diff --git a/framework/Core/lib/Horde/Config.php b/framework/Core/lib/Horde/Config.php
index 2acc86d8eb1..475d749e7a1 100644
--- a/framework/Core/lib/Horde/Config.php
+++ b/framework/Core/lib/Horde/Config.php
@@ -767,10 +767,10 @@ protected function _configLDAP($ctx, $node = null,
                 '_type' => 'stringlist',
                 'required' => true,
                 'desc' => 'LDAP server(s)/hostname(s)',
-                'default' => $this->_default(
+                'default' => implode(',', $this->_default(
                     $ctx . '|hostspec',
                     $node ? ($xpath->evaluate('string(configstring[@name="hostspec"])', $node) ?: '') : ''
-                )
+                ))
             ),
 
             'port' => array(
diff --git a/framework/Core/package.xml b/framework/Core/package.xml
index ec76294a439..ab085425867 100644
--- a/framework/Core/package.xml
+++ b/framework/Core/package.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  </stability>
  <license uri="http://www.horde.org/licenses/lgpl21">LGPL-2.1</license>
  <notes>
-* 
+* [jan] Fix propagating the LDAP hostspec configuration field (Bug #13872).
  </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir baseinstalldir="/" name="/">
@@ -3834,7 +3834,7 @@
    <date>2015-02-10</date>
    <license uri="http://www.horde.org/licenses/lgpl21">LGPL-2.1</license>
    <notes>
-* 
+* [jan] Fix propagating the LDAP hostspec configuration field (Bug #13872).
    </notes>
   </release>
  </changelog>