diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php
index 6a074bbed2..5db9dddf8f 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ class Access extends LDAPUtility {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	protected function mapAndAnnounceIfApplicable(
+	public function mapAndAnnounceIfApplicable(
 		AbstractMapping $mapper,
 		string $fdn,
 		string $name,
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php
index 5b25979b2d..d9059b2372 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Group_LDAP extends BackendUtility implements \OCP\GroupInterface, IGroupLD
 		$members = $this->access->connection->getFromCache($cacheKeyMembers);
 		if(!is_null($members)) {
 			$this->cachedGroupMembers[$gid] = $members;
-			$isInGroup = in_array($userDN, $members);
+			$isInGroup = in_array($userDN, $members, true);
 			$this->access->connection->writeToCache($cacheKey, $isInGroup);
 			return $isInGroup;
 		}
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/User_LDAP.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/User_LDAP.php
index ada07aa53a..5e06547533 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/User_LDAP.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/User_LDAP.php
@@ -622,8 +622,26 @@ class User_LDAP extends BackendUtility implements \OCP\IUserBackend, \OCP\UserIn
 		if ($this->userPluginManager->implementsActions(Backend::CREATE_USER)) {
 			if ($dn = $this->userPluginManager->createUser($username, $password)) {
 				if (is_string($dn)) {
-					//updates user mapping
-					$this->access->dn2ocname($dn, $username, true);
+					// the NC user creation work flow requires a know user id up front
+					$uuid = $this->access->getUUID($dn, true);
+					if(is_string($uuid)) {
+						$this->access->mapAndAnnounceIfApplicable(
+							$this->access->getUserMapper(),
+							$dn,
+							$username,
+							$uuid,
+							true
+						);
+						$this->access->cacheUserExists($username);
+					} else {
+						\OC::$server->getLogger()->warning(
+							'Failed to map created LDAP user with userid {userid}, because UUID could not be determined',
+							[
+								'app' => 'user_ldap',
+								'userid' => $username,
+							]
+						);
+					}
 				} else {
 					throw new \UnexpectedValueException("LDAP Plugin: Method createUser changed to return the user DN instead of boolean.");
 				}
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/tests/User_LDAPTest.php b/apps/user_ldap/tests/User_LDAPTest.php
index e4f7bb8b6d..9b8bda2b80 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/tests/User_LDAPTest.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/tests/User_LDAPTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ use OC\User\Backend;
 use OC\User\Session;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Access;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Connection;
+use OCA\User_LDAP\Mapping\AbstractMapping;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Mapping\UserMapping;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\User\Manager;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\User\OfflineUser;
@@ -1437,16 +1438,30 @@ class User_LDAPTest extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public function testCreateUserWithPlugin() {
+		$uid = 'alien6372';
+		$uuid = '123-2345-36756-123-2345234-4431';
+		$pwd = 'passwørd';
+
 		$this->pluginManager->expects($this->once())
 			->method('implementsActions')
 			->with(Backend::CREATE_USER)
 			->willReturn(true);
 		$this->pluginManager->expects($this->once())
 			->method('createUser')
-			->with('uid','password')
+			->with($uid, $pwd)
 			->willReturn('result');
 
-		$this->assertEquals($this->backend->createUser('uid', 'password'),true);
+		$this->access->expects($this->atLeastOnce())
+			->method('getUUID')
+			->willReturn($uuid);
+		$this->access->expects($this->once())
+			->method('mapAndAnnounceIfApplicable')
+			->with($this->isInstanceOf(AbstractMapping::class), $this->anything(), $uid, $uuid, true);
+		$this->access->expects($this->any())
+			->method('getUserMapper')
+			->willReturn($this->createMock(AbstractMapping::class));
+
+		$this->assertEquals($this->backend->createUser($uid, $pwd),true);
 	}
 
 	public function testCreateUserFailing() {