diff --git a/application/forms/Config/UserGroup/LdapUserGroupBackendForm.php b/application/forms/Config/UserGroup/LdapUserGroupBackendForm.php
index 5affd86ac..8a56237ba 100644
--- a/application/forms/Config/UserGroup/LdapUserGroupBackendForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Config/UserGroup/LdapUserGroupBackendForm.php
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ class LdapUserGroupBackendForm extends Form
         $this->createGroupConfigElements($defaults, $groupConfigDisabled);
         if (count($userBackends) === 1 || (isset($formData['user_backend']) && $formData['user_backend'] === 'none')) {
             $this->createUserConfigElements($defaults, $userConfigDisabled);
+        } else {
+            $this->createHiddenUserConfigElements();
         }
 
         $this->addElement(
@@ -278,6 +280,17 @@ class LdapUserGroupBackendForm extends Form
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create and add all elements to this form required for the user configuration as hidden
+     */
+    protected function createHiddenUserConfigElements()
+    {
+        $this->addElement('hidden', 'user_class', array('disabled' => true));
+        $this->addElement('hidden', 'user_filter', array('disabled' => true));
+        $this->addElement('hidden', 'user_name_attribute', array('disabled' => true));
+        $this->addElement('hidden', 'user_base_dn', array('disabled' => true));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the names of all configured LDAP resources
      *