diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/ocs-user-type.md b/changelog/unreleased/ocs-user-type.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3ab6c5be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/ocs-user-type.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Enhancement: Return user type in the response of the ocs GET user call
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/2256
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/conversions/main.go b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/conversions/main.go
index 0097f84b9b..0bc2876d4c 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/conversions/main.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/conversions/main.go
@@ -292,3 +292,24 @@ func ParseTimestamp(timestampString string) (*types.Timestamp, error) {
 		Nanos:   uint32(final % 1000000000),
 	}, nil
 }
+
+// UserTypeString returns human readable strings for various user types
+func UserTypeString(userType userpb.UserType) string {
+	switch userType {
+	case userpb.UserType_USER_TYPE_PRIMARY:
+		return "primary"
+	case userpb.UserType_USER_TYPE_SECONDARY:
+		return "secondary"
+	case userpb.UserType_USER_TYPE_SERVICE:
+		return "service"
+	case userpb.UserType_USER_TYPE_APPLICATION:
+		return "application"
+	case userpb.UserType_USER_TYPE_GUEST:
+		return "guest"
+	case userpb.UserType_USER_TYPE_FEDERATED:
+		return "federated"
+	case userpb.UserType_USER_TYPE_LIGHTWEIGHT:
+		return "lightweight"
+	}
+	return "invalid"
+}
diff --git a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/cloud/user/user.go b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/cloud/user/user.go
index e1feaaa1fd..22c7190846 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/cloud/user/user.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/cloud/user/user.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"github.com/cs3org/reva/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/conversions"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/response"
 	ctxpkg "github.com/cs3org/reva/pkg/ctx"
 )
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ func (h *Handler) GetSelf(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		ID:          u.Username,
 		DisplayName: u.DisplayName,
 		Email:       u.Mail,
+		UserType:    conversions.UserTypeString(u.Id.Type),
 	})
 }
 
@@ -54,4 +56,5 @@ type User struct {
 	ID          string `json:"id" xml:"id"`
 	DisplayName string `json:"display-name" xml:"display-name"`
 	Email       string `json:"email" xml:"email"`
+	UserType    string `json:"user-type" xml:"user-type"`
 }
diff --git a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/cloud/users/users.go b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/cloud/users/users.go
index c8f7b1f912..38436d20a9 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/cloud/users/users.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/cloud/users/users.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	provider "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/storage/provider/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/config"
+	"github.com/cs3org/reva/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/conversions"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/response"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/pkg/appctx"
 	ctxpkg "github.com/cs3org/reva/pkg/ctx"
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ type Users struct {
 	Quota       *Quota `json:"quota" xml:"quota"`
 	Email       string `json:"email" xml:"email"`
 	DisplayName string `json:"displayname" xml:"displayname"`
+	UserType    string `json:"user-type" xml:"user-type"`
 	// FIXME home should never be exposed ... even in oc 10
 	// home
 	TwoFactorAuthEnabled bool `json:"two_factor_auth_enabled" xml:"two_factor_auth_enabled"`
@@ -145,5 +147,6 @@ func (h *Handler) GetUsers(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		},
 		DisplayName: u.DisplayName,
 		Email:       u.Mail,
+		UserType:    conversions.UserTypeString(u.Id.Type),
 	})
 }