diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ae64e75d..6688edc7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ minidom = "0.1.0"
 
 [dependencies.jid]
 git = "https://gitlab.com/lumi/jid-rs.git"
+
+[dependencies.sasl]
+git = "https://gitlab.com/lumi/sasl-rs.git"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e741157f..ec06e5b3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ extern crate openssl;
 extern crate minidom;
 extern crate base64;
 pub extern crate jid;
+pub extern crate sasl;
 
 pub mod ns;
 pub mod transport;
@@ -12,6 +13,5 @@ pub mod plugin;
 pub mod event;
 pub mod plugins;
 pub mod connection;
-pub mod sasl;
 
 mod locked_io;
diff --git a/src/sasl/mechanisms/anonymous.rs b/src/sasl/mechanisms/anonymous.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 32538e5b..00000000
--- a/src/sasl/mechanisms/anonymous.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-//! Provides the SASL "ANONYMOUS" mechanism.
-
-use sasl::{SaslMechanism, SaslCredentials, SaslSecret};
-
-pub struct Anonymous;
-
-impl Anonymous {
-    pub fn new() -> Anonymous {
-        Anonymous
-    }
-}
-
-impl SaslMechanism for Anonymous {
-    fn name(&self) -> &str { "ANONYMOUS" }
-
-    fn from_credentials(credentials: SaslCredentials) -> Result<Anonymous, String> {
-        if let SaslSecret::None = credentials.secret {
-            Ok(Anonymous)
-        }
-        else {
-            Err("the anonymous sasl mechanism requires no credentials".to_owned())
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/sasl/mechanisms/mod.rs b/src/sasl/mechanisms/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 59463ac0..00000000
--- a/src/sasl/mechanisms/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-///! Provides a few SASL mechanisms.
-
-mod anonymous;
-mod plain;
-mod scram;
-
-pub use self::anonymous::Anonymous;
-pub use self::plain::Plain;
-pub use self::scram::{Scram, Sha1, Sha256, ScramProvider};
diff --git a/src/sasl/mechanisms/plain.rs b/src/sasl/mechanisms/plain.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b3739a87..00000000
--- a/src/sasl/mechanisms/plain.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-//! Provides the SASL "PLAIN" mechanism.
-
-use sasl::{SaslMechanism, SaslCredentials, SaslSecret};
-
-pub struct Plain {
-    username: String,
-    password: String,
-}
-
-impl Plain {
-    pub fn new<N: Into<String>, P: Into<String>>(username: N, password: P) -> Plain {
-        Plain {
-            username: username.into(),
-            password: password.into(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl SaslMechanism for Plain {
-    fn name(&self) -> &str { "PLAIN" }
-
-    fn from_credentials(credentials: SaslCredentials) -> Result<Plain, String> {
-        if let SaslSecret::Password(password) = credentials.secret {
-            Ok(Plain::new(credentials.username, password))
-        }
-        else {
-            Err("PLAIN requires a password".to_owned())
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn initial(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
-        let mut auth = Vec::new();
-        auth.push(0);
-        auth.extend(self.username.bytes());
-        auth.push(0);
-        auth.extend(self.password.bytes());
-        Ok(auth)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/sasl/mechanisms/scram.rs b/src/sasl/mechanisms/scram.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 41fb2c52..00000000
--- a/src/sasl/mechanisms/scram.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,326 +0,0 @@
-//! Provides the SASL "SCRAM-*" mechanisms and a way to implement more.
