diff --git a/radicale/auth/PAM.py b/radicale/auth/PAM.py
index 25e66b196..7efc1b117 100644
--- a/radicale/auth/PAM.py
+++ b/radicale/auth/PAM.py
@@ -91,3 +91,44 @@ def is_authenticated(user, password):
             GROUP_MEMBERSHIP)
 
     return False
+
+
+def is_in_group(user, group):
+    """Check if the user is in the aforementioned group."""
+
+    # Check whether the user exists in the PAM system
+    try:
+        pwd.getpwnam(user).pw_uid
+    except KeyError:
+        log.LOGGER.debug("User %s not found" % user)
+        return False
+    else:
+        log.LOGGER.debug("User %s found" % user)
+
+    # Check whether the group exists
+    try:
+        # Obtain supplementary groups
+        members = grp.getgrnam(group).gr_mem
+    except KeyError:
+        log.LOGGER.debug(
+            "Group %s doesn't exist" %group)
+        return False
+
+    # Check whether the user exists
+    try:
+        # Get user primary group
+        primary_group = grp.getgrgid(pwd.getpwnam(user).pw_gid).gr_name
+    except KeyError:
+        log.LOGGER.debug("The PAM user (%s) doesn't exist" % user)
+        return False
+
+    # Check whether the user belongs to the required group
+    # (primary or supplementary)
+    if primary_group == group or user in members:
+        log.LOGGER.debug(
+            "The PAM user belongs to the required group (%s)" %group)
+        return True
+    else:
+        log.LOGGER.debug(
+            "The PAM user doesn't belong to the required group (%s)" %group)
+        return False
diff --git a/radicale/auth/__init__.py b/radicale/auth/__init__.py
index 5dbdde47a..6aff3e0a1 100644
--- a/radicale/auth/__init__.py
+++ b/radicale/auth/__init__.py
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ def load():
         module = getattr(root_module, auth_type)
     # Override auth.is_authenticated
     sys.modules[__name__].is_authenticated = module.is_authenticated
+    # Override auth.is_in_group if available
+    if hasattr(module, 'is_in_group'):
+        sys.modules[__name__].is_in_group = module.is_in_group
     return module
 
 
@@ -54,3 +57,13 @@ def is_authenticated(user, password):
 
     """
     return True  # Default is always True: no authentication
+
+
+def is_in_group(user, group):
+    """Check if the user is in the aforementioned group.
+
+    This method is overriden if an auth module providing group support is
+    loaded.
+
+    """
+    return False # Default is always False: user in no group
diff --git a/radicale/rights/regex.py b/radicale/rights/regex.py
index 35e5893c6..d47b7a2d1 100644
--- a/radicale/rights/regex.py
+++ b/radicale/rights/regex.py
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
 import sys
 import os.path
 
-from .. import config, log
+from .. import config, log, auth
 
 # Manage Python2/3 different modules
 if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
-    from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+    from ConfigParser import ConfigParser, NoOptionError
     from StringIO import StringIO
 else:
-    from configparser import ConfigParser
+    from configparser import ConfigParser, NoOptionError
     from io import StringIO
 
 
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ def _read_from_sections(user, collection_url, permission):
     for section in regex.sections():
         re_user = regex.get(section, "user")
         re_collection = regex.get(section, "collection")
+        group = []
+        try:
+            group = regex.get(section, "group", [])
+        except NoOptionError:
+            pass
+        if group:
+            group = [ x.strip() for x in group.split(',') ]
         log.LOGGER.debug(
             "Test if '%s:%s' matches against '%s:%s' from section '%s'" % (
                 user, collection_url, re_user, re_collection, section))
@@ -88,9 +95,10 @@ def _read_from_sections(user, collection_url, permission):
         if user_match:
             re_collection = re_collection.format(*user_match.groups())
             if re.match(re_collection, collection_url):
-                log.LOGGER.debug("Section '%s' matches" % section)
-                if permission in regex.get(section, "permission"):
-                    return True
+                if any(map(lambda g: auth.is_in_group(user, g), group)):
+                    log.LOGGER.debug("Section '%s' matches" % section)
+                    if permission in regex.get(section, "permission"):
+                        return True
             else:
                 log.LOGGER.debug("Section '%s' does not match" % section)
     return False
diff --git a/rights b/rights
index db3e51cf8..96f69f141 100644
--- a/rights
+++ b/rights
@@ -36,3 +36,11 @@ permission: r
 user: .+
 collection: ^%(login)s/.*$
 permission: w
+
+# Give access to all user in groups admins and wheel to collections starting by
+# admins/.
+[admins]
+user: .+
+group: admins, wheel
+collection: ^admins/.+$
+permission: rw