diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-security-ldap.xml b/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-security-ldap.xml
index 297e8432..12691441 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-security-ldap.xml
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-security-ldap.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/security
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security.xsd">
 
+    <bean id="passwordEncoder" class="com.wisemapping.security.DefaultPasswordEncoderFactories" factory-method="createDelegatingPasswordEncoder"/>
 
     <sec:authentication-manager>
         <sec:authentication-provider ref="ldapAuthProvider"/>