diff --git a/src/ipaperftest/core/constants.py b/src/ipaperftest/core/constants.py
index 9aa8cde..522cfb3 100644
--- a/src/ipaperftest/core/constants.py
+++ b/src/ipaperftest/core/constants.py
@@ -504,3 +504,16 @@ def getLevelName(level):
         New-ADUser -SamAccountName $name -Name $name -AccountPassword $password -Enabled $True
       }}
 """
+
+ANSIBLE_AUTHENTICATIONTEST_NOSELINUX_CONFIG_PLAYBOOK = """
+---
+- name: Disable SELinux in SSSD
+  hosts: ipaclients
+  tasks:
+  - name: "Disable SELinux provider"
+    become: yes
+    lineinfile:
+      path: /etc/sssd/sssd.conf
+      line: selinux_provider = none
+      insertafter: id_provider = ipa
+"""
diff --git a/src/ipaperftest/core/main.py b/src/ipaperftest/core/main.py
index 8b0a171..37e989f 100644
--- a/src/ipaperftest/core/main.py
+++ b/src/ipaperftest/core/main.py
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ def run(self, ctx):
 @click.option("--threads", default=10, help="Threads to run per client during AuthenticationTest.")
 @click.option("--ad-threads", default=0, help="Active Directory login threads "
                                               "to run per client during AuthenticationTest.")
+@click.option("--disable-selinux", default=False, is_flag=True,
+              help="Disable the SSSD SELinux provider in all clients, enable forking in pamtest")
 @click.option("--command", help="Command to execute during APITest.")
 @click.option(
     "--results-format",
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ def main(
     amount=1,
     threads=10,
     ad_threads=0,
+    disable_selinux=False,
     replicas=0,
     results_format="json",
     results_output_file=None,
diff --git a/src/ipaperftest/plugins/authenticationtest.py b/src/ipaperftest/plugins/authenticationtest.py
index 6ab34ba..344f075 100644
--- a/src/ipaperftest/plugins/authenticationtest.py
+++ b/src/ipaperftest/plugins/authenticationtest.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     ANSIBLE_AUTHENTICATIONTEST_AD_SERVER_CONFIG_PLAYBOOK,
     ANSIBLE_AUTHENTICATIONTEST_AD_SERVER_ESTABLISH_TRUST_PLAYBOOK,
     ANSIBLE_AUTHENTICATIONTEST_AD_SERVER_CREATE_USERS_PLAYBOOK,
+    ANSIBLE_AUTHENTICATIONTEST_NOSELINUX_CONFIG_PLAYBOOK,
     ANSIBLE_COUNT_IPA_HOSTS_PLAYBOOK)
 from ipaperftest.plugins.registry import registry
 
@@ -180,6 +181,12 @@ def run(self, ctx):
                          error="Failed to convert host-find output to int. "
                                "Value was: %s" % host_find_output)
 
+        if ctx.params["disable_selinux"]:
+            self.run_ansible_playbook_from_template(
+                ANSIBLE_AUTHENTICATIONTEST_NOSELINUX_CONFIG_PLAYBOOK,
+                "authenticationtest_no_selinux", {}, ctx
+            )
+
         # Client authentications will be triggered at now + 1min per 20 clients
         client_auth_time = (
             int(time.time()) + max(int(len(self.provider.hosts.keys()) / 20), 1) * 60
@@ -197,7 +204,8 @@ def run(self, ctx):
                 sleep_time += 20
             cmds = [
                 "sleep $(( {} - $(date +%s) ))".format(str(client_auth_time)),
-                "sudo pamtest --threads {} --ad-threads {} -o pamtest.log".format(
+                "sudo pamtest {} --threads {} --ad-threads {} -o pamtest.log".format(
+                    '-f' if ctx.params["disable_selinux"] else '',
                     str(ctx.params["threads"]),
                     str(ctx.params["ad_threads"])
                 ),
diff --git a/src/pamtest.c b/src/pamtest.c
index 50eaf6e..3eb7f36 100644
--- a/src/pamtest.c
+++ b/src/pamtest.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
 
 /* The only global, the name of the PAM service */
 char * pam_service = NULL;
@@ -109,6 +111,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
     char **ad_usernames = NULL;
     int c, i;
     int ret = 0;
+    int dofork = 0;
+    int status = 0;
     struct utsname uinfo;
     poptContext pctx;
     struct poptOption popts[] = {
@@ -116,9 +120,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
         {"service", 's', POPT_ARG_STRING, NULL, 's', NULL, "SERVICE"},
         {"threads", 't', POPT_ARG_INT, &threads, 0, NULL, NULL},
         {"ad-threads", 'a', POPT_ARG_INT, &ad_logins, 0, NULL, NULL},
+        {"fork", 'f', POPT_ARG_NONE, NULL, 'f', NULL, NULL},
         POPT_AUTOHELP
         POPT_TABLEEND
     };
+    pid_t pid;
 
     pctx = poptGetContext("thread", argc, argv, popts, 0);
     if (pctx == NULL) {
@@ -126,6 +132,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
     }
     while ((c = poptGetNextOpt(pctx)) > 0) {
         switch (c) {
+        case 'f':
+            dofork = 1;
+            break;
         case 'o':
             logfile = poptGetOptArg(pctx);
             break;
@@ -200,7 +209,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
     for (i = 0; i < ipa_logins; i++) {
         asprintf(&usernames[i], "user%d%s", i, uinfo.nodename);
-        index[i] = pthread_create(&ptr[i], NULL, (void *) call_pam, usernames[i]);
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < ad_logins; i++) {
@@ -209,13 +217,38 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
         char host[10];
         memcpy(host, uinfo.nodename, 9);
         asprintf(&ad_usernames[i], "user%03d%s@ad.test", i, host);
-        index[ipa_logins + i] = pthread_create(&ptr[ipa_logins + i], NULL, (void *) call_pam, ad_usernames[i]);
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < threads; i++) {
-        pthread_join(ptr[i], NULL);
-    }
+    if (dofork) {
+        for (i = 0; i < ipa_logins; i++) {
+            pid = fork();
+            switch(pid) {
+            case -1:  /* failure */
+                fprintf(stderr, "fork() error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+                exit(1);
+                break;
+            case 0:  /* child */
+                call_pam(usernames[i]);
+                exit(0);
+                break;
+            default: /* parent */
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        waitpid(-1, &status, 0);
+    } else {  // threads
+        for (i = 0; i < ipa_logins; i++) {
+            index[i] = pthread_create(&ptr[i], NULL, (void *) call_pam, usernames[i]);
+        }
 
+        for (i = 0; i < ad_logins; i++) {
+            index[ipa_logins + i] = pthread_create(&ptr[ipa_logins + i], NULL, (void *) call_pam, ad_usernames[i]);
+        }
+
+        for (i = 0; i < threads; i++) {
+            pthread_join(ptr[i], NULL);
+        }
+    }
     for (i = 0; i < ad_logins; i++) {
         free(ad_usernames[i]);
     }