diff --git a/application/forms/Config/Authentication/LdapBackendForm.php b/application/forms/Config/Authentication/LdapBackendForm.php
index 32fcfad26..a6c1b92a8 100644
--- a/application/forms/Config/Authentication/LdapBackendForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Config/Authentication/LdapBackendForm.php
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ class LdapBackendForm extends Form
                     : array()
             )
         );
+        $this->addElement(
+            'text',
+            'base_dn',
+            array(
+                'required'      => true,
+                'label'         => t('Bind DN'),
+                'description'   => t('The path where users can be found on the ldap server')
+            )
+        );
         $this->addElement(
             'text',
             'user_class',
@@ -127,7 +136,8 @@ class LdapBackendForm extends Form
             $ldapUserBackend = new LdapUserBackend(
                 ResourceFactory::createResource($form->getResourceConfig()),
                 $form->getElement('user_class')->getValue(),
-                $form->getElement('user_name_attribute')->getValue()
+                $form->getElement('user_name_attribute')->getValue(),
+                $form->getElement('base_dn')->getValue()
             );
             $ldapUserBackend->assertAuthenticationPossible();
         } catch (AuthenticationException $e) {
diff --git a/application/forms/Setup/AdminAccountPage.php b/application/forms/Setup/AdminAccountPage.php
index fc3a18fa8..6734ab766 100644
--- a/application/forms/Setup/AdminAccountPage.php
+++ b/application/forms/Setup/AdminAccountPage.php
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ class AdminAccountPage extends Form
             $backend = new LdapUserBackend(
                 ResourceFactory::createResource(new Zend_Config($this->resourceConfig)),
                 $this->backendConfig['user_class'],
-                $this->backendConfig['user_name_attribute']
+                $this->backendConfig['user_name_attribute'],
+                $this->backendConfig['base_dn']
             );
         } else {
             throw new LogicException(
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Authentication/Backend/LdapUserBackend.php b/library/Icinga/Authentication/Backend/LdapUserBackend.php
index 0bf503dee..7c60a4a41 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Authentication/Backend/LdapUserBackend.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Authentication/Backend/LdapUserBackend.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Icinga\Authentication\Backend;
 
-use Icinga\Logger\Logger;
 use Icinga\User;
 use Icinga\Authentication\UserBackend;
 use Icinga\Protocol\Ldap\Connection;
@@ -20,15 +19,18 @@ class LdapUserBackend extends UserBackend
      **/
     protected $conn;
 
+    protected $baseDn;
+
     protected $userClass;
 
     protected $userNameAttribute;
 
     protected $groupOptions;
 
-    public function __construct(Connection $conn, $userClass, $userNameAttribute, $groupOptions = null)
+    public function __construct(Connection $conn, $userClass, $userNameAttribute, $baseDn, $groupOptions = null)
     {
         $this->conn = $conn;
+        $this->baseDn = $baseDn;
         $this->userClass = $userClass;
         $this->userNameAttribute = $userNameAttribute;
         $this->groupOptions = $groupOptions;
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ class LdapUserBackend extends UserBackend
             throw new AuthenticationException(
                 'No objects with objectClass="%s" in DN="%s" found.',
                 $this->userClass,
-                $this->conn->getDN()
+                $this->baseDn
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Authentication/UserBackend.php b/library/Icinga/Authentication/UserBackend.php
index 7829210fd..6914dd2de 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Authentication/UserBackend.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Authentication/UserBackend.php
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ abstract class UserBackend implements Countable
                     $resource,
                     $backendConfig->get('user_class', 'user'),
                     $backendConfig->get('user_name_attribute', 'sAMAccountName'),
+                    $backendConfig->get('base_dn', $resource->getDN()),
                     $groupOptions
                 );
                 break;
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ abstract class UserBackend implements Countable
                     $resource,
                     $backendConfig->user_class,
                     $backendConfig->user_name_attribute,
+                    $backendConfig->get('base_dn', $resource->getDN()),
                     $groupOptions
                 );
                 break;