diff --git a/src/db.c b/src/db.c
index 3cbd9c9..a2d2f84 100644
--- a/src/db.c
+++ b/src/db.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "db_bootstrap.h"
 
 /* This constant is currently duplicated in sql/hlr.sql and must be kept in sync! */
-#define CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION	5
+#define CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION	6
 
 #define SEL_COLUMNS \
 	"id," \
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
 	[DB_STMT_SET_LAST_LU_SEEN_PS] = "UPDATE subscriber SET last_lu_seen_ps = datetime($val, 'unixepoch') WHERE id = $subscriber_id",
 	[DB_STMT_EXISTS_BY_IMSI] = "SELECT 1 FROM subscriber WHERE imsi = $imsi",
 	[DB_STMT_EXISTS_BY_MSISDN] = "SELECT 1 FROM subscriber WHERE msisdn = $msisdn",
+	[DB_STMT_IND_ADD] = "INSERT INTO ind (vlr) VALUES ($vlr)",
+	[DB_STMT_IND_SELECT] = "SELECT ind FROM ind WHERE vlr = $vlr",
+	[DB_STMT_IND_DEL] = "DELETE FROM ind WHERE vlr = $vlr",
 };
 
 static void sql3_error_log_cb(void *arg, int err_code, const char *msg)
@@ -481,6 +484,30 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static int db_upgrade_v6(struct db_context *dbc)
+{
+	int rc;
+	const char *statements[] = {
+		"CREATE TABLE ind (\n"
+		"	cn_domain INTEGER NOT NULL,\n"
+		"	-- 3G auth IND bucket to be used for this VLR, where IND = (idx << 1) + cn_domain -1\n"
+		"	ind     INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,\n"
+		"	-- VLR identification, usually the GSUP source_name\n"
+		"	vlr     TEXT NOT NULL,\n"
+		"	UNIQUE (cn_domain, vlr)\n"
+		")"
+		,
+		"PRAGMA user_version = 6",
+	};
+
+	rc = db_run_statements(dbc, statements, ARRAY_SIZE(statements));
+	if (rc != SQLITE_DONE) {
+		LOGP(DDB, LOGL_ERROR, "Unable to update HLR database schema to version 6\n");
+		return rc;
+	}
+	return rc;
+}
+
 typedef int (*db_upgrade_func_t)(struct db_context *dbc);
 static db_upgrade_func_t db_upgrade_path[] = {
 	db_upgrade_v1,
@@ -488,6 +515,7 @@
 	db_upgrade_v3,
 	db_upgrade_v4,
 	db_upgrade_v5,
+	db_upgrade_v6,
 };
 
