diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ca9ab5..396a06a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - Fix: correct viewPath error in LoginWidget (niciz)
 - Enh: possibility to call all the api endpoints with either id or username or email (liviuk2)
 - Fix: use configured User model in SecurityController 2FA confirmation (jussiaho)
+- Enh: possibility to get user ids from roles recursively (mp1509)
 
 ## 1.6.0 January 9, 2023
 
diff --git a/src/User/Component/AuthDbManagerComponent.php b/src/User/Component/AuthDbManagerComponent.php
index 49f7686..11e9d4f 100644
--- a/src/User/Component/AuthDbManagerComponent.php
+++ b/src/User/Component/AuthDbManagerComponent.php
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 namespace Da\User\Component;
 
 use Da\User\Contracts\AuthManagerInterface;
+use yii\base\InvalidArgumentException;
+use yii\db\Expression;
 use yii\db\Query;
 use yii\rbac\DbManager;
+use yii\rbac\Role;
 
 class AuthDbManagerComponent extends DbManager implements AuthManagerInterface
 {
@@ -80,4 +83,74 @@ class AuthDbManagerComponent extends DbManager implements AuthManagerInterface
     {
         return parent::getItem($name);
     }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     * @param bool $recursive
+     * @override to add possibility to get the ids of users assigned to roles that are parents of the given one.
+     * @since 1.6.1
+     */
+    public function getUserIdsByRole($roleName, $recursive = false)
+    {
+        if(!$recursive || empty($roleName)) {
+            return parent::getUserIdsByRole($roleName);
+        }
+
+        $roles = $this->getParentRoles($roleName);
+        $userIds = array_reduce($roles, function ($ids, $role) {
+            $roleIds = parent::getUserIdsByRole($role->name);
+            return array_merge($ids, $roleIds);
+        }, []);
+        return array_unique($userIds);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns parent roles of the role specified. Depth isn't limited.
+     * @param string $roleName name of the role to file parent roles for
+     * @return Role[] Child roles. The array is indexed by the role names.
+     * First element is an instance of the parent Role itself.
+     * @throws \yii\base\InvalidParamException if Role was not found that are getting by $roleName
+     * @since 1.6.1
+     */
+    public function getParentRoles($roleName)
+    {
+        $role = $this->getRole($roleName);
+
+        if ($role === null) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException("Role \"$roleName\" not found.");
+        }
+
+        $result = [];
+        $this->getParentsRecursive($roleName, $result);
+
+        $roles = [$roleName => $role];
+
+        $roles += $result;
+
+        return $roles;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Recursively finds all parents and grandparents of the specified item.
+     * @param string $name the name of the item whose children are to be looked for.
+     * @param array $result the children and grand children (in array keys)
+     * @since 1.6.1
+     */
+    protected function getParentsRecursive($name, &$result = [])
+    {
+        $query = (new Query())
+            ->select(['name', 'type', 'description', 'rule_name', 'data', 'created_at', 'updated_at'])
+            ->from([$this->itemTable, $this->itemChildTable])
+            ->where(['child' => $name, 'name' => new Expression('[[parent]]')]);
+
+        foreach ($query->all($this->db) as $row) {
+            if(isset($result[$row['name']])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $result[$row['name']] = $this->populateItem($row);
+            $this->getParentsRecursive($row['name'], $result);
+        }
+    }
 }