diff --git a/src/api/core/ciphers.rs b/src/api/core/ciphers.rs
index 92499b9f..329a53f9 100644
--- a/src/api/core/ciphers.rs
+++ b/src/api/core/ciphers.rs
@@ -159,15 +159,20 @@ async fn sync(data: SyncData, headers: Headers, client_version: Option<ClientVer
     let sends_json: Vec<Value> =
         Send::find_by_user(&headers.user.uuid, &conn).await.iter().map(Send::to_json).collect();
 
-    let policies_json: Vec<Value> =
+    let mut policies_json: Vec<Value> =
         OrgPolicy::find_confirmed_by_user(&headers.user.uuid, &conn).await.iter().map(OrgPolicy::to_json).collect();
 
-    let policies_new_json: Vec<Value> = OrgPolicy::find_accepted_and_confirmed_by_user(&headers.user.uuid, &conn)
+    let mut policies_new_json: Vec<Value> = OrgPolicy::find_accepted_and_confirmed_by_user(&headers.user.uuid, &conn)
         .await
         .iter()
         .map(OrgPolicy::to_json)
         .collect();
 
+    if let Some(global_policy) = OrgPolicy::global_master_password_policy() {
+        policies_json.push(global_policy.clone());
+        policies_new_json.push(global_policy);
+    }
+
     let domains_json = if data.exclude_domains {
         Value::Null
     } else {
diff --git a/src/db/models/org_policy.rs b/src/db/models/org_policy.rs
index 554f51fc..25f57e15 100644
--- a/src/db/models/org_policy.rs
+++ b/src/db/models/org_policy.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ pub struct OrgPolicy {
     pub revision_date: NaiveDateTime,
 }
 
+// Fake organization id for the synthetic server-wide policy, analogous to FAKE_SSO_IDENTIFIER
+pub static FAKE_GLOBAL_POLICY_ORG_ID: &str = "00000000-01DC-01DC-01DC-000000000001";
+
 // https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/9ebe16587175b1c0e9208f84397bb75d0d595510/src/Core/AdminConsole/Enums/PolicyType.cs
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, num_derive::FromPrimitive)]
 pub enum OrgPolicyType {
@@ -120,6 +123,16 @@ impl OrgPolicy {
 
         policy
     }
+
+    // Synthetic policy built from the MASTER_PASSWORD_POLICY setting. Serving it alongside the
+    // organization policies makes the clients enforce it on password changes as well, without
+    // requiring an organization.
+    pub fn global_master_password_policy() -> Option<Value> {
+        CONFIG.master_password_policy_value().map(|data| {
+            OrgPolicy::new(FAKE_GLOBAL_POLICY_ORG_ID.into(), OrgPolicyType::MasterPassword, true, data.to_string())
+                .to_json()
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 /// Database methods