diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index e4d4c81d..bfedd275 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ debian/po/fr.po -text
 debian/po/templates.pot -text
 debian/rules -text
 debian/templates -text
+etc/alternc/alternc.ini -text
 etc/alternc/apache-ssl.conf -text
 etc/alternc/apache.conf -text
 etc/alternc/apache2-ssl.conf -text
diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS
index bf07d324..c990785c 100644
--- a/debian/NEWS
+++ b/debian/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+alternc (0.9.10) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * I have moved back the PHP sessions in the /var/alternc directory to
+    facilitate sharing sessions between NFS-mounted nodes. This overrides
+    the default /var/lib/php5 and adds a cronjob that replicates the
+    manual session garbage collection the PHP package is doing.
+
+ -- Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@koumbit.org>  Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:40:18 -0400
+
 alternc (0.9.9) stable; urgency=low
 
     Starting with 0.9.9, we do not overwrite Postfix's main.cf directly
diff --git a/debian/alternc.cron.d b/debian/alternc.cron.d
index 6f5a65f1..a28f3dd2 100644
--- a/debian/alternc.cron.d
+++ b/debian/alternc.cron.d
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@
 # Every day at 2am, compute web, mail and db space usage per account.
 # You may put this computing every week only or on your filer on busy services.
 0 2 * * *       www-data 	/usr/lib/alternc/spoolsize.php
+
+# alternc-specific PHP sessions cleanup routine
+# copied from php5's
+09,39 *     * * *     root   [ -d /var/alternc/sessions ] && find /var/alternc/sessions/ -type f -cmin +$(if [ -e /usr/lib/php4/maxlifetime ] ; then /usr/lib/php4/maxlifetime ; else /usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime ; fi) -print0 | xargs -r -0 rm
diff --git a/debian/alternc.dirs b/debian/alternc.dirs
index b9178ee6..a7fd462f 100644
--- a/debian/alternc.dirs
+++ b/debian/alternc.dirs
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ var/alternc/mail/y
 var/alternc/mail/z
 var/alternc/mla
 var/alternc/redir
+var/alternc/sessions
 var/alternc/tmp
 var/backups/alternc
 var/log/alternc
diff --git a/debian/alternc.postrm b/debian/alternc.postrm
index cdc48e64..d72dcf64 100644
--- a/debian/alternc.postrm
+++ b/debian/alternc.postrm
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
     rm -rf /var/alternc/apacheconf /var/alternc/cgi-bin /var/alternc/bureau /var/alternc/exec.usr /var/alternc/mla /var/alternc/redir /var/alternc/tmp /var/log/alternc
     rm -f /etc/apache*/conf.d/override_php.conf /etc/apache*/conf.d/alternc-ssl.conf /etc/apache*/conf.d/alternc.conf
+    rm -f /etc/php*/conf.d/alternc.ini
     ;;
   remove|upgrade|failed-upgrade|abort-install|abort-upgrade)
     ;;
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b9310bc9..9d5126e5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 alternc (0.9.10) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * bugfixes:
-    * #1163: fix sqlbackup script call routine to retain backwards compatibility
+    * #1163: fix sqlbackup script call routine to retain backwards
+      compatibility
+  * major changes:
+    * PHP sessions are now stored in /var/alternc/sessions
 
  -- Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@koumbit.org>  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:12:28 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 636635b0..5fdf160f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ install: build
 	chmod 755 debian/alternc/etc/alternc
 	chmod 644 debian/alternc/etc/alternc/phpmyadmin.inc.php
 	chown -R root:www-data debian/alternc/var/alternc/bureau
+	chmod 1733 debian/alternc/var/alternc/sessions
 	chmod -R 644 debian/alternc/var/alternc/bureau
 	chmod -R a+X debian/alternc/var/alternc/bureau
 	chown -R www-data:www-data debian/alternc/var/alternc/dns debian/alternc/var/alternc/html debian/alternc/var/run/alternc debian/alternc/var/log/alternc debian/alternc/var/alternc/tmp
diff --git a/etc/alternc/alternc.ini b/etc/alternc/alternc.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ffc76ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/alternc/alternc.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+; alternc-slave specific configuration for shared sessions
+session.save_path = /var/alternc/sessions
diff --git a/install/alternc.install b/install/alternc.install
index 457d7190..badd6832 100644
--- a/install/alternc.install
+++ b/install/alternc.install
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ tar -zcf "$INSTALLED_CONFIG_TAR" -C / $CONFIG_FILES
 #
 
 php="`ls /usr/lib/apache*/*/*php*.so | sed -e 's/^.*libphp\(.\)\.so$/php\1/' | tail -1`"
+ln -fs /etc/alternc/alternc.ini /etc/$php/conf.d/alternc.ini || true
 if [ -x /usr/sbin/apache ]
 then
     # Enable vhost_alias apache module at the right place (ie: BEFORE mod_alias)