diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserService.java
index 57a022e3b..16f25b5b1 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserService.java
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ public class UserService extends ModeledDirectoryObjectService<ModeledUser, User
 
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isValidIdentifier(String identifier) {
+
+        // All strings are valid user identifiers
+        return true;
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * Retrieves the user corresponding to the given credentials from the
      * database. If the user account is expired, and the credentials contain