diff --git a/authentik/sources/ldap/sync/membership.py b/authentik/sources/ldap/sync/membership.py
index 403e47b2f..d4b34975e 100644
--- a/authentik/sources/ldap/sync/membership.py
+++ b/authentik/sources/ldap/sync/membership.py
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@ class MembershipLDAPSynchronizer(BaseLDAPSynchronizer):
             if not ak_group:
                 continue
 
+            membership_mapping_attribute = LDAP_DISTINGUISHED_NAME
+            if self._source.group_membership_field == "memberUid":
+                # If memberships are based on the posixGroup's 'memberUid'
+                # attribute we use the RDN instead of the FDN to lookup members.
+                membership_mapping_attribute = LDAP_UNIQUENESS
+
             users = User.objects.filter(
-                Q(**{f"attributes__{LDAP_DISTINGUISHED_NAME}__in": members})
+                Q(**{f"attributes__{membership_mapping_attribute}__in": members})
                 | Q(
                     **{
-                        f"attributes__{LDAP_DISTINGUISHED_NAME}__isnull": True,
+                        f"attributes__{membership_mapping_attribute}__isnull": True,
                         "ak_groups__in": [ak_group],
                     }
                 )
diff --git a/authentik/sources/ldap/tests/mock_slapd.py b/authentik/sources/ldap/tests/mock_slapd.py
index 53e733b9b..075421f26 100644
--- a/authentik/sources/ldap/tests/mock_slapd.py
+++ b/authentik/sources/ldap/tests/mock_slapd.py
@@ -77,5 +77,24 @@ def mock_slapd_connection(password: str) -> Connection:
             "objectClass": "person",
         },
     )
+    # Group with posixGroup and memberUid
+    connection.strategy.add_entry(
+        "cn=group-posix,ou=groups,dc=goauthentik,dc=io",
+        {
+            "cn": "group-posix",
+            "objectClass": "posixGroup",
+            "memberUid": ["user-posix"],
+        },
+    )
+    # User with posixAccount
+    connection.strategy.add_entry(
+        "cn=user-posix,ou=users,dc=goauthentik,dc=io",
+        {
+            "userPassword": password,
+            "uid": "user-posix",
+            "cn": "user-posix",
+            "objectClass": "posixAccount",
+        },
+    )
     connection.bind()
     return connection
diff --git a/authentik/sources/ldap/tests/test_sync.py b/authentik/sources/ldap/tests/test_sync.py
index d833b781f..02b500d7f 100644
--- a/authentik/sources/ldap/tests/test_sync.py
+++ b/authentik/sources/ldap/tests/test_sync.py
@@ -137,6 +137,34 @@ class LDAPSyncTests(TestCase):
             group = Group.objects.filter(name="group1")
             self.assertTrue(group.exists())
 
+    def test_sync_groups_openldap_posix_group(self):
+        """Test posix group sync"""
+        self.source.object_uniqueness_field = "cn"
+        self.source.group_membership_field = "memberUid"
+        self.source.user_object_filter = "(objectClass=posixAccount)"
+        self.source.group_object_filter = "(objectClass=posixGroup)"
+        self.source.property_mappings.set(
+            LDAPPropertyMapping.objects.filter(
+                Q(managed__startswith="goauthentik.io/sources/ldap/default")
+                | Q(managed__startswith="goauthentik.io/sources/ldap/openldap")
+            )
+        )
+        self.source.property_mappings_group.set(
+            LDAPPropertyMapping.objects.filter(managed="goauthentik.io/sources/ldap/openldap-cn")
+        )
+        self.source.save()
+        connection = PropertyMock(return_value=mock_slapd_connection(LDAP_PASSWORD))
+        with patch("authentik.sources.ldap.models.LDAPSource.connection", connection):
+            user_sync = UserLDAPSynchronizer(self.source)
+            user_sync.sync()
+            group_sync = GroupLDAPSynchronizer(self.source)
+            group_sync.sync()
+            membership_sync = MembershipLDAPSynchronizer(self.source)
+            membership_sync.sync()
+            # Test if membership mapping based on memberUid works.
+            posix_group = Group.objects.filter(name="group-posix").first()
+            self.assertTrue(posix_group.users.filter(name="user-posix").exists())
+
     def test_tasks_ad(self):
         """Test Scheduled tasks"""
         self.source.property_mappings.set(
diff --git a/web/src/pages/sources/ldap/LDAPSourceForm.ts b/web/src/pages/sources/ldap/LDAPSourceForm.ts
index 1a1f8058e..c9fecfc82 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/sources/ldap/LDAPSourceForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/sources/ldap/LDAPSourceForm.ts
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ export class LDAPSourceForm extends ModelForm<LDAPSource, string> {
                             required
                         />
                         <p class="pf-c-form__helper-text">
-                            ${t`Field which contains members of a group.`}
+                            ${t`Field which contains members of a group. Note that if using the "memberUid" field, the value is assumed to contain a relative distinguished name. e.g. 'memberUid=some-user' instead of 'memberUid=cn=some-user,ou=groups,...'`}
                         </p>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal