diff --git a/src/ejabberd_auth_jwt.erl b/src/ejabberd_auth_jwt.erl
index d80945628..3b3698d1c 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_auth_jwt.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_auth_jwt.erl
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 -behaviour(ejabberd_auth).
 
 -export([start/1, stop/1, check_password/4,
-	 store_type/1, plain_password_required/1
+	 store_type/1, plain_password_required/1,
+         user_exists/2
         ]).
 
 -include("xmpp.hrl").
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ check_password(User, AuthzId, Server, Token) ->
             end
     end.
 
+user_exists(_User, _Host) -> {nocache, false}.
+
 %%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
 %%% Internal functions
 %%%----------------------------------------------------------------------