diff --git a/modoboa/core/app_settings.py b/modoboa/core/app_settings.py
index 788983144..0cf69528a 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/app_settings.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/app_settings.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import password_validation
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _, ugettext_lazy
 
+from modoboa.core.password_hashers import get_dovecot_schemes
+from modoboa.core.password_hashers.base import PasswordHasher
 from modoboa.lib import fields as lib_fields
 from modoboa.lib.form_utils import (
     HorizontalRadioSelect, SeparatorField, YesNoField
@@ -45,14 +47,9 @@ class GeneralParametersForm(param_forms.AdminParametersForm):
 
     password_scheme = forms.ChoiceField(
         label=ugettext_lazy("Default password scheme"),
-        choices=[("sha512crypt", "sha512crypt"),
-                 ("sha256crypt", "sha256crypt"),
-                 ("blfcrypt", "bcrypt"),
-                 ("md5crypt", ugettext_lazy("md5crypt (weak)")),
-                 ("sha256", ugettext_lazy("sha256 (weak)")),
-                 ("md5", ugettext_lazy("md5 (weak)")),
-                 ("crypt", ugettext_lazy("crypt (weak)")),
-                 ("plain", ugettext_lazy("plain (weak)"))],
+        choices=[(hasher.name, ugettext_lazy(hasher.label))
+                 for hasher in PasswordHasher.get_password_hashers()
+                 if hasher().scheme in get_dovecot_schemes()],
         initial="sha512crypt",
         help_text=ugettext_lazy("Scheme used to crypt mailbox passwords"),
         widget=forms.Select(attrs={"class": "form-control"})
diff --git a/modoboa/core/password_hashers/__init__.py b/modoboa/core/password_hashers/__init__.py
index 0eb35c6fa..661251784 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/password_hashers/__init__.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/password_hashers/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from modoboa.core.password_hashers.advanced import (  # NOQA:F401
 from modoboa.core.password_hashers.base import (  # NOQA:F401
     CRYPTHasher, MD5Hasher, PLAINHasher, SHA256Hasher
 )
+from modoboa.lib.sysutils import doveadm_cmd
 
 
 def get_password_hasher(scheme):
@@ -29,3 +30,20 @@ def get_password_hasher(scheme):
     except KeyError:
         hasher = PLAINHasher
     return hasher
+
+
+def get_dovecot_schemes():
+    """Return schemes supported by dovecot"""
+    supported_schemes = None
+    try:
+        _, schemes = doveadm_cmd("pw -l")
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        supported_schemes = ["{{{}}}".format(scheme)
+                             for scheme in schemes.split()]
+
+    if not supported_schemes:
+        supported_schemes = ['{PLAIN}']
+
+    return supported_schemes
diff --git a/modoboa/core/password_hashers/advanced.py b/modoboa/core/password_hashers/advanced.py
index 854cfb9ad..8aaaf506c 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/password_hashers/advanced.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/password_hashers/advanced.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class BLFCRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
     Supports rounds and provides compatibility with dovecot on
     *BSD systems.
     """
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{BLF-CRYPT}" if self._target == "local" else "{CRYPT}"
@@ -43,12 +44,13 @@ class BLFCRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
 
 
 class MD5CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
-
     """
     MD5-CRYPT password hasher.
 
     This scheme can't be considered as secure anymore.
     """
+    _weak = True
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{MD5-CRYPT}" if self._target == "local" else "{CRYPT}"
@@ -64,13 +66,13 @@ class MD5CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
 
 
 class SHA256CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
-
     """
     SHA256-CRYPT password hasher.
 
     Supports rounds and is a good compromise between security and
     performance.
     """
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{SHA256-CRYPT}" if self._target == "local" else "{CRYPT}"
@@ -88,13 +90,13 @@ class SHA256CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
 
 
 class SHA512CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
-
     """
     SHA512-CRYPT password hasher.
 
     Supports rounds and is the strongest scheme provided by
     Modoboa. Requires more resource than SHA256-CRYPT.
     """
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{SHA512-CRYPT}" if self._target == "local" else "{CRYPT}"
diff --git a/modoboa/core/password_hashers/base.py b/modoboa/core/password_hashers/base.py
index 93b316919..ce05f4e72 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/password_hashers/base.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/password_hashers/base.py
@@ -17,12 +17,30 @@ from random import Random
 from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text
 
+from six import with_metaclass
 
-class PasswordHasher(object):
 
+class MetaHasher(type):
+    """
+    PasswordHasher Metaclass
+    Allow classmethod to be properties
+    """
+    @property
+    def name(cls):
+        """Returns the name of the hasher"""
+        return cls.__name__.rstrip('Hasher').lower()
+
+    @property
+    def label(cls):
+        """Returns the label of the hasher"""
+        return cls.name if not cls._weak else "{} (weak)".format(cls.name)
+
+
+class PasswordHasher(with_metaclass(MetaHasher, object)):
     """
     Base class of all hashers.
     """
+    _weak = False
 
     def __init__(self, target="local"):
         self._target = target
@@ -68,12 +86,18 @@ class PasswordHasher(object):
             hashed_value
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_password_hashers(cls):
+        """Return all the PasswordHasher supported by Modoboa"""
+        return cls.__subclasses__()
+
 
 class PLAINHasher(PasswordHasher):
-
     """
     Plain (ie. clear) password hasher.
     """
+    _weak = True
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{PLAIN}"
@@ -83,12 +107,13 @@ class PLAINHasher(PasswordHasher):
 
 
 class CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
-
     """
     crypt password hasher.
 
