diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc488c6..b8c4686 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
 - Users can confirm passwords
+- Support Nextcloud password_policy
 
 ### Fixed
 - Getting user display names backend
diff --git a/lib/Backend/UserBackend.php b/lib/Backend/UserBackend.php
index fb77f6a..1891f45 100644
--- a/lib/Backend/UserBackend.php
+++ b/lib/Backend/UserBackend.php
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ use OCP\User\Backend\IPasswordConfirmationBackend;
 use OCP\User\Backend\IProvideAvatarBackend;
 use OCP\User\Backend\ISetDisplayNameBackend;
 use OCP\User\Backend\ISetPasswordBackend;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\GenericEvent;
 
 /**
  * The SQL user backend manager.
@@ -89,6 +91,10 @@ final class UserBackend extends ABackend implements
      * @var IConfig The config instance.
      */
     private $config;
+    /**
+     * @var EventDispatcher The event dispatcher.
+     */
+    private $eventDispatcher;
     /**
      * @var IUserAction[] The actions to execute.
      */
@@ -97,17 +103,19 @@ final class UserBackend extends ABackend implements
     /**
      * The default constructor.
      *
-     * @param string         $AppName        The application name.
-     * @param Cache          $cache          The cache instance.
-     * @param ILogger        $logger         The logger instance.
-     * @param Properties     $properties     The properties array.
-     * @param UserRepository $userRepository The user repository.
-     * @param IL10N          $localization   The localization service.
-     * @param IConfig        $config         The config instance.
+     * @param string          $AppName         The application name.
+     * @param Cache           $cache           The cache instance.
+     * @param ILogger         $logger          The logger instance.
+     * @param Properties      $properties      The properties array.
+     * @param UserRepository  $userRepository  The user repository.
+     * @param IL10N           $localization    The localization service.
+     * @param IConfig         $config          The config instance.
+     * @param EventDispatcher $eventDispatcher The event dispatcher.
      */
     public function __construct(
         $AppName, Cache $cache, ILogger $logger, Properties $properties,
-        UserRepository $userRepository, IL10N $localization, IConfig $config
+        UserRepository $userRepository, IL10N $localization, IConfig $config,
+        EventDispatcher $eventDispatcher
     ) {
         $this->appName = $AppName;
         $this->cache = $cache;
@@ -116,6 +124,7 @@ final class UserBackend extends ABackend implements
         $this->userRepository = $userRepository;
         $this->localization = $localization;
         $this->config = $config;
+        $this->eventDispatcher = $eventDispatcher;
         $this->actions = [];
 
         $this->initActions();
@@ -492,6 +501,11 @@ final class UserBackend extends ABackend implements
             return false;
         }
 
+        $event = new GenericEvent($password);
+        $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(
+            'OCP\PasswordPolicy::validate', $event
+        );
+
         $user = $this->userRepository->findByUid($uid);
         if (!($user instanceof User)) {
             return false;