diff --git a/modoboa/core/app_settings.py b/modoboa/core/app_settings.py
index 788983144..73061befa 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..e8463ae9a 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/password_hashers/__init__.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/password_hashers/__init__.py
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ Password hashers for Modoboa.
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import os
+
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+
 from modoboa.core.password_hashers.advanced import (  # NOQA:F401
     BLFCRYPTHasher, MD5CRYPTHasher, SHA256CRYPTHasher, SHA512CRYPTHasher
 )
 from modoboa.core.password_hashers.base import (  # NOQA:F401
     CRYPTHasher, MD5Hasher, PLAINHasher, SHA256Hasher
 )
+from modoboa.lib.sysutils import exec_cmd
 
 
 def get_password_hasher(scheme):
@@ -29,3 +34,25 @@ def get_password_hasher(scheme):
     except KeyError:
         hasher = PLAINHasher
     return hasher
+
+def get_dovecot_schemes():
+    """Return schemes supported by dovecot"""
+    supported_schemes = ["{PLAIN}"]
+    dpath = None
+    code, output = exec_cmd("which doveadm")
+    if not code:
+        dpath = force_text(output).strip()
+    else:
+        known_paths = ("/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
+    if dpath:
+        try:
+            code, schemes = exec_cmd("%s pw -l" % dpath)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            supported_schemes = ["{{{}}}".format(scheme) for scheme in force_text(schemes).split()]
+
+    return supported_schemes
diff --git a/modoboa/core/password_hashers/advanced.py b/modoboa/core/password_hashers/advanced.py
index 854cfb9ad..40fa9d499 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/password_hashers/advanced.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/password_hashers/advanced.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ class BLFCRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
     Supports rounds and provides compatibility with dovecot on
     *BSD systems.
     """
+    name = "blfcrypt"
+    label = "blfcrypt"
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{BLF-CRYPT}" if self._target == "local" else "{CRYPT}"
@@ -49,6 +52,9 @@ class MD5CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
 
     This scheme can't be considered as secure anymore.
     """
+    name = "md5crypt"
+    label = "md5crypt"
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{MD5-CRYPT}" if self._target == "local" else "{CRYPT}"
@@ -71,6 +77,9 @@ class SHA256CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
     Supports rounds and is a good compromise between security and
     performance.
     """
+    name = "sha256crypt"
+    label = "sha256crypt"
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{SHA256-CRYPT}" if self._target == "local" else "{CRYPT}"
@@ -95,6 +104,9 @@ class SHA512CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
     Supports rounds and is the strongest scheme provided by
     Modoboa. Requires more resource than SHA256-CRYPT.
     """
+    name = "sha512crypt"
+    label = "sha512crypt"
+
     @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..1f9b37653 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/password_hashers/base.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/password_hashers/base.py
@@ -68,12 +68,19 @@ class PasswordHasher(object):
             hashed_value
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_password_hashers(cls):
+        return cls.__subclasses__()
+
 
 class PLAINHasher(PasswordHasher):
 
     """
     Plain (ie. clear) password hasher.
     """
+    name = "plain"
+    label = "plain (weak)"
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{PLAIN}"
@@ -89,6 +96,9 @@ class CRYPTHasher(PasswordHasher):
 
     Uses python `crypt` standard module.
     """
+    name = "crypt"
+    label = "crypt (weak)"
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{CRYPT}"
@@ -112,6 +122,9 @@ class MD5Hasher(PasswordHasher):
 
     Uses python `hashlib` standard module.
     """
+    name = "md5"
+    label = "md5 (weak)"
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{MD5}"
@@ -128,6 +141,9 @@ class SHA256Hasher(PasswordHasher):
 
     Uses python `hashlib` and `base64` standard modules.
     """
+    name = "sha256"
+    label = "sha256 (weak)"
+
     @property
     def scheme(self):
         return "{SHA256}"