diff --git a/start_rstudio_server.sh b/start_rstudio_server.sh
index aff59c3..b2e5adb 100755
--- a/start_rstudio_server.sh
+++ b/start_rstudio_server.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ COOKIE_KEY_PATH=/tmp/rstudio-server/${USER}_secure-cookie-key
 rm -f $COOKIE_KEY_PATH
 mkdir -p $(dirname $COOKIE_KEY_PATH)
 
+# Rserver >= version 1.3 requires the --auth-revocation-list-dir parameter
+if [ $(sed -n '/^1.3./p;q' /usr/lib/rstudio-server/VERSION) ] ;
+then
+  REVOCATION_LIST_DIR=/tmp/rstudio-server/${USER}_revocation-list-dir
+  mkdir -p $REVOCATION_LIST_DIR
+  REVOCATION_LIST_PAR="--auth-revocation-list-dir=$REVOCATION_LIST_DIR"
+else
+  REVOCATION_LIST_PAR=""
+fi
+
 python -c 'import uuid; print(uuid.uuid4())' > $COOKIE_KEY_PATH
 # uuid > $COOKIE_KEY_PATH
 chmod 600 $COOKIE_KEY_PATH
@@ -30,4 +40,7 @@ export RETICULATE_PYTHON=$CONDA_PREFIX/bin/python
   --secure-cookie-key-file=$COOKIE_KEY_PATH \
   --rsession-which-r=$(which R) \
   --rsession-ld-library-path=$CONDA_PREFIX/lib \
-  --rsession-path="$CWD/rsession.sh"
+  --rsession-path="$CWD/rsession.sh" \
+  $REVOCATION_LIST_PAR
+
+