 static int db_get_user_version(struct db_context *dbc)
diff --git a/src/db_hlr.c b/src/db_hlr.c
index 030a6a7..b13763a 100644
--- a/src/db_hlr.c
+++ b/src/db_hlr.c
@@ -884,3 +884,106 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+static int _db_ind_run(struct db_context *dbc, sqlite3_stmt *stmt, const char *vlr, bool reset)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!db_bind_text(stmt, "$vlr", vlr))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	/* execute the statement */
+	rc = sqlite3_step(stmt);
+	if (reset)
+		db_remove_reset(stmt);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int _db_ind_add(struct db_context *dbc, const char *vlr)
+{
+	sqlite3_stmt *stmt = dbc->stmt[DB_STMT_IND_ADD];
+	if (_db_ind_run(dbc, stmt, vlr, true) != SQLITE_DONE) {
+		LOGP(DDB, LOGL_ERROR, "Cannot create IND entry for %s\n", osmo_quote_str_c(OTC_SELECT, vlr, -1));
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int _db_ind_del(struct db_context *dbc, const char *vlr)
+{
+	sqlite3_stmt *stmt = dbc->stmt[DB_STMT_IND_DEL];
+	_db_ind_run(dbc, stmt, vlr, true);
+	/* We don't really care about the result. If it didn't exist, then that was the goal anyway. */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int _db_ind_get(struct db_context *dbc, const char *vlr, unsigned int *ind)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	sqlite3_stmt *stmt = dbc->stmt[DB_STMT_IND_SELECT];
+	int rc = _db_ind_run(dbc, stmt, vlr, false);
+	if (rc == SQLITE_DONE) {
+		/* Does not exist yet */
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto out;
+	} else if (rc != SQLITE_ROW) {
+		LOGP(DDB, LOGL_ERROR, "Error executing SQL: %d\n", rc);
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	OSMO_ASSERT(ind);
+	*ind = sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, 0);
+out:
+	db_remove_reset(stmt);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int _db_ind(struct db_context *dbc, const struct osmo_gsup_peer_id *vlr,
+	    unsigned int *ind, bool del)
+{
+	const char *vlr_name = NULL;
+	int rc;
+
+	switch (vlr->type) {
+	case OSMO_GSUP_PEER_ID_IPA_NAME:
+		if (vlr->ipa_name.len < 2 || vlr->ipa_name.val[vlr->ipa_name.len - 1] != '\0') {
+			LOGP(DDB, LOGL_ERROR, "Expecting VLR ipa_name to be zero terminated; found %s\n",
+			     osmo_ipa_name_to_str(&vlr->ipa_name));
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+		vlr_name = (const char*)vlr->ipa_name.val;
+		break;
+	default:
+		LOGP(DDB, LOGL_ERROR, "Unsupported osmo_gsup_peer_id type: %s\n",
+		     osmo_gsup_peer_id_type_name(vlr->type));
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	}
+
+	if (del)
+		return _db_ind_del(dbc, vlr_name);
+
+	rc = _db_ind_get(dbc, vlr_name, ind);
+	if (!rc)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Does not exist yet, create. */
+	rc = _db_ind_add(dbc, vlr_name);
+	if (rc) {
+		LOGP(DDB, LOGL_ERROR, "Error creating IND entry for %s\n", osmo_quote_str_c(OTC_SELECT, vlr_name, -1));
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	/* To be sure, query again from scratch. */
+	return _db_ind_get(dbc, vlr_name, ind);
+}
+
+int db_ind(struct db_context *dbc, const struct osmo_gsup_peer_id *vlr, unsigned int *ind)
+{
+	return _db_ind(dbc, vlr, ind, false);
+}
+
+int db_ind_del(struct db_context *dbc, const struct osmo_gsup_peer_id *vlr)
+{
+	return _db_ind(dbc, vlr, NULL, true);
+}
diff --git a/src/gsupclient/gsup_peer_id.c b/src/gsupclient/gsup_peer_id.c
index 9ac3af9..0a7bd73 100644
--- a/src/gsupclient/gsup_peer_id.c
+++ b/src/gsupclient/gsup_peer_id.c
@@ -132,8 +132,11 @@
 	va_list ap;
 	int rc;
 
+	*gsup_peer_id = (struct osmo_gsup_peer_id){};
+
 	switch (type) {
 	case OSMO_GSUP_PEER_ID_IPA_NAME:
+		gsup_peer_id->type = OSMO_GSUP_PEER_ID_IPA_NAME;
 		va_start(ap, str_fmt);
 		rc = osmo_ipa_name_set_str_va(&gsup_peer_id->ipa_name, str_fmt, ap);
 		va_end(ap);
diff --git a/src/hlr.c b/src/hlr.c
index 79b50c2..215c0e8 100644
--- a/src/hlr.c
+++ b/src/hlr.c
@@ -280,12 +280,13 @@
  ***********************************************************************/
 
 /* process an incoming SAI request */
-static int rx_send_auth_info(unsigned int auc_3g_ind, struct osmo_gsup_req *req)
+static int rx_send_auth_info(struct osmo_gsup_req *req)
 {
 	struct osmo_gsup_message gsup_out = {
 		.message_type = OSMO_GSUP_MSGT_SEND_AUTH_INFO_RESULT,
 	};
 	bool separation_bit = false;
+	unsigned int auc_3g_ind;
 	int rc;
 
 	subscr_create_on_demand(req->gsup.imsi);
@@ -293,6 +294,15 @@
 	if (req->gsup.current_rat_type == OSMO_RAT_EUTRAN_SGS)
 		separation_bit = true;
 
+	rc = db_ind(g_hlr->dbc, &req->source_name, &auc_3g_ind);
+	if (rc) {
+		LOG_GSUP_REQ(req, LOGL_ERROR,
+			     "Unable to determine 3G auth IND for source %s (rc=%d),"
+			     " generating tuples with IND = 0\n",
+			     osmo_gsup_peer_id_to_str(&req->source_name), rc);
+		auc_3g_ind = 0;
+	}
+
 	rc = db_get_auc(g_hlr->dbc, req->gsup.imsi, auc_3g_ind,
 			gsup_out.auth_vectors,
 			ARRAY_SIZE(gsup_out.auth_vectors),
@@ -511,7 +521,7 @@
 	switch (req->gsup.message_type) {
 	/* requests sent to us */
 	case OSMO_GSUP_MSGT_SEND_AUTH_INFO_REQUEST:
-		rx_send_auth_info(conn->auc_3g_ind, req);
+		rx_send_auth_info(req);
 		break;
 	case OSMO_GSUP_MSGT_UPDATE_LOCATION_REQUEST:
 		rx_upd_loc_req(conn, req);