-
-use base64;
-
-use sasl::{SaslMechanism, SaslCredentials, SaslSecret};
-
-use error::Error;
-
-use openssl::pkcs5::pbkdf2_hmac;
-use openssl::hash::hash;
-use openssl::hash::MessageDigest;
-use openssl::sign::Signer;
-use openssl::pkey::PKey;
-use openssl::rand::rand_bytes;
-use openssl::error::ErrorStack;
-
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
-
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-
-use std::string::FromUtf8Error;
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-#[test]
-fn xor_works() {
-    assert_eq!( xor( &[135, 94, 53, 134, 73, 233, 140, 221, 150, 12, 96, 111, 54, 66, 11, 76]
-                   , &[163, 9, 122, 180, 107, 44, 22, 252, 248, 134, 112, 82, 84, 122, 56, 209] )
-              , &[36, 87, 79, 50, 34, 197, 154, 33, 110, 138, 16, 61, 98, 56, 51, 157] );
-}
-
-fn xor(a: &[u8], b: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
-    assert_eq!(a.len(), b.len());
-    let mut ret = Vec::with_capacity(a.len());
-    for (a, b) in a.into_iter().zip(b) {
-        ret.push(a ^ b);
-    }
-    ret
-}
-
-fn parse_frame(frame: &[u8]) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>, FromUtf8Error> {
-    let inner = String::from_utf8(frame.to_owned())?;
-    let mut ret = HashMap::new();
-    for s in inner.split(',') {
-        let mut tmp = s.splitn(2, '=');
-        let key = tmp.next();
-        let val = tmp.next();
-        match (key, val) {
-            (Some(k), Some(v)) => {
-                ret.insert(k.to_owned(), v.to_owned());
-            },
-            _ =>(),
-        }
-    }
-    Ok(ret)
-}
-
-fn generate_nonce() -> Result<String, ErrorStack> {
-    let mut data = vec![0; 32];
-    rand_bytes(&mut data)?;
-    Ok(base64::encode(&data))
-}
-
-pub trait ScramProvider {
-    fn name() -> &'static str;
-    fn hash(data: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8>;
-    fn hmac(data: &[u8], key: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8>;
-    fn derive(data: &[u8], salt: &[u8], iterations: usize) -> Vec<u8>;
-}
-
-pub struct Sha1;
-
-impl ScramProvider for Sha1 { // TODO: look at all these unwraps
-    fn name() -> &'static str { "SHA-1" }
-
-    fn hash(data: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
-        hash(MessageDigest::sha1(), data).unwrap()
-    }
-
-    fn hmac(data: &[u8], key: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
-        let pkey = PKey::hmac(key).unwrap();
-        let mut signer = Signer::new(MessageDigest::sha1(), &pkey).unwrap();
-        signer.update(data).unwrap();
-        signer.finish().unwrap()
-    }
-
-    fn derive(data: &[u8], salt: &[u8], iterations: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
-        let mut result = vec![0; 20];
-        pbkdf2_hmac(data, salt, iterations, MessageDigest::sha1(), &mut result).unwrap();
-        result
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct Sha256;
-
-impl ScramProvider for Sha256 { // TODO: look at all these unwraps
-    fn name() -> &'static str { "SHA-256" }
-
-    fn hash(data: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
-        hash(MessageDigest::sha256(), data).unwrap()
-    }
-
-    fn hmac(data: &[u8], key: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
-        let pkey = PKey::hmac(key).unwrap();
-        let mut signer = Signer::new(MessageDigest::sha256(), &pkey).unwrap();
-        signer.update(data).unwrap();
-        signer.finish().unwrap()
-    }
-
-    fn derive(data: &[u8], salt: &[u8], iterations: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
-        let mut result = vec![0; 32];
-        pbkdf2_hmac(data, salt, iterations, MessageDigest::sha256(), &mut result).unwrap();
-        result
-    }
-}
-
-enum ScramState {
-    Init,
-    SentInitialMessage { initial_message: Vec<u8>, gs2_header: Vec<u8>},
-    GotServerData { server_signature: Vec<u8> },
-}
-
-pub struct Scram<S: ScramProvider> {
-    name: String,
-    username: String,
-    password: String,
-    client_nonce: String,
-    state: ScramState,
-    channel_binding: Option<Vec<u8>>,
-    _marker: PhantomData<S>,
-}
-
-impl<S: ScramProvider> Scram<S> {
-    pub fn new<N: Into<String>, P: Into<String>>(username: N, password: P) -> Result<Scram<S>, Error> {
-        Ok(Scram {
-            name: format!("SCRAM-{}", S::name()),
-            username: username.into(),
-            password: password.into(),
-            client_nonce: generate_nonce()?,
-            state: ScramState::Init,
-            channel_binding: None,
-            _marker: PhantomData,
-        })
-    }
-
-    pub fn new_with_nonce<N: Into<String>, P: Into<String>>(username: N, password: P, nonce: String) -> Scram<S> {
-        Scram {
-            name: format!("SCRAM-{}", S::name()),
-            username: username.into(),
-            password: password.into(),
-            client_nonce: nonce,
-            state: ScramState::Init,
-            channel_binding: None,
