diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 62ad95185234fd9a5ef3ae70e27a08913cade546..f3914de361feb1e6bb52534f1240a24a1e523ced 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@ owncloud_mysql_password:
 owncloud_trusted_domains: []
 owncloud_redis_server:
 owncloud_from_address:
+owncloud_ldap_base:
+owncloud_ldap_groups:
+owncloud_ldap_users:
+owncloud_ldap_host:
+owncloud_ldap_port:
+owncloud_ldap_tls:
+owncloud_ldap_turn_off_cert_check:
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index ae2121497ae2b06270ecb4fc64b63d04b54a0c38..28900105dffa83f574b5a202097534c367a587da 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,16 @@ owncloud_config:
       host: '{{ owncloud_redis_server }}'
       port: '{{ 0 if owncloud_redis_server[0] == "/" else 6379 }}'
       timeout: '0.0'
+  apps:
+    core:
+      backgroundjobs_mode: cron
+    user_ldap:
+      enabled: 'yes'
+      ldap_display_name: ldap server
+      ldap_base: '{{ owncloud_ldap_base }}'
+      ldap_base_groups: '{{ owncloud_ldap_groups|default(omit) }}'
+      ldap_base_users: '{{ owncloud_ldap_users|default(omit) }}'
+      ldap_host: '{{ owncloud_ldap_host }}'
+      ldap_port: '{{ owncloud_ldap_port }}'
+      ldap_tls: '{{ owncloud_ldap_tls }}'
+      ldap_turn_off_cert_check: '{{ owncloud_ldap_turn_off_cert_check }}'