diff --git a/src/Xavrsl/Cas/Sso.php b/src/Xavrsl/Cas/Sso.php
index e8e3fb3..1dbea3c 100644
--- a/src/Xavrsl/Cas/Sso.php
+++ b/src/Xavrsl/Cas/Sso.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ private function initializeCas()
         $this->configureCasClient();
 
         $this->configureSslValidation();
+        $this->configureServerValidateURL();
         phpCAS::handleLogoutRequests();
 
         $this->configureProxyChain();
@@ -99,6 +100,35 @@ private function configureSslValidation()
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Configure a non-standard url for ticket validation
+     * 
+     */
+    private function configureServerValidateURL()
+    {
+        // set a non-standard url for ticket validation
+        if ($this->config['cas_validation_url'])
+        {
+            if ($this->config['cas_proxy']) {
+                // Set the proxyValidate URL of the CAS server. /proxyValidate [CAS 2.0]
+                // https://apereo.github.io/cas/5.0.x/protocol/CAS-Protocol-Specification.html#proxyvalidate-cas-20
+                phpCAS::setServerProxyValidateURL($this->config['cas_validation_url']);
+            }
+            else if ($this->config['cas_saml'])
+            {
+                // Set the samlValidate URL of the CAS server. /samlValidate [CAS 3.0]
+                // https://apereo.github.io/cas/5.0.x/protocol/CAS-Protocol-Specification.html#samlvalidate-cas-30
+                phpCAS::setServerSamlValidateURL($this->config['cas_validation_url']);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Set the serviceValidate URL of the CAS server. /serviceValidate [CAS 2.0]
+                // https://apereo.github.io/cas/5.0.x/protocol/CAS-Protocol-Specification.html#servicevalidate-cas-20
+                phpCAS::setServerServiceValidateURL($this->config['cas_validation_url']);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Configure Cas Proxy Chain
      *
@@ -218,6 +248,8 @@ public function user()
      */
     public function getAttributes()
     {
+        if($this->isPretending()) return $this->config['cas_pretend_user_attributes'];
+
         return phpCAS::getAttributes();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/config/cas.php b/src/config/cas.php
index ff49325..892f91a 100644
--- a/src/config/cas.php
+++ b/src/config/cas.php
@@ -63,6 +63,23 @@
         'cas_validation' => env('CAS_VALIDATION', ''),
 
 
+        /*
+        |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        | Custom CAS url for ticker validation
+        |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        |
+        | Configure a non-standard url for ticket validation.
+        | This feature is supported in phpCAS since version 1.1.0RC2.
+        | The validation urls can be set for service, proxy and saml validation.
+        |
+        | Example:
+        | https://github.com/Jasig/phpCAS/blob/master/docs/examples/example_custom_urls.php
+        |
+        */
+
+        'cas_validation_url' => env('CAS_VALIDATION_URL', false),
+
+
         /*
         |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
         | CAS Certificate
@@ -87,6 +104,24 @@
 
         'cas_pretend_user' => env('CAS_PRETEND_USER', ''),
 
+
+        /*
+        |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        | Pretend CAS user attributes
+        |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        |
+        | This is useful in development mode when using 'cas_pretend_user'
+        | configuration we need to defined some defaults attributes for the
+        | user. This attributes are returned if ::getAttributes() is called.
+        |
+        | Exemple:
+        | When a user is logged in his attributes we can find
+        | out his role in the system:
+        |   'cas_pretend_user_attributes' => array('role' => 'ADMIN'),
+        */
+
+        'cas_pretend_user_attributes' => array(),
+
         /*
         |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
         | Use as Cas proxy ?