diff -Naurp squid-3.5.5/src/auth/basic_auth/DB/basic_db_auth.pl.in squid-3.5.5.dlucio/src/auth/basic_auth/DB/basic_db_auth.pl.in
--- squid-3.5.5/src/auth/basic/DB/basic_db_auth.pl.in	2015-05-28 07:06:38.000000000 -0400
+++ squid-3.5.5.dlucio/src/auth/basic/DB/basic_db_auth.pl.in	2015-06-21 15:13:11.263044021 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!@PERL@
 
-use strict;
+#use strict;
 use Pod::Usage;
 use Getopt::Long;
 
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ Keep a persistent database connection op
 Tells helper that user database is Joomla DB.  So their unusual salt 
 hashing is understood.
 
+=item   B<--sql>
+
+Tells the helper that this query will be used.  Remember to use ?
+(question mark) in a sentence search username like: "WHERE user = ?"
+
 =back
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ my $persist = 0;
 my $isjoomla = 0;
 my $debug = 0;
 my $hashsalt = undef;
+my $sql = undef;
 
 GetOptions(
 	'dsn=s' => \$dsn,
@@ -156,6 +162,7 @@ GetOptions(
 	'joomla' => \$isjoomla,
 	'debug' => \$debug,
 	'salt=s' => \$hashsalt,
+        'sql=s' => \$sql,
 	);
 
 my ($_dbh, $_sth);
@@ -184,8 +191,15 @@ sub open_db()
 	return undef;
     }
     my $sql_query;
-    $sql_query = "SELECT $db_passwdcol FROM $db_table WHERE $db_usercol = ?" . ($db_cond ne "" ? " AND $db_cond" : "");
+       if (!defined $sql) {
+               $sql_query = "SELECT $db_passwdcol FROM $db_table WHERE $db_usercol = ?" . ($db_cond ne "" ? " AND $db_cond" : "");
+       }
+       else{
+               $sql_query = $sql;
+       }
+
     $_sth = $_dbh->prepare($sql_query) || die;
+
     return $_sth;
 }