diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-user-type-config.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-user-type-config.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fb490965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-user-type-config.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Bugfix: Fix user type config for user provider
+
+We needed to provide a default value for the user type property in the user provider.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/6027
diff --git a/services/users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index a4ee95cc3..0523158e6 100644
--- a/services/users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 				BindDN:                   "uid=reva,ou=sysusers,o=libregraph-idm",
 				DisableUserMechanism:     "none",
 				LdapDisabledUsersGroupDN: "cn=DisabledUsersGroup,ou=groups,o=libregraph-idm",
+				UserTypeAttribute:        "ownCloudUserType",
 				IDP:                      "https://localhost:9200",
 				UserSchema: config.LDAPUserSchema{
 					ID:          "ownclouduuid",