-            _marker: PhantomData,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn new_with_channel_binding<N: Into<String>, P: Into<String>>(username: N, password: P, channel_binding: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Scram<S>, Error> {
-        Ok(Scram {
-            name: format!("SCRAM-{}-PLUS", S::name()),
-            username: username.into(),
-            password: password.into(),
-            client_nonce: generate_nonce()?,
-            state: ScramState::Init,
-            channel_binding: Some(channel_binding),
-            _marker: PhantomData,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl<S: ScramProvider> SaslMechanism for Scram<S> {
-    fn name(&self) -> &str { // TODO: this is quite the workaround…
-        &self.name
-    }
-
-    fn from_credentials(credentials: SaslCredentials) -> Result<Scram<S>, String> {
-        if let SaslSecret::Password(password) = credentials.secret {
-            if let Some(binding) = credentials.channel_binding {
-                Scram::new_with_channel_binding(credentials.username, password, binding)
-                      .map_err(|_| "can't generate nonce".to_owned())
-            }
-            else {
-                Scram::new(credentials.username, password)
-                      .map_err(|_| "can't generate nonce".to_owned())
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            Err("SCRAM requires a password".to_owned())
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn initial(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
-        let mut gs2_header = Vec::new();
-        if let Some(_) = self.channel_binding {
-            gs2_header.extend(b"p=tls-unique,,");
-        }
-        else {
-            gs2_header.extend(b"n,,");
-        }
-        let mut bare = Vec::new();
-        bare.extend(b"n=");
-        bare.extend(self.username.bytes());
-        bare.extend(b",r=");
-        bare.extend(self.client_nonce.bytes());
-        let mut data = Vec::new();
-        data.extend(&gs2_header);
-        data.extend(bare.clone());
-        self.state = ScramState::SentInitialMessage { initial_message: bare, gs2_header: gs2_header };
-        Ok(data)
-    }
-
-    fn response(&mut self, challenge: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
-        let next_state;
-        let ret;
-        match self.state {
-            ScramState::SentInitialMessage { ref initial_message, ref gs2_header } => {
-                let frame = parse_frame(challenge).map_err(|_| "can't decode challenge".to_owned())?;
-                let server_nonce = frame.get("r");
-                let salt = frame.get("s").and_then(|v| base64::decode(v).ok());
-                let iterations = frame.get("i").and_then(|v| v.parse().ok());
-                let server_nonce = server_nonce.ok_or_else(|| "no server nonce".to_owned())?;
-                let salt = salt.ok_or_else(|| "no server salt".to_owned())?;
-                let iterations = iterations.ok_or_else(|| "no server iterations".to_owned())?;
-                // TODO: SASLprep
-                let mut client_final_message_bare = Vec::new();
-                client_final_message_bare.extend(b"c=");
-                let mut cb_data: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-                cb_data.extend(gs2_header);
-                if let Some(ref cb) = self.channel_binding {
-                    cb_data.extend(cb);
-                }
-                client_final_message_bare.extend(base64::encode(&cb_data).bytes());
-                client_final_message_bare.extend(b",r=");
-                client_final_message_bare.extend(server_nonce.bytes());
-                let salted_password = S::derive(self.password.as_bytes(), &salt, iterations);
-                let client_key = S::hmac(b"Client Key", &salted_password);
-                let server_key = S::hmac(b"Server Key", &salted_password);
-                let mut auth_message = Vec::new();
-                auth_message.extend(initial_message);
-                auth_message.push(b',');
-                auth_message.extend(challenge);
-                auth_message.push(b',');
-                auth_message.extend(&client_final_message_bare);
-                let stored_key = S::hash(&client_key);
-                let client_signature = S::hmac(&auth_message, &stored_key);
-                let client_proof = xor(&client_key, &client_signature);
-                let server_signature = S::hmac(&auth_message, &server_key);
-                let mut client_final_message = Vec::new();
-                client_final_message.extend(&client_final_message_bare);
-                client_final_message.extend(b",p=");
-                client_final_message.extend(base64::encode(&client_proof).bytes());
-                next_state = ScramState::GotServerData {
-                    server_signature: server_signature,
-                };
-                ret = client_final_message;
-            },
-            _ => { return Err("not in the right state to receive this response".to_owned()); }
