diff --git a/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/RepositoryApplicationConfiguration.java b/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/RepositoryApplicationConfiguration.java
index 10100eda1..d5e8db96f 100644
--- a/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/RepositoryApplicationConfiguration.java
+++ b/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/RepositoryApplicationConfiguration.java
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.helper.AfterTransactionCommitExecuto
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.helper.CacheManagerHolder;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.helper.SecurityTokenGeneratorHolder;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.helper.SystemManagementHolder;
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.helper.SystemSecurityContextHolder;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.helper.TenantAwareHolder;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.helper.TenantConfigurationManagementHolder;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.security.SecurityTokenGenerator;
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.security.SystemSecurityContext;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.tenancy.TenantAware;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.JpaBaseConfiguration;
@@ -49,6 +51,16 @@ import org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.MethodValidationPostProcess
 @EnableAutoConfiguration
 public class RepositoryApplicationConfiguration extends JpaBaseConfiguration {
 
+    /**
+     * @return the {@link SystemSecurityContext} singleton bean which make it
+     *         accessible in beans which cannot access the service directly,
+     *         e.g. JPA entities.
+     */
+    @Bean
+    public SystemSecurityContextHolder systemSecurityContextHolder() {
+        return SystemSecurityContextHolder.getInstance();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the {@link TenantConfigurationManagement} singleton bean which
      *         make it accessible in beans which cannot access the service
diff --git a/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/model/TargetInfo.java b/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/model/TargetInfo.java
index e0ffa8f5f..00a501540 100644
--- a/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/model/TargetInfo.java
+++ b/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/model/TargetInfo.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import javax.persistence.OneToOne;
 import javax.persistence.Table;
 import javax.persistence.Transient;
 
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.helper.SystemSecurityContextHolder;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.helper.TenantConfigurationManagementHolder;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.tenancy.configuration.DurationHelper;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.tenancy.configuration.TenantConfigurationKey;
@@ -245,19 +246,21 @@ public class TargetInfo implements Persistable<Long>, Serializable {
         if (lastTargetQuery == null) {
             return null;
         }
-
-        final Duration pollTime = DurationHelper.formattedStringToDuration(
-                TenantConfigurationManagementHolder.getInstance().getTenantConfigurationManagement()
-                        .getConfigurationValue(TenantConfigurationKey.POLLING_TIME_INTERVAL, String.class).getValue());
-        final Duration overdueTime = DurationHelper.formattedStringToDuration(TenantConfigurationManagementHolder
-                .getInstance().getTenantConfigurationManagement()
-                .getConfigurationValue(TenantConfigurationKey.POLLING_OVERDUE_TIME_INTERVAL, String.class).getValue());
-        final LocalDateTime currentDate = LocalDateTime.now();
-        final LocalDateTime lastPollDate = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(lastTargetQuery),
-                ZoneId.systemDefault());
-        final LocalDateTime nextPollDate = lastPollDate.plus(pollTime);
-        final LocalDateTime overdueDate = nextPollDate.plus(overdueTime);
-        return new PollStatus(lastPollDate, nextPollDate, overdueDate, currentDate);
+        return SystemSecurityContextHolder.getInstance().getSystemSecurityContext().runAsSystem(() -> {
+            final Duration pollTime = DurationHelper.formattedStringToDuration(TenantConfigurationManagementHolder
+                    .getInstance().getTenantConfigurationManagement()
+                    .getConfigurationValue(TenantConfigurationKey.POLLING_TIME_INTERVAL, String.class).getValue());
+            final Duration overdueTime = DurationHelper.formattedStringToDuration(
+                    TenantConfigurationManagementHolder.getInstance().getTenantConfigurationManagement()
+                            .getConfigurationValue(TenantConfigurationKey.POLLING_OVERDUE_TIME_INTERVAL, String.class)
+                            .getValue());
+            final LocalDateTime currentDate = LocalDateTime.now();
+            final LocalDateTime lastPollDate = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(lastTargetQuery),
+                    ZoneId.systemDefault());
+            final LocalDateTime nextPollDate = lastPollDate.plus(pollTime);
+            final LocalDateTime overdueDate = nextPollDate.plus(overdueTime);
+            return new PollStatus(lastPollDate, nextPollDate, overdueDate, currentDate);
+        });
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/model/helper/SystemSecurityContextHolder.java b/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/model/helper/SystemSecurityContextHolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d005e9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hawkbit-repository/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/model/helper/SystemSecurityContextHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Bosch Software Innovations GmbH and others.
+ *
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+package org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.helper;
+
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.security.SystemSecurityContext;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+/**
+ * A singleton bean which holds {@link SystemSecurityContext} service and makes
+ * it accessible to beans which are not managed by spring, e.g. JPA entities.
+ */
+public final class SystemSecurityContextHolder {
+
+    private static final SystemSecurityContextHolder INSTANCE = new SystemSecurityContextHolder();
+
+    @Autowired
+    private SystemSecurityContext systemSecurityContext;
+
+    private SystemSecurityContextHolder() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the singleton {@link SystemSecurityContextHolder} instance
+     */
+    public static SystemSecurityContextHolder getInstance() {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the {@link SystemSecurityContext} service
+     */
+    public SystemSecurityContext getSystemSecurityContext() {
+        return systemSecurityContext;
+    }
+}