diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/services/LDAPCustomAuthenticationProvider.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/services/LDAPCustomAuthenticationProvider.java
index 4fd7f4ac5..f30d5851f 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/services/LDAPCustomAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/services/LDAPCustomAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ public class LDAPCustomAuthenticationProvider extends
     private static final Log LOG = LogFactory
             .getLog(LDAPCustomAuthenticationProvider.class);
 
+    /**
+     * LDAP role matching could be configured using an asterix (*) to specify
+     * all users or groups
+     */
+    private static final String WILDCHAR_ALL = "*";
+
     @Override
     protected void additionalAuthenticationChecks(UserDetails arg0,
             UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken arg1)
@@ -287,6 +293,11 @@ public class LDAPCustomAuthenticationProvider extends
 
         List<String> rolesReturn = new ArrayList<String>();
         for (ConfigurationRolesLDAP roleLDAP : rolesLdap) {
+            if (roleLDAP.getRoleLdap().equals(WILDCHAR_ALL)) {
+                rolesReturn.add(roleLDAP.getRoleLibreplan());
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // We must make a search for each role-matching in nodes
             List<Attribute> resultsSearch = new ArrayList<Attribute>();
             resultsSearch.addAll(ldapTemplate.search(
@@ -317,6 +328,11 @@ public class LDAPCustomAuthenticationProvider extends
 
         List<String> rolesReturn = new ArrayList<String>();
         for (ConfigurationRolesLDAP roleLdap : rolesLdap) {
+            if (roleLdap.getRoleLdap().equals(WILDCHAR_ALL)) {
+                rolesReturn.add(roleLdap.getRoleLibreplan());
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // We must make a search for each role matching
             DirContextAdapter adapter = null;
             try {