-        }
-        self.state = next_state;
-        Ok(ret)
-    }
-
-    fn success(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> Result<(), String> {
-        let frame = parse_frame(data).map_err(|_| "can't decode success response".to_owned())?;
-        match self.state {
-            ScramState::GotServerData { ref server_signature } => {
-                if let Some(sig) = frame.get("v").and_then(|v| base64::decode(&v).ok()) {
-                    if sig == *server_signature {
-                        Ok(())
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        Err("invalid signature in success response".to_owned())
-                    }
-                }
-                else {
-                    Err("no signature in success response".to_owned())
-                }
-            },
-            _ => Err("not in the right state to get a success response".to_owned()),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use sasl::SaslMechanism;
-
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn scram_sha1_works() { // Source: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/SASLandSCRAM-SHA-1
-        let username = "user";
-        let password = "pencil";
-        let client_nonce = "fyko+d2lbbFgONRv9qkxdawL";
-        let client_init = b"n,,n=user,r=fyko+d2lbbFgONRv9qkxdawL";
-        let server_init = b"r=fyko+d2lbbFgONRv9qkxdawL3rfcNHYJY1ZVvWVs7j,s=QSXCR+Q6sek8bf92,i=4096";
-        let client_final = b"c=biws,r=fyko+d2lbbFgONRv9qkxdawL3rfcNHYJY1ZVvWVs7j,p=v0X8v3Bz2T0CJGbJQyF0X+HI4Ts=";
-        let server_final = b"v=rmF9pqV8S7suAoZWja4dJRkFsKQ=";
-        let mut mechanism = Scram::<Sha1>::new_with_nonce(username, password, client_nonce.to_owned());
-        let init = mechanism.initial().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!( String::from_utf8(init.clone()).unwrap()
-                  , String::from_utf8(client_init[..].to_owned()).unwrap() ); // depends on ordering…
-        let resp = mechanism.response(&server_init[..]).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!( String::from_utf8(resp.clone()).unwrap()
-                  , String::from_utf8(client_final[..].to_owned()).unwrap() ); // again, depends on ordering…
-        mechanism.success(&server_final[..]).unwrap();
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn scram_sha256_works() { // Source: RFC 7677
-        let username = "user";
-        let password = "pencil";
-        let client_nonce = "rOprNGfwEbeRWgbNEkqO";
-        let client_init = b"n,,n=user,r=rOprNGfwEbeRWgbNEkqO";
-        let server_init = b"r=rOprNGfwEbeRWgbNEkqO%hvYDpWUa2RaTCAfuxFIlj)hNlF$k0,s=W22ZaJ0SNY7soEsUEjb6gQ==,i=4096";
-        let client_final = b"c=biws,r=rOprNGfwEbeRWgbNEkqO%hvYDpWUa2RaTCAfuxFIlj)hNlF$k0,p=dHzbZapWIk4jUhN+Ute9ytag9zjfMHgsqmmiz7AndVQ=";
-        let server_final = b"v=6rriTRBi23WpRR/wtup+mMhUZUn/dB5nLTJRsjl95G4=";
-        let mut mechanism = Scram::<Sha256>::new_with_nonce(username, password, client_nonce.to_owned());
-        let init = mechanism.initial().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!( String::from_utf8(init.clone()).unwrap()
-                  , String::from_utf8(client_init[..].to_owned()).unwrap() ); // depends on ordering…
-        let resp = mechanism.response(&server_init[..]).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!( String::from_utf8(resp.clone()).unwrap()
-                  , String::from_utf8(client_final[..].to_owned()).unwrap() ); // again, depends on ordering…
-        mechanism.success(&server_final[..]).unwrap();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/sasl/mod.rs b/src/sasl/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c489f57..00000000
--- a/src/sasl/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-//! Provides the `SaslMechanism` trait and some implementations.
-
-/// A struct containing SASL credentials.
-pub struct SaslCredentials {
-    pub username: String,
-    pub secret: SaslSecret,
-    pub channel_binding: Option<Vec<u8>>,
-}
-
-/// Represents a SASL secret, like a password.
-pub enum SaslSecret {
-    /// No extra data needed.
-    None,
-    /// Password required.
-    Password(String),
-}
-
-pub trait SaslMechanism {
-    /// The name of the mechanism.
-    fn name(&self) -> &str;
-
-    /// Creates this mechanism from `SaslCredentials`.
-    fn from_credentials(credentials: SaslCredentials) -> Result<Self, String> where Self: Sized;
-
-    /// Provides initial payload of the SASL mechanism.
-    fn initial(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
-        Ok(Vec::new())
-    }
-
-    /// Creates a response to the SASL challenge.
-    fn response(&mut self, _challenge: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
-        Ok(Vec::new())
-    }
-
-    /// Verifies the server success response, if there is one.
-    fn success(&mut self, _data: &[u8]) -> Result<(), String> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-pub mod mechanisms;