diff --git a/authentik/core/api/users.py b/authentik/core/api/users.py
index d86fafb4a..93663cf88 100644
--- a/authentik/core/api/users.py
+++ b/authentik/core/api/users.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 """User API Views"""
-from authentik.core.api.groups import GroupSerializer
 from django.http.response import Http404
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.http import urlencode
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ from rest_framework.viewsets import ModelViewSet
 
 from authentik.admin.api.metrics import CoordinateSerializer, get_events_per_1h
 from authentik.api.decorators import permission_required
+from authentik.core.api.groups import GroupSerializer
 from authentik.core.api.utils import LinkSerializer, PassiveSerializer, is_dict
 from authentik.core.middleware import (
     SESSION_IMPERSONATE_ORIGINAL_USER,
diff --git a/authentik/providers/ldap/api.py b/authentik/providers/ldap/api.py
index 30c15a878..d9900f3c5 100644
--- a/authentik/providers/ldap/api.py
+++ b/authentik/providers/ldap/api.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class LDAPProviderSerializer(ProviderSerializer):
         model = LDAPProvider
         fields = ProviderSerializer.Meta.fields + [
             "base_dn",
+            "search_group",
         ]
 
 
@@ -35,7 +36,14 @@ class LDAPOutpostConfigSerializer(ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
 
         model = LDAPProvider
-        fields = ["pk", "name", "base_dn", "bind_flow_slug", "application_slug"]
+        fields = [
+            "pk",
+            "name",
+            "base_dn",
+            "bind_flow_slug",
+            "application_slug",
+            "search_group",
+        ]
 
 
 class LDAPOutpostConfigViewSet(ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
diff --git a/authentik/providers/ldap/migrations/0002_ldapprovider_search_group.py b/authentik/providers/ldap/migrations/0002_ldapprovider_search_group.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afa4aa4a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/authentik/providers/ldap/migrations/0002_ldapprovider_search_group.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2 on 2021-04-26 19:57
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("authentik_core", "0019_source_managed"),
+        ("authentik_providers_ldap", "0001_initial"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="ldapprovider",
+            name="search_group",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                default=None,
+                help_text="Users in this group can do search queries. If not set, every user can execute search queries.",
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_DEFAULT,
+                to="authentik_core.group",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/authentik/providers/ldap/models.py b/authentik/providers/ldap/models.py
index f85385734..fe970080b 100644
--- a/authentik/providers/ldap/models.py
+++ b/authentik/providers/ldap/models.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 """LDAP Provider"""
-from typing import Iterable, Optional, Type
+from typing import Iterable, Optional, Type, Union
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from rest_framework.serializers import Serializer
 
-from authentik.core.models import Provider
+from authentik.core.models import Group, Provider
 from authentik.outposts.models import OutpostModel
 
 
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ class LDAPProvider(OutpostModel, Provider):
         help_text=_("DN under which objects are accessible."),
     )
 
+    search_group = models.ForeignKey(
+        Group,
+        null=True,
+        default=None,
+        on_delete=models.SET_DEFAULT,
+        help_text=_(
+            "Users in this group can do search queries. "
+            "If not set, every user can execute search queries."
+        ),
+    )
+
     @property
     def launch_url(self) -> Optional[str]:
         """LDAP never has a launch URL"""
@@ -35,8 +46,8 @@ class LDAPProvider(OutpostModel, Provider):
     def __str__(self):
         return f"LDAP Provider {self.name}"
 
-    def get_required_objects(self) -> Iterable[models.Model]:
-        return [self]
+    def get_required_objects(self) -> Iterable[Union[models.Model, str]]:
+        return [self, "authentik_core.view_user", "authentik_core.view_group"]
 
     class Meta:
 
diff --git a/swagger.yaml b/swagger.yaml
index c17c6c229..ba3eaa966 100755
--- a/swagger.yaml
+++ b/swagger.yaml
@@ -16051,6 +16051,13 @@ definitions:
         title: Application slug
         type: string
         minLength: 1
+      search_group:
+        title: Search group
+        description: Users in this group can do search queries. If not set, every
+          user can execute search queries.
+        type: string
+        format: uuid
+        x-nullable: true
   OpenIDConnectConfiguration:
     description: Embed OpenID Connect provider information
     required:
@@ -17111,6 +17118,13 @@ definitions:
         description: DN under which objects are accessible.
         type: string
         minLength: 1
+      search_group:
+        title: Search group
+        description: Users in this group can do search queries. If not set, every
+          user can execute search queries.
+        type: string
+        format: uuid
+        x-nullable: true
   OAuth2ProviderSetupURLs:
     type: object
     properties:
diff --git a/web/src/pages/providers/ldap/LDAPProviderForm.ts b/web/src/pages/providers/ldap/LDAPProviderForm.ts
index dc2d6a577..4a21f4766 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/providers/ldap/LDAPProviderForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/providers/ldap/LDAPProviderForm.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FlowDesignationEnum, FlowsApi, ProvidersApi, LDAPProvider } from "authentik-api";
+import { FlowDesignationEnum, FlowsApi, ProvidersApi, LDAPProvider, CoreApi } from "authentik-api";
 import { t } from "@lingui/macro";
 import { customElement, property } from "lit-element";
 import { html, TemplateResult } from "lit-html";
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ export class LDAPProviderFormPage extends Form<LDAPProvider> {
                 </select>
                 <p class="pf-c-form__helper-text">${t`Flow used for users to authenticate. Currently only identification and password stages are supported.`}</p>
             </ak-form-element-horizontal>
+            <ak-form-element-horizontal
+                label=${t`Group`}
+                name="searchGroup">
+                <select class="pf-c-form-control">
+                    <option value="" ?selected=${this.provider?.searchGroup === undefined}>---------</option>
+                    ${until(new CoreApi(DEFAULT_CONFIG).coreGroupsList({}).then(groups => {
+                        return groups.results.map(group => {
+                            return html`<option value=${ifDefined(group.pk)} ?selected=${this.provider?.searchGroup === group.pk}>${group.name}</option>`;
+                        });
+                    }), html`<option>${t`Loading...`}</option>`)}
+                </select>
+                <p class="pf-c-form__helper-text">${t`Users in the selected group can do search queries.`}</p>
+            </ak-form-element-horizontal>
 
             <ak-form-group .expanded=${true}>
                 <span slot="header">