diff --git a/html/includes/authentication/ldap-authorization.inc.php b/html/includes/authentication/ldap-authorization.inc.php
index f0622f54fa..a26887ebd8 100644
--- a/html/includes/authentication/ldap-authorization.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/authentication/ldap-authorization.inc.php
@@ -331,3 +331,25 @@ function auth_ldap_session_cache_set($attr, $value)
     $_SESSION['auth_ldap'][$attr]['value'] = $value;
     $_SESSION['auth_ldap'][$attr]['last_updated'] = time();
 }
+
+
+function get_group_list()
+{
+    global $config;
+
+    $ldap_groups   = array();
+    $default_group = 'cn=groupname,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com';
+    if (isset($config['auth_ldap_group'])) {
+        if ($config['auth_ldap_group'] !== $default_group) {
+            $ldap_groups[] = $config['auth_ldap_group'];
+        }
+    }
+
+    foreach ($config['auth_ldap_groups'] as $key => $value) {
+        $dn            = "cn=$key,".$config['auth_ldap_groupbase'];
+        $ldap_groups[] = $dn;
+    }
+
+    return $ldap_groups;
+}
+