diff -wpruN --no-dereference '--exclude=*.orig' a~/configure.ac a/configure.ac
--- a~/configure.ac	1970-01-01 00:00:00
+++ a/configure.ac	1970-01-01 00:00:00
@@ -1672,6 +1672,62 @@ else
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
 fi
 
+# Check whether user wants TCP wrappers support
+TCPW_MSG="no"
+AC_ARG_WITH([tcp-wrappers],
+	[  --with-tcp-wrappers[[=PATH]] Enable tcpwrappers support (optionally in PATH)],
+	[
+		if test "x$withval" != "xno" ; then
+			saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
+			saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+			saved_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+			if test -n "${withval}" && \
+			    test "x${withval}" != "xyes"; then
+				if test -d "${withval}/lib"; then
+					if test -n "${need_dash_r}"; then
+						LDFLAGS="-L${withval}/lib -R${withval}/lib ${LDFLAGS}"
+					else
+						LDFLAGS="-L${withval}/lib ${LDFLAGS}"
+					fi
+				else
+					if test -n "${need_dash_r}"; then
+						LDFLAGS="-L${withval} -R${withval} ${LDFLAGS}"
+					else
+						LDFLAGS="-L${withval} ${LDFLAGS}"
+					fi
+				fi
+				if test -d "${withval}/include"; then
+					CPPFLAGS="-I${withval}/include ${CPPFLAGS}"
+				else
+					CPPFLAGS="-I${withval} ${CPPFLAGS}"
+				fi
+			fi
+			LIBS="-lwrap $LIBS"
+			AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libwrap])
+			AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <tcpd.h>
+int deny_severity = 0, allow_severity = 0;
+				]], [[
+	hosts_access(0);
+				]])], [
+					AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+					AC_DEFINE([LIBWRAP], [1],
+						[Define if you want
+						TCP Wrappers support])
+					SSHDLIBS="$SSHDLIBS -lwrap"
+					TCPW_MSG="yes"
+				], [
+					AC_MSG_ERROR([*** libwrap missing])
+
+			])
+			LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
+		fi
+	]
+)
+
 # Check whether user wants to use ldns
 LDNS_MSG="no"
 AC_ARG_WITH(ldns,
@@ -5725,6 +5781,7 @@ echo "                       PAM support
 echo "                   OSF SIA support: $SIA_MSG"
 echo "                 KerberosV support: $KRB5_MSG"
 echo "                   SELinux support: $SELINUX_MSG"
+echo "              TCP Wrappers support: $TCPW_MSG"
 echo "                   libedit support: $LIBEDIT_MSG"
 echo "                   libldns support: $LDNS_MSG"
 echo "  Solaris process contract support: $SPC_MSG"
diff -wpruN --no-dereference '--exclude=*.orig' a~/sshd-session.c a/sshd-session.c
--- a~/sshd-session.c	1970-01-01 00:00:00
+++ a/sshd-session.c	1970-01-01 00:00:00
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
 #include <prot.h>
 #endif
  
+#ifdef LIBWRAP
+#include <tcpd.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+#endif /* LIBWRAP */
+
 #include "xmalloc.h"
 #include "ssh.h"
 #include "ssh2.h"
@@ -1271,6 +1276,25 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 	audit_connection_from(ssh, remote_ip, remote_port);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef LIBWRAP
+	int allow_severity = options.log_facility|LOG_INFO;
+	int deny_severity = options.log_facility|LOG_WARNING;
+	/* Check whether logins are denied from this host. */
+	if (ssh_packet_connection_is_on_socket(ssh)) {
+		struct request_info req;
+
+		request_init(&req, RQ_DAEMON, __progname, RQ_FILE, sock_in, 0);
+		fromhost(&req);
+
+		if (!hosts_access(&req)) {
+			debug("Connection refused by tcp wrapper");
+			refuse(&req);
+			/* NOTREACHED */
+			fatal("libwrap refuse returns");
+		}
+	}
+#endif /* LIBWRAP */
+
 	rdomain = ssh_packet_rdomain_in(ssh);
 
 	/* Log the connection. */
diff -wpruN --no-dereference '--exclude=*.orig' a~/sshd.8 a/sshd.8
--- a~/sshd.8	1970-01-01 00:00:00
+++ a/sshd.8	1970-01-01 00:00:00
@@ -925,6 +925,12 @@ the user's home directory becomes access
 This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
 readable by anyone else.
 .Pp
+.It Pa /etc/hosts.allow
+.It Pa /etc/hosts.deny
+Access controls that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers are defined here.
+Further details are described in
+.Xr hosts_access 5 .
+.Pp
 .It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
 This file is for host-based authentication (see
 .Xr ssh 1 ) .
@@ -1052,6 +1058,7 @@ Each SSHv2 userauth type has its own PAM
 .Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
 .Xr ssh-keyscan 1 ,
 .Xr chroot 2 ,
+.Xr hosts_access 5 ,
 .Xr login.conf 5 ,
 .Xr moduli 5 ,
 .Xr sshd_config 5 ,