diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
index c130c6021..e7f2a03cf 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
   <alias name="userConfiguration#archiva" alias="userConfiguration#default" />
 
+  <alias name="authorizer#rbac" alias="authorizer#default"/>
+
 
   <bean id="loggerManager" class="org.codehaus.plexus.logging.slf4j.Slf4jLoggerManager"
         init-method="initialize"/>