diff --git a/src/docbkx/dirobjectfactory.xml b/src/docbkx/dirobjectfactory.xml
index 0892ccc9..c5709606 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/dirobjectfactory.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/dirobjectfactory.xml
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ import org.springframework.ldap.core.ContextMapper;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextAdapter;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.support.DistinguishedName;
+import org.springframework.ldap.filter.AndFilter;
 import org.springframework.ldap.filter.EqualsFilter;
+import org.springframework.ldap.filter.WhitespaceWildcardsFilter;
 
 public class PersonDaoImpl implements PersonDao {
    private LdapTemplate ldapTemplate;
@@ -284,6 +286,12 @@ public class PersonDaoImpl implements PersonDao {
       return (Person) ldapTemplate.lookup(dn, getContextMapper());
    }
 
+   public List findByName(String name) {
+      AndFilter filter = new AndFilter();
+      filter.and(new EqualsFilter("objectclass", "person")).and(new WhitespaceWildcardsFilter("cn",name));
+      return ldapTemplate.search(DistinguishedName.EMPTY_PATH, filter.encode(), getContextMapper());
+   }
+
    public List findAll() {
       EqualsFilter filter = new EqualsFilter("objectclass", "person");
       return ldapTemplate.search(DistinguishedName.EMPTY_PATH, filter.encode(), getContextMapper());