diff --git a/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/Configuration.java b/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/Configuration.java
index c7b66b0bb..49a2e7db2 100644
--- a/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/Configuration.java
+++ b/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/Configuration.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * This file is part of LibrePlan
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Wireless Galicia, S.L.
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Igalia, S.L.
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
@@ -19,24 +20,29 @@
 
 package org.libreplan.business.common;
 
-import org.libreplan.business.common.daos.IConfigurationDAO;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.BooleanUtils;
+
 
 /**
- * It contains the compiling option to disable the warning changing default
- * password and implements of singleton pattern.
+ * This is a singleton that contains the compilation options passed from Maven.
+ *
+ * Currently we have two options:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>Enable/Disable the warning changing default password</li>
+ * <li>Enable/Disable default users (such as user, wsreader and wswriter)</li>
+ * </ul>
  *
  * @author Susana Montes Pedreira <smontes@wirelessgalicia.com>
+ * @author Manuel Rego Casasnovas <rego@igalia.com>
  */
 public class Configuration {
 
     private static final Configuration singleton = new Configuration();
 
-    @Autowired
-    private IConfigurationDAO configurationDAO;
-
     private Boolean defaultPasswordsControl;
 
+    private Boolean exampleUsersDisabled;
+
     private Configuration() {
     }
 
@@ -61,4 +67,19 @@ public class Configuration {
         return defaultPasswordsControl;
     }
 
+    public void setExampleUsersDisabled(Boolean exampleUsersDisabled) {
+        this.exampleUsersDisabled = exampleUsersDisabled;
+    }
+
+    public Boolean getExampleUsersDisabled() {
+        return exampleUsersDisabled;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of example users disabled compilation option
+     */
+    public static boolean isExampleUsersDisabled() {
+        return BooleanUtils.isNotFalse(singleton.getExampleUsersDisabled());
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/libreplan-business-spring-config.xml b/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/libreplan-business-spring-config.xml
index b3f6ee43a..99f32cb1b 100644
--- a/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/libreplan-business-spring-config.xml
+++ b/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/libreplan-business-spring-config.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@
         factory-method="getInstance"
         lazy-init="false">
         <property name="defaultPasswordsControl">
-        <value>${default.passwordsControl}</value>
+            <value>${default.passwordsControl}</value>
+        </property>
+        <property name="exampleUsersDisabled">
+            <value>${default.exampleUsersDisabled}</value>
         </property>
     </bean>
 
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/bootstrap/MandatoryUser.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/bootstrap/MandatoryUser.java
index 3e87b7628..ff5bfcd4d 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/bootstrap/MandatoryUser.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/bootstrap/MandatoryUser.java
@@ -28,19 +28,25 @@ import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.libreplan.business.common.Configuration;
 import org.libreplan.business.common.Registry;
-import org.libreplan.business.common.entities.Configuration;
 import org.libreplan.business.common.exceptions.InstanceNotFoundException;
 import org.libreplan.business.users.entities.UserRole;
 
 /**
- * It enumerates the mandatory users (login names) for running the application.
+ * It enumerates the mandatory users (login names) for running the application.<br />
+ *
+ * <code>ADMIN</code> user will be always enabled, however <code>USER</code>,
+ * <code>WSREADER</code> and <code>WSWRITER</code> could be disabled in
+ * copilation time with a Maven option specified via {@link Configuration}
+ * class.
  *
  * @author Fernando Bellas Permuy <fbellas@udc.es>
+ * @author Manuel Rego Casasnovas <rego@igalia.com>
  */
 public enum MandatoryUser {
 
-    USER(new ArrayList<UserRole>()) {
+    USER(new ArrayList<UserRole>(), Configuration.isExampleUsersDisabled()) {
         @Override
         public boolean hasChangedDefaultPassword() {
             return getConfiguration().getChangedDefaultUserPassword();
@@ -49,20 +55,22 @@ public enum MandatoryUser {
     ADMIN(Arrays.asList(UserRole.ROLE_ADMINISTRATION,
         UserRole.ROLE_READ_ALL_ORDERS,
         UserRole.ROLE_EDIT_ALL_ORDERS,
-            UserRole.ROLE_CREATE_ORDER)) {
+            UserRole.ROLE_CREATE_ORDER), false) {
 
         @Override
         public boolean hasChangedDefaultPassword() {
             return getConfiguration().getChangedDefaultAdminPassword();
         }
     },
-    WSREADER(Arrays.asList(UserRole.ROLE_WS_READER)) {
+    WSREADER(Arrays.asList(UserRole.ROLE_WS_READER), Configuration
+            .isExampleUsersDisabled()) {
         @Override
         public boolean hasChangedDefaultPassword() {
             return getConfiguration().getChangedDefaultWsreaderPassword();
         }
     },
-    WSWRITER(Arrays.asList(UserRole.ROLE_WS_READER, UserRole.ROLE_WS_WRITER)) {
+    WSWRITER(Arrays.asList(UserRole.ROLE_WS_READER, UserRole.ROLE_WS_WRITER),
+            Configuration.isExampleUsersDisabled()) {
         @Override
         public boolean hasChangedDefaultPassword() {
             return getConfiguration().getChangedDefaultWswriterPassword();
@@ -84,15 +92,23 @@ public enum MandatoryUser {
         return false;
     }
 
-    private static Configuration getConfiguration() {
+    private static org.libreplan.business.common.entities.Configuration getConfiguration() {
         return Registry.getConfigurationDAO()
                 .getConfigurationWithReadOnlyTransaction();
     }
 
     private Set<UserRole> initialRoles;
 
-    private MandatoryUser(Collection<UserRole> initialUserRoles) {
+    private final boolean userDisabled;
+
+    private MandatoryUser(Collection<UserRole> initialUserRoles,
+            boolean userDisabled) {
         this.initialRoles = new HashSet<UserRole>(initialUserRoles);
+        this.userDisabled = userDisabled;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isUserDisabled() {
+        return userDisabled;
     }
 
     public boolean hasChangedDefaultPasswordOrDisabled() {
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/bootstrap/UsersBootstrapInDB.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/bootstrap/UsersBootstrapInDB.java
index 3317461df..e7c518384 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/bootstrap/UsersBootstrapInDB.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/users/bootstrap/UsersBootstrapInDB.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Fundación para o Fomento da Calidade Industrial e
  *                         Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico de Galicia
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Igalia, S.L.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Igalia, S.L.
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
 /**
+ * Bootstrapt to create the default {@link User}s.
+ *
  * @author Fernando Bellas Permuy <fbellas@udc.es>
+ * @author Manuel Rego Casasnovas <rego@igalia.com>
  */
 @Transactional
 public class UsersBootstrapInDB implements IUsersBootstrapInDB {
@@ -57,10 +60,11 @@ public class UsersBootstrapInDB implements IUsersBootstrapInDB {
     private void createUserIfNotExists(MandatoryUser u) {
 
         if (!userDAO.existsByLoginName(u.getLoginName())) {
+            User user = User.create(u.getLoginName(), getEncodedPassword(u),
+                    u.getInitialRoles());
+            user.setDisabled(u.isUserDisabled());
 
-            userDAO.save(User.create(u.getLoginName(), getEncodedPassword(u),
-                u.getInitialRoles()));
-
+            userDAO.save(user);
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80075596d..fa1c33809 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         <databasetable.prefix>public.</databasetable.prefix>
 
         <default.passwordsControl>true</default.passwordsControl>
+        <default.exampleUsersDisabled>true</default.exampleUsersDisabled>
     </properties>
 
     <!--
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@
                 <hibernate.format_sql>true</hibernate.format_sql>
                 <hibernate.use_sql_comments>true</hibernate.use_sql_comments>
                 <hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto>validate</hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto>
+
+                <!-- Enable example users (user, wsreader and wswriter) -->
+                <default.exampleUsersDisabled>false</default.exampleUsersDisabled>
             </properties>
         </profile>