diff --git a/recipes/cyrus-sasl/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/cyrus-sasl/all/conanfile.py
index 679cd0fdc5c3e..30da2ab08129d 100644
--- a/recipes/cyrus-sasl/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/cyrus-sasl/all/conanfile.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class CyrusSaslConan(ConanFile):
         "with_scram": True,
         "with_otp": True,
         "with_krb4": True,
-        "with_gssapi": False, # FIXME: should be True
+        "with_gssapi": True,
         "with_plain": True,
         "with_anon": True,
         "with_postgresql": False,
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def config_options(self):
             del self.options.with_postgresql
             del self.options.with_mysql
             del self.options.with_sqlite3
+            del self.options.with_gssapi
 
     def configure(self):
         if self.options.shared:
@@ -100,14 +101,15 @@ def requirements(self):
             self.requires("libmysqlclient/8.1.0")
         if self.options.get_safe("with_sqlite3"):
             self.requires("sqlite3/3.44.2")
+        if self.options.get_safe("with_gssapi"):
+            self.requires("krb5/1.21.2")
 
     def validate(self):
-        if is_msvc(self) and not self.options.shared:
-            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("Static library output is not supported when building with MSVC")
-        if self.options.with_gssapi:
-            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(
-                f"{self.name}:with_gssapi=True requires krb5 recipe, not yet available in conan-center",
-            )
+        if is_msvc(self):
+            if not self.options.shared:
+                raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("Static library output is not supported when building with MSVC")
+            if self.settings.arch == "armv8":
+                raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(f"{self.ref} cannot be built on windows ARM")
 
     def build_requirements(self):
         if not is_msvc(self):
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ def _build_msvc(self):
         msbuild.build(sln=os.path.join(self.source_folder, "win32", "cyrus-sasl-core.sln"))
         # TODO: add sasldb support
         # msbuild.build(sln=os.path.join(self.source_folder, "win32", "cyrus-sasl-sasldb.sln"))
-        if self.options.with_gssapi:
+        if self.options.get_safe("with_gssapi"):
             msbuild.build(sln=os.path.join(self.source_folder, "win32", "cyrus-sasl-gssapiv2.sln"))
 
     def generate(self):