diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Configuration.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Configuration.php
index ef64f75a9ef..3dda4e3ebba 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Configuration.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Configuration.php
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ class Configuration {
 		'ldapAttributeRole' => null,
 		'ldapAttributeHeadline' => null,
 		'ldapAttributeBiography' => null,
+		'ldapAdminGroup' => '',
 	];
 
 	public function __construct(string $configPrefix, bool $autoRead = true) {
@@ -488,6 +489,7 @@ class Configuration {
 			'ldap_attr_role' => '',
 			'ldap_attr_headline' => '',
 			'ldap_attr_biography' => '',
+			'ldap_admin_group' => '',
 		];
 	}
 
@@ -563,6 +565,7 @@ class Configuration {
 			'ldap_attr_role' => 'ldapAttributeRole',
 			'ldap_attr_headline' => 'ldapAttributeHeadline',
 			'ldap_attr_biography' => 'ldapAttributeBiography',
+			'ldap_admin_group' => 'ldapAdminGroup',
 		];
 		return $array;
 	}
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Connection.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Connection.php
index f90add9ef9e..05cd3d10698 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Connection.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Connection.php
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
  * @property string ldapAttributeRole
  * @property string ldapAttributeHeadline
  * @property string ldapAttributeBiography
+ * @property string ldapAdminGroup
  */
 class Connection extends LDAPUtility {
 	/**
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php
index 70dca6a40ca..999dc403c2f 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ use Exception;
 use OC\ServerNotAvailableException;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\User\OfflineUser;
 use OCP\Cache\CappedMemoryCache;
+use OCP\Group\Backend\IIsAdminBackend;
 use OCP\GroupInterface;
 use OCP\Group\Backend\IDeleteGroupBackend;
 use OCP\Group\Backend\IGetDisplayNameBackend;
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ use OCP\Server;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use function json_decode;
 
-class Group_LDAP extends BackendUtility implements GroupInterface, IGroupLDAP, IGetDisplayNameBackend, IDeleteGroupBackend {
+class Group_LDAP extends BackendUtility implements GroupInterface, IGroupLDAP, IGetDisplayNameBackend, IDeleteGroupBackend, IIsAdminBackend {
 	protected bool $enabled = false;
 
 	/** @var CappedMemoryCache<string[]> $cachedGroupMembers array of users with gid as key */
@@ -1227,6 +1228,7 @@ class Group_LDAP extends BackendUtility implements GroupInterface, IGroupLDAP, I
 	public function implementsActions($actions): bool {
 		return (bool)((GroupInterface::COUNT_USERS |
 				GroupInterface::DELETE_GROUP |
+				GroupInterface::IS_ADMIN |
 				$this->groupPluginManager->getImplementedActions()) & $actions);
 	}
 
@@ -1392,4 +1394,18 @@ class Group_LDAP extends BackendUtility implements GroupInterface, IGroupLDAP, I
 		$this->access->connection->writeToCache($cacheKey, $displayName);
 		return $displayName;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @throws ServerNotAvailableException
+	 */
+	public function isAdmin(string $uid): bool {
+		if (!$this->enabled) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		$ldapAdminGroup = $this->access->connection->ldapAdminGroup;
+		if ($ldapAdminGroup === '') {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return $this->inGroup($uid, $ldapAdminGroup);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_Proxy.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_Proxy.php
index 70fda715d5e..a9261f197e0 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_Proxy.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_Proxy.php
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ namespace OCA\User_LDAP;
 
 use OCP\Group\Backend\IDeleteGroupBackend;
 use OCP\Group\Backend\IGetDisplayNameBackend;
+use OCP\Group\Backend\IIsAdminBackend;
 use OCP\Group\Backend\INamedBackend;
 use OCP\GroupInterface;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IUserManager;
 
-class Group_Proxy extends Proxy implements \OCP\GroupInterface, IGroupLDAP, IGetDisplayNameBackend, INamedBackend, IDeleteGroupBackend {
+class Group_Proxy extends Proxy implements \OCP\GroupInterface, IGroupLDAP, IGetDisplayNameBackend, INamedBackend, IDeleteGroupBackend, IIsAdminBackend {
 	private $backends = [];
 	private ?Group_LDAP $refBackend = null;
 	private Helper $helper;
@@ -347,4 +348,8 @@ class Group_Proxy extends Proxy implements \OCP\GroupInterface, IGroupLDAP, IGet
 	public function searchInGroup(string $gid, string $search = '', int $limit = -1, int $offset = 0): array {
 		return $this->handleRequest($gid, 'searchInGroup', [$gid, $search, $limit, $offset]);
 	}
+
+	public function isAdmin(string $uid): bool {
+		return $this->handleRequest($uid, 'isAdmin', [$uid]);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/build/integration/ldap_features/openldap-numerical-id.feature b/build/integration/ldap_features/openldap-numerical-id.feature
index 4ea63823295..75eb6827192 100644
--- a/build/integration/ldap_features/openldap-numerical-id.feature
+++ b/build/integration/ldap_features/openldap-numerical-id.feature
@@ -66,3 +66,31 @@ Scenario: Test LDAP group membership with intermediate groups not matching filte
     | 50194 | 1 |
     | 59376 | 1 |
     | 59463 | 1 |
+
+Scenario: Test LDAP admin group mapping, empowered user
+  Given modify LDAP configuration
+    | ldapBaseGroups                | ou=NumericGroups,dc=nextcloud,dc=ci |
+    | ldapGroupFilter               | (objectclass=groupOfNames) |
+    | ldapGroupMemberAssocAttr      | member |
+    | ldapAdminGroup                | 3001   |
+    | useMemberOfToDetectMembership | 1 |
+  And cookies are reset
+  # alice, part of the promoted group
+  And Logging in using web as "92379"
+  And sending "GET" to "/cloud/groups"
+  And sending "GET" to "/cloud/groups/2000/users"
+  And Sending a "GET" to "/index.php/settings/admin/overview" with requesttoken
+  Then the HTTP status code should be "200"
+
+Scenario: Test LDAP admin group mapping, regular user (no access)
+    Given modify LDAP configuration
+      | ldapBaseGroups                | ou=NumericGroups,dc=nextcloud,dc=ci |
+      | ldapGroupFilter               | (objectclass=groupOfNames) |
+      | ldapGroupMemberAssocAttr      | member |
+      | ldapAdminGroup                | 3001   |
+      | useMemberOfToDetectMembership | 1 |
+    And cookies are reset
+    # gustaf, not part of the promoted group
+    And Logging in using web as "59376"
+    And Sending a "GET" to "/index.php/settings/admin/overview" with requesttoken
+    Then the HTTP status code should be "403"