diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index e044430..7689cea 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 	case BE_LB_HFCN_DJB2:
 		hash = hash_djb2(key, len);
 		break;
+	case BE_LB_HFCN_WT6:
+		hash = hash_wt6(key, len);
+		break;
 	case BE_LB_HFCN_SDBM:
 		/* this is the default hash function */
 	default:
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index bb79a34..28507dd 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -4128,9 +4128,11 @@
 			}
 			else if (!strcmp(args[2], "djb2")) {
 				curproxy->lbprm.algo |= BE_LB_HFCN_DJB2;
+			} else if (!strcmp(args[2], "wt6")) {
+				curproxy->lbprm.algo |= BE_LB_HFCN_WT6;
 			}
 			else {
-				Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' only supports 'sdbm' and 'djb2' hash functions.\n", file, linenum, args[0]);
+				Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' only supports 'sdbm', 'djb2' or 'wt6' hash functions.\n", file, linenum, args[0]);
 				err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 				goto out;
 			}
diff --git a/src/hash.c b/src/hash.c
index 8da3003..034685e 100644
--- a/src/hash.c
+++ b/src/hash.c
@@ -17,6 +17,33 @@
 #include <common/hash.h>
 
 
+unsigned long hash_wt6(const char *key, int len)
+{
+	unsigned h0 = 0xa53c965aUL;
+	unsigned h1 = 0x5ca6953aUL;
+	unsigned step0 = 6;
+	unsigned step1 = 18;
+
+	for (; len > 0; len--) {
+		unsigned int t;
+
+		t = ((unsigned int)*key);
+		key++;
+
+		h0 = ~(h0 ^ t);
+		h1 = ~(h1 + t);
+
+		t  = (h1 << step0) | (h1 >> (32-step0));
+		h1 = (h0 << step1) | (h0 >> (32-step1));
+		h0 = t;
+
+		t = ((h0 >> 16) ^ h1) & 0xffff;
+		step0 = t & 0x1F;
+		step1 = t >> 11;
+	}
+	return h0 ^ h1;
+}
+
 unsigned long hash_djb2(const char *key, int len)
 {
 	unsigned long hash = 5381;