diff --git a/conf/config.json b/conf/config.json
index 933fa6f..fc89762 100644
--- a/conf/config.json
+++ b/conf/config.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         "auth": {
             "version2": {
                 "enabled":      true,
-                "community":    "public"
+                "community":    ["public", "private"]
             },
             "version3": {
                 "enabled":      true,
diff --git a/conf/config.json.default b/conf/config.json.default
index bb284df..6d2a21d 100644
--- a/conf/config.json.default
+++ b/conf/config.json.default
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "auth": {
             "version2": {
                 "enabled":      true,
-                "community":    "public"
+                "community":    ["public", "private"]
             },
             "version3": {
                 "enabled":      true,
diff --git a/src/sensu/snmp/receiver.py b/src/sensu/snmp/receiver.py
index 76aef6f..ff11fdd 100644
--- a/src/sensu/snmp/receiver.py
+++ b/src/sensu/snmp/receiver.py
@@ -82,10 +82,11 @@ def _configure_tcp_transport(self, listen_address, listen_port):
         #log.info("TrapReceiver: Initialized SNMP TCP Transport on %s:%s" % (listen_address, listen_port))
         pass
 
-    def _configure_snmp_v2(self, community):
+    def _configure_snmp_v2(self, communities):
         # v1/2 setup
-        pysnmp.entity.config.addV1System(self._snmp_engine, 'sensu-trapd-agent', community)
-        log.debug("TrapReceiver: Initialized SNMPv1 Auth")
+        for community in communities:
+            pysnmp.entity.config.addV1System(self._snmp_engine, "sensu-trapd-agent-%s" % community, community)
+            log.debug("TrapReceiver: Initialized SNMPv1 Auth with community '%s'" % community)
 
     def _configure_snmp_v3(self, users):
         # configure snmp v3 users