diff --git a/lib/password.php b/lib/password.php
index f07fafb..9bd56ea 100644
--- a/lib/password.php
+++ b/lib/password.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     if (!defined('PASSWORD_BCRYPT')) {
         /**
          * PHPUnit Process isolation caches constants, but not function declarations.
-         * So we need to check if the constants are defined separately from 
+         * So we need to check if the constants are defined separately from
          * the functions to enable supporting process isolation in userland
          * code.
          */
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ function password_verify($password, $hash) {
                 return false;
             }
             $ret = crypt($password, $hash);
-            if (!is_string($ret) || PasswordCompat\binary\_strlen($ret) != PasswordCompat\binary\_strlen($hash) || PasswordCompat\binary\_strlen($ret) <= 13) {
+            if (!is_string($ret) || PasswordCompat\binary\_strlen($ret) != PasswordCompat\binary\_strlen($hash) || PasswordCompat\binary\_strlen($ret) < 13) {
                 return false;
             }
 
diff --git a/test/Unit/PasswordVerifyTest.php b/test/Unit/PasswordVerifyTest.php
index 9f67bb9..b6d4116 100644
--- a/test/Unit/PasswordVerifyTest.php
+++ b/test/Unit/PasswordVerifyTest.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 class PasswordVerifyTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
-    
+
     public function testFuncExists() {
         $this->assertTrue(function_exists('password_verify'));
     }
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ public function testInValidHash() {
         $this->assertFalse(password_verify('rasmuslerdorf', '$2a$07$usesomesillystringfore2uDLvp1Ii2e./U9C8sBjqp8I90dH6hj'));
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    public function testDesHashesAreAccepted() {
+        $this->assertTrue(password_verify('rasmuslerdorf', crypt('rasmuslerdorf', 'AB')));
+    }
+
+}