diff --git a/app/ldap/controllers/Users.controller.js b/app/ldap/controllers/Users.controller.js
index cc5a9f7..a4abf31 100644
--- a/app/ldap/controllers/Users.controller.js
+++ b/app/ldap/controllers/Users.controller.js
@@ -218,10 +218,12 @@ class UsersController extends LDAPController {
     // TODO flitter-orm chunk query
     // TODO generalize scoped search logic
     async search_people(req, res, next) {
-        if ( !req.user.can('ldap:search:users') ) {
+        if ( !req.user.can('ldap:search:users:me') ) {
             return next(new LDAP.InsufficientAccessRightsError())
         }
 
+        const can_search_all = req.user.can('ldap:search:users')
+
         const iam_targets = this.parse_iam_targets(req.filter)
         if ( req.scope === 'base' ) {
             // If scope is base, check if the base DN matches the filter.
@@ -231,7 +233,12 @@ class UsersController extends LDAPController {
             const user = await this.get_resource_from_dn(req.dn)
 
             // Make sure the user is ldap visible && match the filter
-            if ( user && user.ldap_visible && req.filter.matches(await user.to_ldap(iam_targets)) ) {
+            if (
+                user
+                && user.ldap_visible
+                && req.filter.matches(await user.to_ldap(iam_targets))
+                && (req.user.id === user.id || can_search_all)
+            ) {
 
                 // If so, send the object
                 res.send({
@@ -255,6 +262,7 @@ class UsersController extends LDAPController {
             // Fetch the LDAP-visible users
             const users = await this.User.ldap_directory()
             for ( const user of users ) {
+                if ( user.id !== req.user.id && !can_search_all ) continue
 
                 // Make sure the user os of the appropriate scope
                 if ( req.dn.equals(user.dn) || user.dn.parent().equals(req.dn) ) {
@@ -283,6 +291,7 @@ class UsersController extends LDAPController {
             this.output.debug(`Filter:`)
             this.output.debug(this.filter_to_obj(req.filter.json))
             for ( const user of users ) {
+                if ( user.id !== req.user.id && !can_search_all ) continue
                 this.output.debug(`Checking ${user.uid}...`)
                 this.output.debug(`DN: ${user.dn}`)
                 this.output.debug(`Req DN equals: ${req.dn.equals(user.dn)}`)
diff --git a/config/auth.config.js b/config/auth.config.js
index eee02bf..34269da 100644
--- a/config/auth.config.js
+++ b/config/auth.config.js
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ const auth_config = {
 
             // LDAP Binding
             'ldap:bind',
+            'ldap:search:users:me',
         ],
 
         root: ['v1', 'ldap', 'saml', 'profile', 'oauth', 'app', 'auth', 'iam'],