diff --git a/ldap.c b/ldap.c
index 13dba6f05a..fd905dd152 100644
--- a/ldap.c
+++ b/ldap.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void uwsgi_opt_ldap_dump(char *opt, char *foo, void *bar) {
 	exit(0);
 }
 
-void uwsgi_ldap_config() {
+void uwsgi_ldap_config(char *url) {
 
 	LDAP *ldp;
 	LDAPMessage *results, *entry;
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ void uwsgi_ldap_config() {
 	char *attr;
 	char *uwsgi_attr;
 
-	char *url = "ldap:///";
 	char *url_slash;
 
 	int desired_version = LDAP_VERSION3;
@@ -256,10 +255,6 @@ void uwsgi_ldap_config() {
 
 	LDAPURLDesc *ldap_url;
 
-	if (uwsgi.ldap) {
-		url = uwsgi.ldap;
-	}
-
 	if (!ldap_is_ldap_url(url)) {
 		uwsgi_log("invalid LDAP url.\n");
 		exit(1);
diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index c1bb688a41..4dcd810b4d 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_base_options[] = {
 	{"zmq", required_argument, 0, "create a zeromq pub/sub pair", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uwsgi.zeromq,0},
 #endif
 #ifdef UWSGI_LDAP
-	{"ldap", required_argument, 0, "load configuration from ldap server", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uwsgi.ldap, 0},
+	{"ldap", required_argument, 0, "load configuration from ldap server", uwsgi_opt_load_ldap, NULL, UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
 	{"ldap-schema", no_argument, 0, "dump uWSGI ldap schema", uwsgi_opt_ldap_dump, NULL, UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
 	{"ldap-schema-ldif", no_argument, 0, "dump uWSGI ldap schema in ldif format", uwsgi_opt_ldap_dump_ldif, NULL, UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
 #endif
@@ -3864,6 +3864,12 @@ void uwsgi_opt_load_json(char *opt, char *filename, void *none) {
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef UWSGI_LDAP
+void uwsgi_opt_load_ldap(char *opt, char *url, void *none) {
+	uwsgi_ldap_config(url);
+}
+#endif
+
 void uwsgi_opt_flock(char *opt, char *filename, void *none) {
 
 	int fd = open(filename, O_RDWR);
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index 0f87ddcdd4..bd6ae3b41b 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -1449,10 +1449,6 @@ struct uwsgi_server {
 	int no_server;
 	int command_mode;
 
-#ifdef UWSGI_LDAP
-	char *ldap;
-#endif
-
 	int xml_round2;
 
 	char *cwd;
@@ -2026,7 +2022,7 @@ void uwsgi_sqlite3_config(char *, char *[]);
 #ifdef UWSGI_LDAP
 void uwsgi_opt_ldap_dump(char *, char *, void *);
 void uwsgi_opt_ldap_dump_ldif(char *, char *, void *);
-void uwsgi_ldap_config(void);
+void uwsgi_ldap_config(char *);
 #endif
 
 inline int uwsgi_strncmp(char *, int, char *, int);
@@ -2653,6 +2649,9 @@ void uwsgi_opt_load_sqlite3(char *, char *, void *);
 #ifdef UWSGI_JSON
 void uwsgi_opt_load_json(char *, char *, void *);
 #endif
+#ifdef UWSGI_LDAP
+void uwsgi_opt_load_ldap(char *, char *, void *);
+#endif
 
 void uwsgi_opt_set_umask(char *, char *, void *);
 void uwsgi_opt_add_spooler(char *, char *, void *);