diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/PermissionSet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/PermissionSet.java
index 160fb7c62..0af4001a8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/PermissionSet.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/PermissionSet.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ public class PermissionSet {
 	/** This may be empty, but it should never be null. */
 	private String label = "";
 
+	private boolean defaultForNewUsers;
+
 	/** This may be empty, but it should never be null. */
 	private Set<String> permissionUris = Collections.emptySet();
 
@@ -37,6 +39,15 @@ public class PermissionSet {
 		this.label = (label == null) ? "" : label;
 	}
 
+	public boolean isDefaultForNewUsers() {
+		return defaultForNewUsers;
+	}
+
+	public void setDefaultForNewUsers(Boolean defaultForNewUsers) {
+		this.defaultForNewUsers = (defaultForNewUsers == null) ? false
+				: defaultForNewUsers.booleanValue();
+	}
+
 	public Set<String> getPermissionUris() {
 		return permissionUris;
 	}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/VitroVocabulary.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/VitroVocabulary.java
index 189773686..dde828b54 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/VitroVocabulary.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/VitroVocabulary.java
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ public class VitroVocabulary {
 
     public static final String PERMISSIONSET = VITRO_AUTH + "PermissionSet";
     public static final String PERMISSIONSET_HAS_PERMISSION = VITRO_AUTH + "hasPermission";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_PERMISSION_SET_FOR_NEW_USERS = VITRO_AUTH + "DefaultPermissionSetForNewUsers";
 
     public static final String PERMISSION = VITRO_AUTH + "Permission";
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDaoCon.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDaoCon.java
index 3e8747b51..676bdfd33 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDaoCon.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDaoCon.java
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public class JenaBaseDaoCon {
     protected  ObjectProperty     USERACCOUNT_PROXY_EDITOR_FOR = _constModel.createObjectProperty(VitroVocabulary.USERACCOUNT_PROXY_EDITOR_FOR);
 
     protected  OntClass           PERMISSIONSET = _constModel.createClass(VitroVocabulary.PERMISSIONSET);
+    protected  OntClass           DEFAULT_PERMISSION_SET_FOR_NEW_USERS = _constModel.createClass(VitroVocabulary.DEFAULT_PERMISSION_SET_FOR_NEW_USERS);
     protected  ObjectProperty     PERMISSIONSET_HAS_PERMISSION = _constModel.createObjectProperty(VitroVocabulary.PERMISSIONSET_HAS_PERMISSION);
 
     protected  OntClass           PERMISSION = _constModel.createClass(VitroVocabulary.PERMISSION);
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJena.java
index bdb8a21db..7611e2ffb 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJena.java
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public class UserAccountsDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements UserAccountsDao
 				Resource s = getOntModel().createResource(uri);
 				getOntModel().remove(s, p, o);
 			}
-			for (String uri: addThese) {
+			for (String uri : addThese) {
 				Resource s = getOntModel().createResource(uri);
 				getOntModel().add(s, p, o);
 			}
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ public class UserAccountsDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements UserAccountsDao
 			PermissionSet ps = new PermissionSet();
 			ps.setUri(uri);
 			ps.setLabel(getPropertyStringValue(r, RDFS.label));
+			ps.setDefaultForNewUsers(isResourceOfType(r,
+					DEFAULT_PERMISSION_SET_FOR_NEW_USERS));
 			ps.setPermissionUris(getPropertyResourceURIValues(r,
 					PERMISSIONSET_HAS_PERMISSION));
 			return ps;
@@ -434,6 +436,8 @@ public class UserAccountsDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements UserAccountsDao
 					PermissionSet ps = new PermissionSet();
 					ps.setUri(r.getURI());
 					ps.setLabel(getPropertyStringValue(r, RDFS.label));
+					ps.setDefaultForNewUsers(isResourceOfType(r,
+							DEFAULT_PERMISSION_SET_FOR_NEW_USERS));
 					ps.setPermissionUris(getPropertyResourceURIValues(r,
 							PERMISSIONSET_HAS_PERMISSION));
 					list.add(ps);
diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJenaTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJenaTest.java
index 68bf50fac..1a6205e67 100644
--- a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJenaTest.java
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJenaTest.java
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ public class UserAccountsDaoJenaTest extends AbstractTestClass {
 		PermissionSet ps2 = new PermissionSet();
 		ps2.setUri(URI_ROLE2);
 		ps2.setLabel("Role 2");
+		ps2.setDefaultForNewUsers(true);
 		expected.add(ps2);
 
 		assertCorrectPermissionSets(expected, dao.getAllPermissionSets());
@@ -450,25 +451,26 @@ public class UserAccountsDaoJenaTest extends AbstractTestClass {
 			Collection<PermissionSet> actual) {
 		Set<Map<String, Object>> expectedMaps = new HashSet<Map<String, Object>>();
 		for (PermissionSet ps : expected) {
-			Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-			map.put("uri", ps.getUri());
-			map.put("label", ps.getLabel());
-			map.put("permissions", ps.getPermissionUris());
-			expectedMaps.add(map);
+			expectedMaps.add(buildMapFromPermissionSet(ps));
 		}
 
 		Set<Map<String, Object>> actualMaps = new HashSet<Map<String, Object>>();
 		for (PermissionSet ps : actual) {
-			Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-			map.put("uri", ps.getUri());
-			map.put("label", ps.getLabel());
-			map.put("permissions", ps.getPermissionUris());
-			actualMaps.add(map);
+			actualMaps.add(buildMapFromPermissionSet(ps));
 		}
 
 		assertEquals("all permission sets", expectedMaps, actualMaps);
 	}
 
+	private Map<String, Object> buildMapFromPermissionSet(PermissionSet ps) {
+		Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+		map.put("uri", ps.getUri());
+		map.put("label", ps.getLabel());
+		map.put("permissions", ps.getPermissionUris());
+		map.put("defaultForNewUsers", ps.isDefaultForNewUsers());
+		return map;
+	}
+
 	private void assertExpectedAccountUris(String label,
 			Set<UserAccount> expectedUserAccounts,
 			Collection<UserAccount> actualUserAccounts) {
diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/resources/UserAccountsDaoJenaTest.n3 b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/resources/UserAccountsDaoJenaTest.n3
index 7b5069c26..007f41861 100644
--- a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/resources/UserAccountsDaoJenaTest.n3
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/resources/UserAccountsDaoJenaTest.n3
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
 @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
+@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
 @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
 @prefix auth: <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/authorization#> .
 @prefix mydomain: <http://vivo.mydomain.edu/individual/> .
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ mydomain:role1
 	
 mydomain:role2
 	a auth:PermissionSet ;
+    a auth:DefaultPermissionSetForNewUsers ;
 	rdfs:label "Role 2" ;
 	.