     Uses python `crypt` standard module.
     """
+    _weak = True
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{CRYPT}"
@@ -106,12 +131,13 @@ class CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
 
 
 class MD5Hasher(PasswordHasher):
-
     """
     MD5 password hasher.
 
     Uses python `hashlib` standard module.
     """
+    _weak = True
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{MD5}"
@@ -122,12 +148,13 @@ class MD5Hasher(PasswordHasher):
 
 
 class SHA256Hasher(PasswordHasher):
-
     """
     SHA256 password hasher.
 
     Uses python `hashlib` and `base64` standard modules.
     """
+    _weak = True
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{SHA256}"
diff --git a/modoboa/core/tests/doveadm b/modoboa/core/tests/doveadm
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..03474050b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modoboa/core/tests/doveadm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo -n "MD5 MD5-CRYPT SHA SHA1 SHA256 SHA512 SMD5 SSHA SSHA256 SSHA512 PLAIN CLEAR CLEARTEXT PLAIN-TRUNC CRAM-MD5 SCRAM-SHA-1 HMAC-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 PLAIN-MD4 PLAIN-MD5 LDAP-MD5 LANMAN NTLM OTP SKEY RPA PBKDF2 CRYPT SHA256-CRYPT SHA512-CRYPT"
+exit 0
diff --git a/modoboa/core/tests/test_authentication.py b/modoboa/core/tests/test_authentication.py
index 509425503..8ac351f0b 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/tests/test_authentication.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/tests/test_authentication.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import os
 import smtplib
 from unittest import skipIf
 
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ except ImportError:
     import mock
 
 
+@override_settings(
+    DOVEADM_LOOKUP_PATH=["{}/doveadm".format(os.path.dirname(__file__))])
 class AuthenticationTestCase(ModoTestCase):
     """Validate authentication scenarios."""
 
diff --git a/modoboa/core/tests/test_views.py b/modoboa/core/tests/test_views.py
index 69d1c285e..20d730a0a 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/tests/test_views.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SETTINGS_SAMPLE = {
     "limits-enable_domain_limits": "False",
     "csrfmiddlewaretoken": "SGgMVZsA4TPqoiV786TMST6xgOlhAf4F",
     "limits-deflt_user_mailboxes_limit": "0",
-    "core-password_scheme": "sha512crypt",
+    "core-password_scheme": "plain",
     "core-update_scheme": True,
     "core-items_per_page": "30",
     "limits-deflt_user_mailbox_aliases_limit": "0",
@@ -175,6 +175,15 @@ class SettingsTestCase(ModoTestCase):
         settings = SETTINGS_SAMPLE.copy()
         response = self.client.post(url, settings, format="json")
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        settings["core-password_scheme"] = "sha512crypt"
+        response = self.client.post(url, settings, format="json")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
+        compare(response.json(), {
+            "form_errors": {"password_scheme": ["Select a valid choice. \
+sha512crypt is not one of the available choices."]},
+            "prefix": "core"
+        })
+        settings["core-password_scheme"] = "plain"
         settings["core-rounds_number"] = ""
         response = self.client.post(url, settings, format="json")
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
diff --git a/modoboa/lib/sysutils.py b/modoboa/lib/sysutils.py
index 3d21445bf..eb0b8c92f 100644
--- a/modoboa/lib/sysutils.py
+++ b/modoboa/lib/sysutils.py
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ This module extra functions/shortcuts to communicate with the system
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import inspect
+import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+
 
 def exec_cmd(cmd, sudo_user=None, pinput=None, capture_output=True, **kwargs):
     """Execute a shell command.
@@ -42,6 +46,43 @@ def exec_cmd(cmd, sudo_user=None, pinput=None, capture_output=True, **kwargs):
     return process.returncode, output
 
 
+def doveadm_cmd(params, sudo_user=None, pinput=None,
+                capture_output=True, **kwargs):
+    """Execute doveadm command.
+
+    Run doveadm command using the current user. Set :keyword:`sudo_user` if
+    you need different privileges.
+
+    :param str params: the parameters to give to doveadm
+    :param str sudo_user: a valid system username
+    :param str pinput: data to send to process's stdin
+    :param bool capture_output: capture process output or not
+    :rtype: tuple
+    :return: return code, command output
+    """
+    dpath = None
+    code, output = exec_cmd("which doveadm")
+    if not code:
+        dpath = force_text(output).strip()
+    else:
+        known_paths = getattr(
+            settings, "DOVEADM_LOOKUP_PATH",
+            ("/usr/bin/doveadm", "/usr/local/bin/doveadm")
+        )
+        for fpath in known_paths:
+            if os.path.isfile(fpath) and os.access(fpath, os.X_OK):
+                dpath = fpath
+                break
+    if dpath:
+        return exec_cmd("{} {}".format(dpath, params),
+                        sudo_user=sudo_user,
+                        pinput=pinput,
+                        capture_output=capture_output,
+                        **kwargs)
+    else:
+        raise OSError("doveadm command not found")
+
+
 def guess_extension_name():
     """Tries to guess the application's name by inspecting the stack.