diff --git a/ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/userdetails/LdapUserDetailsManagerTests.java b/ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/userdetails/LdapUserDetailsManagerTests.java
index 63d7bba4ea..864843a4d2 100644
--- a/ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/userdetails/LdapUserDetailsManagerTests.java
+++ b/ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/userdetails/LdapUserDetailsManagerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
+ * Copyright 2004-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Luke Taylor
  * @author Eddú Meléndez
+ * @author Roman Zabaluev
  */
 @ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
 @ContextConfiguration(classes = ApacheDsContainerConfig.class)
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ public class LdapUserDetailsManagerTests {
 	private static final List<GrantedAuthority> TEST_AUTHORITIES = AuthorityUtils.createAuthorityList("ROLE_CLOWNS",
 			"ROLE_ACROBATS");
 
+	private static final String DEFAULT_ROLE_PREFIX = "ROLE_";
+
 	private LdapUserDetailsManager mgr;
 
 	private SpringSecurityLdapTemplate template;
@@ -248,4 +251,35 @@ public void testPasswordChangeWithWrongOldPasswordFails() {
 			.isThrownBy(() -> this.mgr.changePassword("wrongpassword", "yossariansnewpassword"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testRoleNamesStartWithDefaultRolePrefix() {
+		this.mgr.setUsernameMapper(new DefaultLdapUsernameToDnMapper("ou=people", "uid"));
+		this.mgr.setGroupSearchBase("ou=groups");
+		LdapUserDetails bob = (LdapUserDetails) this.mgr.loadUserByUsername("bob");
+
+		assertThat(bob.getAuthorities()).isNotEmpty();
+
+		bob.getAuthorities()
+			.stream()
+			.map(GrantedAuthority::getAuthority)
+			.forEach((authority) -> assertThat(authority).startsWith(DEFAULT_ROLE_PREFIX));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testRoleNamesStartWithCustomRolePrefix() {
+		var customPrefix = "GROUP_";
+		this.mgr.setRolePrefix(customPrefix);
+
+		this.mgr.setUsernameMapper(new DefaultLdapUsernameToDnMapper("ou=people", "uid"));
+		this.mgr.setGroupSearchBase("ou=groups");
+		LdapUserDetails bob = (LdapUserDetails) this.mgr.loadUserByUsername("bob");
+
+		assertThat(bob.getAuthorities()).isNotEmpty();
+
+		bob.getAuthorities()
+			.stream()
+			.map(GrantedAuthority::getAuthority)
+			.forEach((authority) -> assertThat(authority).startsWith(customPrefix));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/userdetails/LdapUserDetailsManager.java b/ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/userdetails/LdapUserDetailsManager.java
index a1487b6665..cb3d4c3ff0 100644
--- a/ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/userdetails/LdapUserDetailsManager.java
+++ b/ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/userdetails/LdapUserDetailsManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class LdapUserDetailsManager implements UserDetailsManager {
 	/** The attribute which contains members of a group */
 	private String groupMemberAttributeName = "uniquemember";
 
-	private final String rolePrefix = "ROLE_";
+	private String rolePrefix = "ROLE_";
 
 	/** The pattern to be used for the user search. {0} is the user's DN */
 	private String groupSearchFilter = "(uniquemember={0})";
@@ -403,6 +403,16 @@ public void setSecurityContextHolderStrategy(SecurityContextHolderStrategy secur
 		this.securityContextHolderStrategy = securityContextHolderStrategy;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the role prefix used when converting authorities. The default value is "ROLE_"
+	 * @param rolePrefix role prefix
+	 * @since 6.3
+	 */
+	public void setRolePrefix(String rolePrefix) {
+		Assert.notNull(rolePrefix, "A rolePrefix must be supplied");
+		this.rolePrefix = rolePrefix;
+	}
+
 	private void changePasswordUsingAttributeModification(DistinguishedName userDn, String oldPassword,
 			String newPassword) {
 		ModificationItem[] passwordChange = new ModificationItem[] { new ModificationItem(DirContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE,