diff --git a/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/application.xml b/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/application.xml
index 71df47dd2..a3d3e679b 100644
--- a/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/application.xml
+++ b/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/application.xml
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@
 
     <component>
       <role>org.codehaus.plexus.jdo.JdoFactory</role>
+      <role-hint>users</role-hint>
       <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.jdo.DataSourceConfigurableJdoFactory</implementation>
       <configuration>