diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/provisioning/JdbcUserDetailsManager.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/provisioning/JdbcUserDetailsManager.java
index a32c1a87daf..7cc10bc363c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/provisioning/JdbcUserDetailsManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/provisioning/JdbcUserDetailsManager.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserCache;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsPasswordService;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.cache.NullUserCache;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.jdbc.JdbcDaoImpl;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@
  * @author Luke Taylor
  * @since 2.0
  */
-public class JdbcUserDetailsManager extends JdbcDaoImpl implements UserDetailsManager, GroupManager {
+public class JdbcUserDetailsManager extends JdbcDaoImpl
+		implements UserDetailsManager, GroupManager, UserDetailsPasswordService {
 
 	public static final String DEF_CREATE_USER_SQL = "insert into users (username, password, enabled) values (?,?,?)";
 
@@ -598,4 +600,11 @@ private void validateAuthorities(Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> authorit
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public UserDetails updatePassword(UserDetails user, String newPassword) {
+		UserDetails updated = User.withUserDetails(user).password(newPassword).build();
+		updateUser(updated);
+		return updated;
+	}
+
 }