diff --git a/backend/deps.edn b/backend/deps.edn
index e544793a70..3af2bc1fcd 100644
--- a/backend/deps.edn
+++ b/backend/deps.edn
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
   com.draines/postal {:mvn/version "2.0.3"
                       :exclusions [commons-codec/commons-codec]}
 
+  org.clojars.pntblnk/clj-ldap {:mvn/version"0.0.16"}
+
   ;; exception printing
   io.aviso/pretty {:mvn/version "0.1.37"}
 
diff --git a/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj b/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj
index 2299fb8d98..4827cc16a6 100644
--- a/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj
+++ b/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj
@@ -43,8 +43,22 @@
    :allow-demo-users true
    :registration-enabled true
    :registration-domain-whitelist ""
-   :debug-humanize-transit true
-   })
+   :debug-humanize-transit true})
+
+   ;; LDAP auth disabled by default
+   ;:ldap-auth-host "ldap.mysupercompany.com"
+   ;:ldap-auth-port 636
+   ;:ldap-auth-version "3"
+   ;:ldap-bind-dn "cn=admin,dc=ldap,dc=mysupercompany,dc=com"
+   ;:ldap-bind-password "verysecure"
+   ;:ldap-auth-ssl false
+   ;:ldap-auth-starttls true
+   ;:ldap-auth-base-dn "ou=People,dc=ldap,dc=mysupercompany,dc=com"
+   ;:ldap-auth-user-query "(|(uid=$username)(mail=$username))"
+   ;:ldap-auth-username-attribute "uid"
+   ;:ldap-auth-email-attribute "mail"
+   ;:ldap-auth-fullname-attribute "displayname"
+   ;:ldap-auth-avatar-attribute "jpegPhoto"
 
 (s/def ::http-server-port ::us/integer)
 (s/def ::http-server-debug ::us/boolean)
@@ -78,6 +92,21 @@
 (s/def ::google-client-id ::us/string)
 (s/def ::google-client-secret ::us/string)
 
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-host ::us/string)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-port ::us/integer)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-version ::us/string)
+(s/def ::ldap-bind-dn ::us/string)
+(s/def ::ldap-bind-password ::us/string)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-ssl ::us/boolean)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-starttls ::us/boolean)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-base-dn ::us/string)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-user-query ::us/string)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-username-attribute ::us/string)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-email-attribute ::us/string)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-fullname-attribute ::us/string)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-avatar-attribute ::us/string)
+(s/def ::ldap-auth-isactivedirectory ::us/boolean)
+
 (s/def ::config
   (s/keys :opt-un [::http-server-cors
                    ::http-server-debug
@@ -106,7 +135,21 @@
                    ::allow-demo-users
                    ::registration-enabled
                    ::registration-domain-whitelist
-                   ::image-process-max-threads]))
+                   ::image-process-max-threads
+                   ::ldap-auth-host
+                   ::ldap-auth-port
+                   ::ldap-auth-version
+                   ::ldap-bind-dn
+                   ::ldap-bind-password
+                   ::ldap-auth-ssl
+                   ::ldap-auth-starttls
+                   ::ldap-auth-base-dn
+                   ::ldap-auth-user-query
+                   ::ldap-auth-username-attribute
+                   ::ldap-auth-email-attribute
+                   ::ldap-auth-fullname-attribute
+                   ::ldap-auth-avatar-attribute
+                   ::ldap-auth-isactivedirectory]))
 
 (defn env->config
   [env]
diff --git a/backend/src/uxbox/http.clj b/backend/src/uxbox/http.clj
index 5d9838c361..cc02c18d0a 100644
--- a/backend/src/uxbox/http.clj
+++ b/backend/src/uxbox/http.clj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
    [uxbox.http.handlers :as handlers]
    [uxbox.http.auth :as auth]
    [uxbox.http.auth.google :as google]
+   [uxbox.http.auth.ldap :as ldap]
    [uxbox.http.middleware :as middleware]
    [uxbox.http.session :as session]
    [uxbox.http.ws :as ws]
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@
                 :method :post}]
      ["/logout" {:handler auth/logout-handler
                  :method :post}]
+     ["/login-ldap" {:handler ldap/auth
+                     :method :post}]
 
      ["/w" {:middleware [session/auth]}
       ["/query/:type" {:get handlers/query-handler}]
diff --git a/backend/src/uxbox/http/auth/ldap.clj b/backend/src/uxbox/http/auth/ldap.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2263c02a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/uxbox/http/auth/ldap.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+(ns uxbox.http.auth.ldap
+  (:require
+    [clj-ldap.client :as client]
+    [clojure.set :as set]
+    [mount.core :refer [defstate]]
+    [uxbox.common.exceptions :as ex]
+    [uxbox.config :as cfg]
+    [uxbox.services.mutations :as sm]
+    [uxbox.http.session :as session]))
+
+
+(defn replace-several [s & {:as replacements}]
+  (reduce-kv clojure.string/replace s replacements))
+
+(defstate ldap-pool
+  :start (client/connect (merge
+                           {:host {:address (:ldap-auth-host cfg/config)
+                                   :port (:ldap-auth-port cfg/config)}}
+                           (-> cfg/config
+                               (select-keys [:ldap-auth-ssl
+                                             :ldap-auth-starttls
+                                             :ldap-bind-dn
+                                             :ldap-bind-password])
+                               (set/rename-keys {:ldap-auth-ssl :ssl?
+                                                 :ldap-auth-starttls :startTLS?
+                                                 :ldap-bind-dn  :bind-dn
+                                                 :ldap-bind-password :password}))))
+  :stop (client/close ldap-pool))
+
+(defn- auth-with-ldap [username password]
+  (let [conn (client/get-connection ldap-pool)
+        user-search-query (replace-several (:ldap-auth-user-query cfg/config)
+                                           "$username" username)
+        user-attributes (-> cfg/config
+                            (select-keys [:ldap-auth-username-attribute
+                                          :ldap-auth-email-attribute
+                                          :ldap-auth-fullname-attribute
+                                          :ldap-auth-avatar-attribute])
+                            vals)]
+    (try
+      (when-some [user-entry (-> conn
+                                 (client/search
+                                   (:ldap-auth-base-dn cfg/config)
+                                   {:filter user-search-query
+                                    :sizelimit 1
+                                    :attributes user-attributes})
+                                 first)]
+        (when-not (client/bind? conn (:dn user-entry) password)
+          (ex/raise :type :authentication
+                    :code ::wrong-credentials))
+        (set/rename-keys user-entry {(keyword (:ldap-auth-avatar-attribute cfg/config)) :photo
+                                     (keyword (:ldap-auth-fullname-attribute cfg/config)) :fullname
+                                     (keyword (:ldap-auth-email-attribute cfg/config)) :email}))
+      (finally (client/release-connection ldap-pool conn)))))
+
+(defn auth [req]
+  (let [data (:body-params req)
+        uagent (get-in req [:headers "user-agent"])]
+    (when-some [info (auth-with-ldap (:email data) (:password data))]
+      (let [profile (sm/handle {::sm/type :login-or-register
+                                :email (:email info)
+                                :fullname (:fullname info)})
+            sid (session/create (:id profile) uagent)]
+        {:status 200
+         :cookies (session/cookies sid)
+         :body profile}))))