diff --git a/services/users/pkg/config/config.go b/services/users/pkg/config/config.go
index 58051543e2..c47afbbc6d 100644
--- a/services/users/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/users/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ type LDAPDriver struct {
 	GroupObjectClass         string          `yaml:"group_object_class" env:"LDAP_GROUP_OBJECTCLASS;USERS_LDAP_GROUP_OBJECTCLASS" desc:"The object class to use for groups in the default group search filter like 'groupOfNames'. "`
 	IDP                      string          `yaml:"idp" env:"OCIS_URL;OCIS_OIDC_ISSUER;USERS_IDP_URL" desc:"The identity provider value to set in the userids of the CS3 user objects for users returned by this user provider."`
 	DisableUserMechanism     string          `yaml:"disable_user_mechanism" env:"LDAP_DISABLE_USER_MECHANISM;USERS_LDAP_DISABLE_USER_MECHANISM" desc:"An option to control the behavior for disabling users. Valid options are 'none', 'attribute' and 'group'. If set to 'group', disabling a user via API will add the user to the configured group for disabled users, if set to 'attribute' this will be done in the ldap user entry, if set to 'none' the disable request is not processed."`
+	UserTypeAttribute        string          `yaml:"user_type_attribute" env:"LDAP_USER_SCHEMA_USER_TYPE;USERS_LDAP_USER_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE" desc:"LDAP Attribute to distinguish between 'Member' and 'Guest' users. Default is 'ownCloudUserType'."`
 	LdapDisabledUsersGroupDN string          `yaml:"ldap_disabled_users_group_dn" env:"LDAP_DISABLED_USERS_GROUP_DN;USERS_LDAP_DISABLED_USERS_GROUP_DN" desc:"The distinguished name of the group to which added users will be classified as disabled when 'disable_user_mechanism' is set to 'group'."`
 	UserSchema               LDAPUserSchema  `yaml:"user_schema"`
 	GroupSchema              LDAPGroupSchema `yaml:"group_schema"`
diff --git a/services/users/pkg/revaconfig/config.go b/services/users/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
index 35400f1d6d..47b86f205d 100644
--- a/services/users/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
+++ b/services/users/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func ldapConfigFromString(cfg config.LDAPDriver) map[string]interface{} {
 		"group_objectclass":          cfg.GroupObjectClass,
 		"user_disable_mechanism":     cfg.DisableUserMechanism,
 		"user_enabled_property":      cfg.UserSchema.Enabled,
+		"user_type_property":         cfg.UserTypeAttribute,
 		"group_local_disabled_dn":    cfg.LdapDisabledUsersGroupDN,
 		"idp":                        cfg.IDP,
 		"user_schema": map[string]interface{}{