diff --git a/conf/ldapcherry.ini b/conf/ldapcherry.ini
index fa5c1a4..4067ffe 100644
--- a/conf/ldapcherry.ini
+++ b/conf/ldapcherry.ini
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ ldap.dn_user_attr = 'uid'
 #ad.auth = 'Administrator'
 #ad.password = 'password'
 
+[ppolicy]
+
+# password policy module
+ppolicy.module = 'ldapcherry.ppolicy.simple'
+
+# parameters of the module
+min_length = 8
+min_upper = 1
+min_digit = 1
+
 # authentification parameters
 [auth]
 
diff --git a/ldapcherry/ppolicy/__init.py b/ldapcherry/ppolicy/__init.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..911cb8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldapcherry/ppolicy/__init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim:set expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4:
+#
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+# LdapCherry
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Carpentier Pierre-Francois
+
+class Ppolicy:
+
+    def __init__(self, config, logger):
+        pass
+
+    def check(self, password):
+        ret = {'match': True, 'reason': 'no password policy'}
+
+    def info(self):
+        ret = "There is no password policy configured"
diff --git a/ldapcherry/ppolicy/simple.py b/ldapcherry/ppolicy/simple.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baa706b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldapcherry/ppolicy/simple.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim:set expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4:
+#
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+# LdapCherry
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Carpentier Pierre-Francois
+