diff --git a/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst b/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst
index b75fe5b..ca4ccff 100644
--- a/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst
+++ b/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst
@@ -541,12 +541,15 @@
   Valid syntax:
   ::
 
-     static-challenge text echo
+     static-challenge text echo [format]
 
   The ``text`` challenge text is presented to the user which describes what
   information is requested.  The ``echo`` flag indicates if the user's
   input should be echoed on the screen.  Valid ``echo`` values are
-  :code:`0` or :code:`1`.
+  :code:`0` or :code:`1`. The optional ``format`` flag indicates whether
+  the password and response should be combined using the SCRV1 protocol
+  (``format`` = :code: `0`) or simply concatenated (``format`` = :code: `1`).
+  :code: `0` is the default.
 
   See management-notes.txt in the OpenVPN distribution for a description of
   the OpenVPN challenge/response protocol.
diff --git a/doc/management-notes.txt b/doc/management-notes.txt
index b9947fa..f568a36 100644
--- a/doc/management-notes.txt
+++ b/doc/management-notes.txt
@@ -1320,14 +1320,19 @@
 
 OpenVPN's --static-challenge option is used to provide the
 challenge text to OpenVPN and indicate whether or not the response
-should be echoed.
+should be echoed and how the response should be combined with the
+password.
 
 When credentials are needed and the --static-challenge option is
 used, the management interface will send:
 
-  >PASSWORD:Need 'Auth' username/password SC:<ECHO>,<TEXT>
+  >PASSWORD:Need 'Auth' username/password SC:<flags>,<TEXT>
 
-  ECHO: "1" if response should be echoed, "0" to not echo
+  flags: bitwise OR of ECHO and CONCAT flags
+         ECHO = 1 if response should be echoed, 0 to not echo
+         FORMAT = 1 if response should be concatenated with password
+                  as plain text, 0 if response and password should be
+                  encoded as described below
   TEXT: challenge text that should be shown to the user to
       facilitate their response
 
@@ -1342,8 +1347,8 @@
 
 The management interface client in this case should add the static
 challenge text to the auth dialog followed by a field for the user to
-enter a response.  Then the management interface client should pack the
-password and response together into an encoded password and send:
+enter a response. If FORMAT=0, the management interface client should
+pack the password and response together into an encoded password and send:
 
   username "Auth" <username>
   password "Auth" "SCRV1:<password_base64>:<response_base64>"
@@ -1354,6 +1359,12 @@
 the user. The <password_base64> and/or the <response_base64> can be
 empty strings.
 
+If FORMAT=1, the client should simply concatenate password and response
+with no separator and send:
+
+  username "Auth" <username>
+  password "Auth" "SCRV1:<password><response>"
+
 (As in all username/password responses described in the "COMMAND --
 password and username" section above, the username can be in quotes,
 and special characters such as double quotes or backslashes must be
@@ -1361,10 +1372,15 @@
 
 For example, if user "foo" entered "bar" as the password and 8675309
 as the PIN, the following management interface commands should be
-issued:
+issued if FROMAT = 0:
 
   username "Auth" foo
   password "Auth" "SCRV1:YmFy:ODY3NTMwOQ=="
 
