diff --git a/cdr/cdr_radius.c b/cdr/cdr_radius.c
index 1466808d5be7b7dfc29e6c3db1166ffc8fd8d216..5f8f0fa4ae281c964a07489a52f080df04000233 100644
--- a/cdr/cdr_radius.c
+++ b/cdr/cdr_radius.c
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@
 
 ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 
+#ifdef FREERADIUS_CLIENT
+#include <freeradius-client.h>
+#else
 #include <radiusclient-ng.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "asterisk/channel.h"
 #include "asterisk/cdr.h"
@@ -87,7 +91,11 @@ static const char desc[] = "RADIUS CDR Backend";
 static const char name[] = "radius";
 static const char cdr_config[] = "cdr.conf";
 
+#ifdef FREERADIUS_CLIENT
+static char radiuscfg[PATH_MAX] = "/etc/radiusclient/radiusclient.conf";
+#else
 static char radiuscfg[PATH_MAX] = "/etc/radiusclient-ng/radiusclient.conf";
+#endif
 
 static struct ast_flags global_flags = { RADIUS_FLAG_USEGMTIME | RADIUS_FLAG_LOGUNIQUEID | RADIUS_FLAG_LOGUSERFIELD };
 
diff --git a/cel/cel_radius.c b/cel/cel_radius.c
index be5a9e66fa5e87f01fd856baeb6b6da0e3f16034..aafdfcb050fa6a26e3800f94db395170ec0daff4 100644
--- a/cel/cel_radius.c
+++ b/cel/cel_radius.c
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
 
 ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Rev$")
 
+#ifdef FREERADIUS_CLIENT
+#include <freeradius-client.h>
+#else
 #include <radiusclient-ng.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "asterisk/channel.h"
 #include "asterisk/cel.h"
@@ -79,7 +83,11 @@ enum {
 
 static char *cel_config = "cel.conf";
 
+#ifdef FREERADIUS_CLIENT
+static char radiuscfg[PATH_MAX] = "/etc/radiusclient/radiusclient.conf";
+#else
 static char radiuscfg[PATH_MAX] = "/etc/radiusclient-ng/radiusclient.conf";
+#endif
 
 static struct ast_flags global_flags = { RADIUS_FLAG_USEGMTIME | RADIUS_FLAG_LOGUNIQUEID | RADIUS_FLAG_LOGUSERFIELD };
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 815bb64c0357ede18bf3866334dbe4695252b8e7..84de43aa26a638deaf24408068780d6c8ae35906 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Revision: 403330 .
+# From configure.ac Revision: 405130 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for asterisk trunk.
 #
@@ -27758,6 +27758,117 @@ fi
 
 
 
