diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-lucene-consumers/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/lucene/test/TestRBACManager.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-lucene-consumers/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/lucene/test/TestRBACManager.java
index 2332b0b57..2e6f89182 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-lucene-consumers/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/lucene/test/TestRBACManager.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-lucene-consumers/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/lucene/test/TestRBACManager.java
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ import java.util.Set;
 @Service("rbacManager#cached")
 public class TestRBACManager implements RBACManager
 {
+
+    public void initialize()
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
     public void addListener( RBACManagerListener listener )
     {
         //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/admin/repository/runtime/DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/admin/repository/runtime/DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin.java
index 6dc5b0def..3b8e30a3a 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/admin/repository/runtime/DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/admin/repository/runtime/DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin.java
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ public class DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin
                     }
                 }
 
-                String authorizerImpls =
+                String rbacManagerImpls =
                     userConfiguration.getConcatenatedList( UserConfigurationKeys.RBAC_MANAGER_IMPL, "cached" );
 
-                if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( authorizerImpls ) )
+                if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( rbacManagerImpls ) )
                 {
-                    if ( StringUtils.contains( authorizerImpls, ',' ) )
+                    if ( StringUtils.contains( rbacManagerImpls, ',' ) )
                     {
-                        String[] impls = StringUtils.split( authorizerImpls, ',' );
+                        String[] impls = StringUtils.split( rbacManagerImpls, ',' );
                         for ( String impl : impls )
                         {
                             redbackRuntimeConfiguration.getRbacManagerImpls().add( impl );
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ public class DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin
             if ( redbackRuntimeConfiguration.getRbacManagerImpls().isEmpty() )
             {
                 log.info(
-                    "redbackRuntimeConfiguration with empty authorizerImpls so force at least rbac implementation !" );
-                redbackRuntimeConfiguration.getRbacManagerImpls().add( "rbac" );
+                    "redbackRuntimeConfiguration with empty rbacManagerImpls so force at least cached implementation !" );
+                redbackRuntimeConfiguration.getRbacManagerImpls().add( "cached" );
                 updateRedbackRuntimeConfiguration( redbackRuntimeConfiguration );
             }
 
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
index ab512a18c..68fa8a15d 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -640,6 +640,11 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>redback-rbac-ldap</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
       <artifactId>redback-rest-services</artifactId>
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 3d082ea37..9410ec156 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
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   <alias name="environmentCheck#archiva-locked-admin-check" alias="environmentCheck#locked-admin-check"/>
   <alias name="userManager#archiva" alias="userManager#configurable"/>
   <alias name="authenticator#archiva" alias="authenticator#user-manager"/>
+  <alias name="rbacManager#archiva" alias="rbacManager#default"/>
 
   <alias name="ldapConnectionFactory#archiva" alias="ldapConnectionFactory"/>
   <alias name="ldapConnectionFactory#archiva" alias="ldapConnectionFactory#configurable"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 82afda02a..d9bda64ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1032,6 +1032,17 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
+        <artifactId>redback-rbac-ldap</artifactId>
+        <version>${redback.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>