diff --git a/include/password-methods/class_passwordMethodSsha512.inc b/include/password-methods/class_passwordMethodSsha512.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a52f7bf9886daa8e21d9643be973b3c4269aed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/password-methods/class_passwordMethodSsha512.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+<?php
+/*
+  This code is part of FusionDirectory (http://www.fusiondirectory.org/)
+
+  Copyright (C) 2003-2010  Cajus Pollmeier
+  Copyright (C) 2011-2019  FusionDirectory
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ * \file class_passwordMethodSsha512.inc
+ * Source code for class passwordMethodSsha512
+ */
+
+/*!
+ * \brief This class contains all the functions for ssha password method
+ * \see passwordMethod
+ */
+class passwordMethodSsha512 extends passwordMethod
+{
+  /*!
+   * \brief passwordMethodSsha512 Constructor
+   */
+  function __construct ()
+  {
+  }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Is available
+   *
+   * \return TRUE if is avaibable, otherwise return false
+   */
+  public function is_available (): bool
+  {
+    return function_exists('hash');
+  }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Generate template hash
+   *
+   * \param string $pwd Password
+   * \param bool $locked Should the password be locked
+   *
+   * \return string the password hash
+   */
+  public function generate_hash (string $pwd, bool $locked = FALSE): string
+  {
+    if (function_exists('hash')) {
+      $salt = substr(pack('h*', md5("".random_int(0, PHP_INT_MAX))), 0, 8);
+      $salt = substr(pack('H*', sha1($salt.$pwd)), 0, 4);
+      $pwd  = '{SSHA512}'.($locked ? '!' : '').base64_encode(hash('sha512', $pwd.$salt, TRUE).$salt);
+    } else {
+      throw new FusionDirectoryException(msgPool::missingext('hash'));
+    }
+    return $pwd;
+  }
+
+  function checkPassword ($pwd, $hash): bool
+  {
+    $hash = base64_decode(substr($hash, 9));
+    $salt = substr($hash, 64);
+    $hash = substr($hash, 0, 64);
+    if (function_exists('hash')) {
+      $nhash = hash('sha512', $pwd.$salt, TRUE);
+    } else {
+      $error = new FusionDirectoryError(msgPool::missingext('hash'));
+      $error->display();
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    return ($nhash == $hash);
+  }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Get the hash name
+   */
+  static function get_hash_name ()
+  {
+    return 'ssha512';
+  }
+}