef6236f76c60ce4fb0830a597c38..dac9a362c56d1c366949c321fca693965ce48123 100644
--- a/www/authmemcookie.php
+++ b/www/authmemcookie.php
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ try {
 	/* Check if the user is authorized. We attempt to authenticate the user if not. */
 	$loginMethod = $amc->getLoginMethod();
 	switch($loginMethod) {
+	case 'authsource':
+		/* The default now. */
+		$sourceId = $amc->getAuthSource();
+		$s = new SimpleSAML_Auth_Simple($sourceId);
+		$s->requireAuth();
+		break;
 	case 'saml2':
 		if (!$session->isValid('saml2') ) {
 			SimpleSAML_Utilities::redirect(