diff --git a/include/apr_ldap_init.h b/include/apr_ldap_init.h
index aeb6d9b..374be44 100644
--- a/include/apr_ldap_init.h
+++ b/include/apr_ldap_init.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ APU_DECLARE_LDAP(int) apr_ldap_ssl_deinit(void);
  */
 APU_DECLARE_LDAP(int) apr_ldap_init(apr_pool_t *pool,
                                     LDAP **ldap,
+                                    const char *uri,
                                     const char *hostname,
                                     int portno,
                                     int secure,
diff --git a/include/private/apu_internal.h b/include/private/apu_internal.h
index c95c9d5..7006510 100644
--- a/include/private/apu_internal.h
+++ b/include/private/apu_internal.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ apr_status_t apu_dso_load(apr_dso_handle_t **dso, apr_dso_handle_sym_t *dsoptr,
 
 struct apr__ldap_dso_fntable {
     int (*info)(apr_pool_t *pool, apr_ldap_err_t **result_err);
-    int (*init)(apr_pool_t *pool, LDAP **ldap, const char *hostname,
+    int (*init)(apr_pool_t *pool, LDAP **ldap, const char *url,const char *hostname,
                 int portno, int secure, apr_ldap_err_t **result_err);
     int (*ssl_init)(apr_pool_t *pool, const char *cert_auth_file,
                     int cert_file_type, apr_ldap_err_t **result_err);
diff --git a/ldap/apr_ldap_init.c b/ldap/apr_ldap_init.c
index 8aacb2a..b4575db 100644
--- a/ldap/apr_ldap_init.c
+++ b/ldap/apr_ldap_init.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ APU_DECLARE_LDAP(int) apr_ldap_ssl_deinit(void)
  */
 APU_DECLARE_LDAP(int) apr_ldap_init(apr_pool_t *pool,
                                     LDAP **ldap,
+                                    const char *uri,
                                     const char *hostname,
                                     int portno,
                                     int secure,
@@ -154,7 +155,6 @@ APU_DECLARE_LDAP(int) apr_ldap_init(apr_pool_t *pool,
 
     apr_ldap_err_t *result = (apr_ldap_err_t *)apr_pcalloc(pool, sizeof(apr_ldap_err_t));
     *result_err = result;
-
 #if APR_HAS_LDAPSSL_INIT
 #if APR_HAS_SOLARIS_LDAPSDK
     /*
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ APU_DECLARE_LDAP(int) apr_ldap_init(apr_pool_t *pool,
 #endif
 #elif APR_HAS_LDAP_SSLINIT
     *ldap = ldap_sslinit((char *)hostname, portno, 0);
+#elif APR_HAS_OPENLDAP_LDAPSDK
+    ldap_initialize(ldap, uri);
 #else
     *ldap = ldap_init((char *)hostname, portno);
 #endif
diff --git a/ldap/apr_ldap_stub.c b/ldap/apr_ldap_stub.c
index 97c1551..52500b9 100644
--- a/ldap/apr_ldap_stub.c
+++ b/ldap/apr_ldap_stub.c
@@ -72,13 +72,14 @@ APU_DECLARE_LDAP(int) apr_ldap_info(apr_pool_t *pool,
 
 APU_DECLARE_LDAP(int) apr_ldap_init(apr_pool_t *pool,
                                     LDAP **ldap,
+                                    const char *url,
                                     const char *hostname,
                                     int portno,
                                     int secure,
                                     apr_ldap_err_t **result_err)
 {
     LOAD_LDAP_STUB(pool, -1);
-    return lfn->init(pool, ldap, hostname, portno, secure, result_err);
+    return lfn->init(pool, ldap, url, hostname, portno, secure, result_err);
 }
 
 APU_DECLARE_LDAP(int) apr_ldap_ssl_init(apr_pool_t *pool,
diff --git a/ldap/apr_ldap_url.c b/ldap/apr_ldap_url.c
index 52e37b2..2fd0a25 100644
--- a/ldap/apr_ldap_url.c
+++ b/ldap/apr_ldap_url.c
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ APU_DECLARE(int) apr_ldap_url_parse_ext(apr_pool_t *pool,
         result->rc = APR_LDAP_URL_ERR_BADSCHEME;
         return APR_EGENERAL;
     }
+    else if ( !APR_HAS_OPENLDAP_LDAPSDK && strcasecmp(scheme, "ldapi") == 0 ) {
+        result->reason = "ldapi:// is only supported with OpenLDAP client library.";
+        result->rc = APR_LDAP_URL_ERR_BADSCHEME;
+        return APR_EGENERAL;
+    }
 
     /* make working copy of the remainder of the URL */
     url = (char *)apr_pstrdup(pool, url_tmp);