diff -ru httpd-2.2.4/include/util_ldap.h httpd-2.2.4.new/include/util_ldap.h
--- httpd-2.2.4/include/util_ldap.h	2007-05-31 16:52:41.000000000 +0200
+++ httpd-2.2.4.new/include/util_ldap.h	2007-05-31 16:51:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     struct util_ldap_connection_t *next;
 } util_ldap_connection_t;
 
-/* LDAP cache state information */ 
+/* LDAP cache state information */
 typedef struct util_ldap_state_t {
     apr_pool_t *pool;           /* pool from which this state is allocated */
 #if APR_HAS_THREADS
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     char *lock_file;           /* filename for shm lock mutex */
     long  connectionTimeout;
     int   verify_svr_cert;
+    int   chase_referrals;
 
 } util_ldap_state_t;
 
diff -ru httpd-2.2.4/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c httpd-2.2.4.new/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c
--- httpd-2.2.4/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c	2007-05-31 16:52:41.000000000 +0200
+++ httpd-2.2.4.new/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c	2007-05-31 17:36:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@
     /* always default to LDAP V3 */
     ldap_set_option(ldc->ldap, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &version);
 
+    /* referrals */
+    ldap_set_option(ldc->ldap, LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS, st->chase_referrals ? LDAP_OPT_ON : LDAP_OPT_OFF);
+
     /* set client certificates */
     if (!apr_is_empty_array(ldc->client_certs)) {
         apr_ldap_set_option(ldc->pool, ldc->ldap, APR_LDAP_OPT_TLS_CERT,
@@ -865,6 +868,7 @@
     util_search_node_t the_search_node;
     apr_time_t curtime;
 
+
     util_ldap_state_t *st =
         (util_ldap_state_t *)ap_get_module_config(r->server->module_config,
         &ldap_module);
@@ -1735,6 +1739,29 @@
 }
 
 
+static const char *util_ldap_set_chase_referrals(cmd_parms *cmd,
+                                                 void *dummy,
+                                                 int mode)
+{
+    util_ldap_state_t *st =
+    (util_ldap_state_t *)ap_get_module_config(cmd->server->module_config,
+                                              &ldap_module);
+    const char *err = ap_check_cmd_context(cmd, GLOBAL_ONLY);
+
+    if (err != NULL) {
+        return err;
+    }
+
+    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, cmd->server,
+                      "LDAP: chase referrals - %s",
+                      mode?"TRUE":"FALSE");
+
+    st->chase_referrals = mode;
+
+    return(NULL);
+}
+
+
 static const char *util_ldap_set_connection_timeout(cmd_parms *cmd,
                                                     void *dummy,
                                                     const char *ttl)
@@ -1790,7 +1817,7 @@
     st->secure_set = 0;
     st->connectionTimeout = 10;
     st->verify_svr_cert = 1;
-
+    st->chase_referrals = 1;
     return st;
 }
 
@@ -2087,6 +2114,10 @@
                   "Specify the LDAP socket connection timeout in seconds "
                   "(default: 10)"),
 
+    AP_INIT_FLAG("LDAPChaseReferrals", util_ldap_set_chase_referrals,
+                  NULL, RSRC_CONF,
+                  "Set to 'ON' requires that LDAP referrals are searched.  Default 'ON'"),
+
     {NULL}
 };