+# Accept either RADIUS client library, their APIs are fully compatible,
+# just different header filenames and different SONAMEs
+
+if test "x${PBX_RADIUS}" != "x1" -a "${USE_RADIUS}" != "no"; then
+   pbxlibdir=""
+   # if --with-RADIUS=DIR has been specified, use it.
+   if test "x${RADIUS_DIR}" != "x"; then
+      if test -d ${RADIUS_DIR}/lib; then
+         pbxlibdir="-L${RADIUS_DIR}/lib"
+      else
+         pbxlibdir="-L${RADIUS_DIR}"
+      fi
+   fi
+   pbxfuncname="rc_read_config"
+   if test "x${pbxfuncname}" = "x" ; then   # empty lib, assume only headers
+      AST_RADIUS_FOUND=yes
+   else
+      ast_ext_lib_check_save_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+      CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} "
+      as_ac_Lib=`$as_echo "ac_cv_lib_freeradius-client_${pbxfuncname}" | $as_tr_sh`
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for ${pbxfuncname} in -lfreeradius-client" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for ${pbxfuncname} in -lfreeradius-client... " >&6; }
+if eval \${$as_ac_Lib+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lfreeradius-client ${pbxlibdir}  $LIBS"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char ${pbxfuncname} ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+return ${pbxfuncname} ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  eval "$as_ac_Lib=yes"
+else
+  eval "$as_ac_Lib=no"
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+eval ac_res=\$$as_ac_Lib
+	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_Lib"\" = x"yes"; then :
+  AST_RADIUS_FOUND=yes
+else
+  AST_RADIUS_FOUND=no
+fi
+
+      CFLAGS="${ast_ext_lib_check_save_CFLAGS}"
+   fi
+
+   # now check for the header.
+   if test "${AST_RADIUS_FOUND}" = "yes"; then
+      RADIUS_LIB="${pbxlibdir} -lfreeradius-client "
+      # if --with-RADIUS=DIR has been specified, use it.
+      if test "x${RADIUS_DIR}" != "x"; then
+         RADIUS_INCLUDE="-I${RADIUS_DIR}/include"
+      fi
+      RADIUS_INCLUDE="${RADIUS_INCLUDE} "
+      if test "xfreeradius-client.h" = "x" ; then	# no header, assume found
+         RADIUS_HEADER_FOUND="1"
+      else				# check for the header
+         ast_ext_lib_check_saved_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
+         CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${RADIUS_INCLUDE}"
+         ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "freeradius-client.h" "ac_cv_header_freeradius_client_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_freeradius_client_h" = xyes; then :
+  RADIUS_HEADER_FOUND=1
+else
+  RADIUS_HEADER_FOUND=0
+fi
+
+
+         CPPFLAGS="${ast_ext_lib_check_saved_CPPFLAGS}"
+      fi
+      if test "x${RADIUS_HEADER_FOUND}" = "x0" ; then
+         RADIUS_LIB=""
+         RADIUS_INCLUDE=""
+      else
+         if test "x${pbxfuncname}" = "x" ; then		# only checking headers -> no library
+            RADIUS_LIB=""
+         fi
+         PBX_RADIUS=1
+         cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_RADIUS 1
+_ACEOF
+
+      fi
+   fi
+fi
+
+
+if test "x${PBX_RADIUS}" = "x1"; then
+
+$as_echo "#define FREERADIUS_CLIENT /**/" >>confdefs.h
+
+else
 
 if test "x${PBX_RADIUS}" != "x1" -a "${USE_RADIUS}" != "no"; then
    pbxlibdir=""
@@ -27862,6 +27973,7 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 
 
+fi
 
 
 if test "x${PBX_COROSYNC}" != "x1" -a "${USE_COROSYNC}" != "no"; then
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fb14b2936b6a8fcc3f1dd56b290965f4eb86d198..80fbcf59c58ded4337b9e3fc0a96dbc408150f39 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2134,7 +2134,14 @@ fi
 # Some distributions (like SuSE) remove the 5.1 suffix.
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([LUA], [lua], [luaL_openlib], [lua.h], [-lm])
 
-AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([RADIUS], [radiusclient-ng], [rc_read_config], [radiusclient-ng.h])
+# Accept either RADIUS client library, their APIs are fully compatible,
+# just different header filenames and different SONAMEs
+AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([RADIUS], [freeradius-client], [rc_read_config], [freeradius-client.h])
+if test "x${PBX_RADIUS}" = "x1"; then
+	AC_DEFINE(FREERADIUS_CLIENT, [], [Use the FreeRADIUS-client library])
+else
+	AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([RADIUS], [radiusclient-ng], [rc_read_config], [radiusclient-ng.h])
+fi
 
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([COROSYNC], [cpg], [cpg_join], [corosync/cpg.h], [-lcfg])
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([COROSYNC_CFG_STATE_TRACK], [cfg], [corosync_cfg_state_track], [corosync/cfg.h], [-lcfg])
diff --git a/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in b/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in
index 71f213518a162a44df2b732043bdd8259c84e04a..257081924409c8612a501f35e7ffe0378a47e646 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in
+++ b/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if using `alloca.c'. */
 #undef C_ALLOCA
 
+/* Use the FreeRADIUS-client library */
+#undef FREERADIUS_CLIENT
+
 /* Define to 1 if anonymous semaphores work. */
 #undef HAS_WORKING_SEMAPHORE