diff --git a/config.template.yml b/config.template.yml
index 2bfcb28e6..30eb7be60 100644
--- a/config.template.yml
+++ b/config.template.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ authentication_backend:
     # The groups filter used for retrieving groups of a given user.
     # {0} is a matcher replaced by username.
     # {dn} is a matcher replaced by user DN.
+    # {uid} is a matcher replaced by user uid.
     # 'member={dn}' by default.
     groups_filter: (&(member={dn})(objectclass=groupOfNames))
 
diff --git a/example/kube/authelia/configs/config.yml b/example/kube/authelia/configs/config.yml
index 8230fc0a9..e715a14c8 100644
--- a/example/kube/authelia/configs/config.yml
+++ b/example/kube/authelia/configs/config.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ authentication_backend:
     # The groups filter used for retrieving groups of a given user.
     # {0} is a matcher replaced by username.
     # {dn} is a matcher replaced by user DN.
+    # {uid} is a matcher replaced by user uid.
     # 'member={dn}' by default.
     groups_filter: (&(member={dn})(objectclass=groupOfNames))
   
diff --git a/server/src/lib/authentication/backends/ldap/Session.spec.ts b/server/src/lib/authentication/backends/ldap/Session.spec.ts
index d55f6a805..ce11c5ab8 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/authentication/backends/ldap/Session.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/authentication/backends/ldap/Session.spec.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,49 @@ describe("ldap/Session", function () {
       });
   });
 
+  it("should replace {uid} by user uid when searching for groups in LDAP", function () {
+    const USER_UID = "user1";
+    const options: LdapConfiguration = {
+      url: "ldap://ldap",
+      additional_users_dn: "ou=users",
+      additional_groups_dn: "ou=groups",
+      base_dn: "dc=example,dc=com",
+      users_filter: "cn={0}",
+      groups_filter: "member=cn={uid},ou=users,dc=example,dc=com",
+      group_name_attribute: "cn",
+      mail_attribute: "mail",
+      user: "cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com",
+      password: "password"
+    };
+    const ldapClient = new ConnectorStub();
+
+    // Retrieve user DN
+    ldapClient.searchAsyncStub.withArgs("ou=users,dc=example,dc=com", {
+      scope: "sub",
+      sizeLimit: 1,
+      attributes: ["uid"],
+      filter: "cn=user1"
+    }).returns(BluebirdPromise.resolve([{
+      uid: USER_UID
+    }]));
+
+    // Retrieve groups
+    ldapClient.searchAsyncStub.withArgs("ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com", {
+      scope: "sub",
+      attributes: ["cn"],
+      filter: "member=cn=user1,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com"
+    }).returns(BluebirdPromise.resolve([{
+      cn: "group1"
+    }]));
+
+    const client = new Session(ADMIN_USER_DN, ADMIN_PASSWORD, options, ldapClient, Winston);
+
+    return client.searchGroups("user1")
+      .then(function (groups: string[]) {
+        Assert.deepEqual(groups, ["group1"]);
+      });
+  });
+
   it("should retrieve mail from custom attribute", function () {
     const USER_DN = "cn=user1,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com";
     const options: LdapConfiguration = {
diff --git a/server/src/lib/authentication/backends/ldap/Session.ts b/server/src/lib/authentication/backends/ldap/Session.ts
index e0284b3c4..3f37b226f 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/authentication/backends/ldap/Session.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/authentication/backends/ldap/Session.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ export class Session implements ISession {
           return BluebirdPromise.resolve(userGroupsFilter.replace("{dn}", userDN));
         });
     }
+    else if (userGroupsFilter.indexOf("{uid}") > 0) {
+      return this.searchUserUid(username)
+        .then(function (userUid: string) {
+          return BluebirdPromise.resolve(userGroupsFilter.replace("{uid}", userUid));
+        });
+    }
     return BluebirdPromise.resolve(userGroupsFilter);
   }
 
@@ -83,29 +89,37 @@ export class Session implements ISession {
       });
   }
 
-  searchUserDn(username: string): BluebirdPromise<string> {
+  searchUserAttribute(username: string, attribute: string): BluebirdPromise<string> {
     const that = this;
     const filter = this.options.users_filter.replace("{0}", username);
     this.logger.debug("Computed users filter is %s", filter);
     const query = {
       scope: "sub",
       sizeLimit: 1,
-      attributes: ["dn"],
+      attributes: [attribute],
       filter: filter
     };
 
-    that.logger.debug("LDAP: searching for user dn of %s", username);
+    that.logger.debug("LDAP: searching for user %s of %s", attribute, username);
     return that.connector.searchAsync(this.usersSearchBase, query)
-      .then(function (users: { dn: string }[]) {
+      .then(function (users: { [attribute: string]: string }[]) {
         if (users.length > 0) {
-          that.logger.debug("LDAP: retrieved user dn is %s", users[0].dn);
-          return BluebirdPromise.resolve(users[0].dn);
+          that.logger.debug("LDAP: retrieved user %s is %s", attribute, users[0][attribute]);
+          return BluebirdPromise.resolve(users[0][attribute]);
         }
         return BluebirdPromise.reject(new Error(
-          Util.format("No user DN found for user '%s'", username)));
+          Util.format("No user %s found for user '%s'", attribute, username)));
       });
   }
 
+  searchUserDn(username: string): BluebirdPromise<string> {
+      return this.searchUserAttribute(username, "dn");
+  }
+
+  searchUserUid(username: string): BluebirdPromise<string> {
+      return this.searchUserAttribute(username, "uid");
+  }
+
   searchEmails(username: string): BluebirdPromise<string[]> {
     const that = this;
     const query = {