diff --git a/module/fid/config/user-create-form.php b/module/fid/config/user-create-form.php
index 3d4969eae965f83a3a66fd148890e89cb4587887..9a32a6917aed5231d1a543329b1bde7b33cfa882 100644
--- a/module/fid/config/user-create-form.php
+++ b/module/fid/config/user-create-form.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 use fid\Hydrator\UserHydrator;
 use fid\InputFilter\RootAwareBaseInputFilter;
+use fid\InputFilter\UserCreateFormInputFilter;
 use Zend\Filter\Boolean;
 use Zend\Filter\StringTrim;
 use Zend\Form\Element\Checkbox;
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ return [
         ],
     ],
     'input_filter' => [
-        'type'                  => RootAwareBaseInputFilter::class,
+        'type'                  => UserCreateFormInputFilter::class,
         'username'              => [
             'name'       => 'username',
             'filters'    => [
diff --git a/module/fid/src/InputFilter/UserCreateFormInputFilter.php b/module/fid/src/InputFilter/UserCreateFormInputFilter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..41b6ca3c01eac83e02da270c31dd879c2e837445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/fid/src/InputFilter/UserCreateFormInputFilter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Leipzig University Library
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * @author  Sebastian Kehr <kehr@ub.uni-leipzig.de>
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU GPLv2
+ */
+
+namespace fid\InputFilter;
+
+class UserCreateFormInputFilter extends RootAwareBaseInputFilter
+{
+    public function getValues()
+    {
+        $permissions = ['basic_access' => 'granted'];
+        return compact('permissions') + parent::getValues();
+    }
+}
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