   ("YmFy" is the base 64 encoding of "bar" and "ODY3NTMwOQ==" is the
    base 64 encoding of "8675309".)
+
+or, if FORMAT = 1:
+
+  username "Auth" foo
+  password "Auth" "bar8675309"
diff --git a/src/openvpn/manage.c b/src/openvpn/manage.c
index 24f3121..05b5a1a 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/manage.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/manage.c
@@ -3544,7 +3544,8 @@
         if (sc)
         {
             buf_printf(&alert_msg, " SC:%d,%s",
-                       BOOL_CAST(flags & GET_USER_PASS_STATIC_CHALLENGE_ECHO),
+                       BOOL_CAST(flags & GET_USER_PASS_STATIC_CHALLENGE_ECHO)
+                       |(BOOL_CAST(flags & GET_USER_PASS_STATIC_CHALLENGE_CONCAT) << 1),
                        sc);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/openvpn/misc.c b/src/openvpn/misc.c
index 598fbae..516b1ed 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/misc.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/misc.c
@@ -438,17 +438,28 @@
                     {
                         msg(M_FATAL, "ERROR: could not retrieve static challenge response");
                     }
-                    if (openvpn_base64_encode(up->password, strlen(up->password), &pw64) == -1
-                        || openvpn_base64_encode(response, strlen(response), &resp64) == -1)
+                    if (!(flags & GET_USER_PASS_STATIC_CHALLENGE_CONCAT))
                     {
-                        msg(M_FATAL, "ERROR: could not base64-encode password/static_response");
+                        if (openvpn_base64_encode(up->password, strlen(up->password), &pw64) == -1
+                            || openvpn_base64_encode(response, strlen(response), &resp64) == -1)
+                        {
+                            msg(M_FATAL, "ERROR: could not base64-encode password/static_response");
+                        }
+                        buf_set_write(&packed_resp, (uint8_t *)up->password, USER_PASS_LEN);
+                        buf_printf(&packed_resp, "SCRV1:%s:%s", pw64, resp64);
+                        string_clear(pw64);
+                        free(pw64);
+                        string_clear(resp64);
+                        free(resp64);
                     }
-                    buf_set_write(&packed_resp, (uint8_t *)up->password, USER_PASS_LEN);
-                    buf_printf(&packed_resp, "SCRV1:%s:%s", pw64, resp64);
-                    string_clear(pw64);
-                    free(pw64);
-                    string_clear(resp64);
-                    free(resp64);
+                    else
+                    {
+                        if (strlen(up->password) + strlen(response) >= USER_PASS_LEN)
+                        {
+                            msg(M_FATAL, "ERROR: could not concatenate password/static_response: string too long");
+                        }
+                        strncat(up->password, response, USER_PASS_LEN - strlen(up->password) - 1);
+                    }
                 }
 #endif /* ifdef ENABLE_MANAGEMENT */
             }
diff --git a/src/openvpn/misc.h b/src/openvpn/misc.h
index 963f3e6..1e0cb16 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/misc.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/misc.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
  */
 struct static_challenge_info {
 #define SC_ECHO     (1<<0)  /* echo response when typed by user */
+#define SC_CONCAT   (1<<1)  /* concatenate password and response and do not base64 endode */
     unsigned int flags;
 
     const char *challenge_text;
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
 #define GET_USER_PASS_STATIC_CHALLENGE_ECHO  (1<<9) /* SCRV1 protocol -- echo response */
 
 #define GET_USER_PASS_INLINE_CREDS (1<<10)  /* indicates that auth_file is actually inline creds */
+#define GET_USER_PASS_STATIC_CHALLENGE_CONCAT (1<<11)  /* indicates password and response should be concatenated */
 
 /**
  * Retrieves the user credentials from various sources depending on the flags.
diff --git a/src/openvpn/options.c b/src/openvpn/options.c
index abcde89..270d0c9 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/options.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/options.c
@@ -518,8 +518,9 @@
     "                  Add domains to DNS domain search list\n"
     "--auth-retry t  : How to handle auth failures.  Set t to\n"
     "                  none (default), interact, or nointeract.\n"
-    "--static-challenge t e : Enable static challenge/response protocol using\n"
-    "                  challenge text t, with e indicating echo flag (0|1)\n"
+    "--static-challenge t e [p]: Enable static challenge/response protocol using\n"
+    "                  challenge text t, with f indicating echo flag (0|1)\n"
+    "                  p indicating SCRV1 protocol or concatenate response with password (0/1)\n"
     "--connect-timeout n : when polling possible remote servers to connect to\n"
     "                  in a round-robin fashion, spend no more than n seconds\n"
     "                  waiting for a response before trying the next server.\n"
@@ -7926,7 +7927,7 @@
         auth_retry_set(msglevel, p[1]);
     }
 #ifdef ENABLE_MANAGEMENT
-    else if (streq(p[0], "static-challenge") && p[1] && p[2] && !p[3])
+    else if (streq(p[0], "static-challenge") && p[1] && p[2] && !p[4])
     {
         VERIFY_PERMISSION(OPT_P_GENERAL);
         options->sc_info.challenge_text = p[1];
@@ -7934,6 +7935,10 @@
         {
             options->sc_info.flags |= SC_ECHO;
         }
+        if (p[3] && atoi(p[3]))
+        {
+            options->sc_info.flags |= SC_CONCAT;
+        }
     }
 #endif
     else if (streq(p[0], "msg-channel") && p[1])
diff --git a/src/openvpn/ssl.c b/src/openvpn/ssl.c
index 2054eb4..faf83a9 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/ssl.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/ssl.c
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@
             {
                 flags |= GET_USER_PASS_STATIC_CHALLENGE_ECHO;
             }
+            if (sci->flags & SC_CONCAT)
+            {
+                flags |= GET_USER_PASS_STATIC_CHALLENGE_CONCAT;
+            }
             get_user_pass_cr(&auth_user_pass,
                              auth_file,
                              UP_TYPE_AUTH,
