diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a4c93d5..536a4d5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@
             description: admin 02
 
 
-Gerrit client enforcing users, install using pip
+Gerrit client enforcing users, install using pip. If gerrit is configured with LDAP
+it is required to set http_password as ldap user password to properly link ldap entry with gerrit account.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
diff --git a/gerrit/client/user.sls b/gerrit/client/user.sls
index c79285b..c167893 100644
--- a/gerrit/client/user.sls
+++ b/gerrit/client/user.sls
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 
 {%- for account_name, account in client.user.iteritems() %}
 
+{%- if client.get('try_login', False) and account.http_password is defined %}
+{#- Try to login. If ldap is enabled, user will be able to login and account will be properly linked
+ to ldap entry. If ldap is not enabled, login will fail as expected #}
+gerrit_try_login_{{ account_name }}:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: http_proxy='' curl -fsvr -X POST --data "username={{ account_name }}&password={{ account.http_password }}" {{ client.server.protocol|default('http') }}://{{ client.server.host }}:{{ client.server.http_port|default(80) }}{{ client.server.get('url_prefix', '') }}/login
+    - check_cmd:
+      - /bin/true
+{%- endif %}
+
 gerrit_client_account_{{ account_name }}:
   gerrit.account_present:
   - name: {{ account_name }}