diff --git a/servers/lloadd/Makefile.in b/servers/lloadd/Makefile.in
index 6f34aebf5f..2a289f5e8e 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/Makefile.in
+++ b/servers/lloadd/Makefile.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ NT_OBJS = nt_svc.o ../../libraries/liblutil/slapdmsg.res
 
 SRCS	= main.c globals.c backend.c bind.c config.c connection.c client.c \
 		  daemon.c ch_malloc.c init.c operation.c user.c sl_malloc.c \
-		  upstream.c value.c libevent_support.c \
+		  upstream.c value.c libevent_support.c extended.c \
 		  $(@PLAT@_SRCS)
 
 OBJS	= $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(SRCS)) $(@PLAT@_OBJS)
diff --git a/servers/lloadd/client.c b/servers/lloadd/client.c
index 189f895863..d73844d4d5 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/client.c
+++ b/servers/lloadd/client.c
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ handle_one_request( Connection *c )
              * ExOps (esp. Cancel) will be different */
             handler = request_abandon;
             break;
+        case LDAP_REQ_EXTENDED:
+            handler = request_extended;
+            break;
         default:
             if ( c->c_state == SLAP_C_BINDING ) {
                 return operation_send_reject_locked(
diff --git a/servers/lloadd/extended.c b/servers/lloadd/extended.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52c45fa1d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/servers/lloadd/extended.c
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/* $OpenLDAP$ */
+/* This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright 1998-2020 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted only as authorized by the OpenLDAP
+ * Public License.
+ *
+ * A copy of this license is available in the file LICENSE in the
+ * top-level directory of the distribution or, alternatively, at
+ * <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/license.html>.
+ */
+
+#include "portable.h"
+
+#include <ac/string.h>
+
+#include "lutil.h"
+#include "slap.h"
+
+Avlnode *lload_exop_handlers = NULL;
+
+int
+request_extended( Connection *c, Operation *op )
+{
+    ExopHandler *handler, needle = {};
+    BerElement *copy;
+    struct berval bv;
+    ber_tag_t tag;
+
+    if ( (copy = ber_alloc()) == NULL ) {
+        if ( operation_send_reject_locked(
+                     op, LDAP_OTHER, "internal error", 0 ) == LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+            CONNECTION_DESTROY(c);
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    ber_init2( copy, &op->o_request, 0 );
+
+    tag = ber_skip_element( copy, &bv );
+    if ( tag != LDAP_TAG_EXOP_REQ_OID ) {
+        Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_STATS, "request_extended: "
+                "no OID present in extended request\n" );
+        return operation_send_reject_locked(
+                op, LDAP_PROTOCOL_ERROR, "decoding error", 0 );
+    }
+
+    needle.oid = bv;
+
+    handler = avl_find( lload_exop_handlers, &needle, exop_handler_cmp );
+    if ( handler ) {
+        Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "request_extended: "
+                "handling exop OID %.*s internally\n",
+                (int)bv.bv_len, bv.bv_val );
+        ber_free( copy, 0 );
+        return handler->func( c, op );
+    }
+    ber_free( copy, 0 );
+
+    if ( c->c_state == SLAP_C_BINDING ) {
+        return operation_send_reject_locked(
+                op, LDAP_PROTOCOL_ERROR, "bind in progress", 0 );
+    }
+    return request_process( c, op );
+}
+
+ExopHandler lload_exops[] = { { BER_BVNULL }
+};
+
+int
+exop_handler_cmp( const void *left, const void *right )
+{
+    const struct lload_exop_handlers_t *l = left, *r = right;
+    return ber_bvcmp( &l->oid, &r->oid );
+}
+
+int
+lload_register_exop_handlers( struct lload_exop_handlers_t *handler )
+{
+    for ( ; !BER_BVISNULL( &handler->oid ); handler++ ) {
+        Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "lload_register_exop_handlers: "
+                "registering handler for exop oid=%s\n",
+                handler->oid.bv_val );
+        if ( avl_insert( &lload_exop_handlers, handler, exop_handler_cmp,
+                     avl_dup_error ) ) {
+            Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "lload_register_exop_handlers: "
+                    "failed to register handler for exop oid=%s\n",
+                    handler->oid.bv_val );
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return LDAP_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+int
+lload_exop_init( void )
+{
+    if ( lload_register_exop_handlers( lload_exops ) ) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return LDAP_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/servers/lloadd/init.c b/servers/lloadd/init.c
index af0cae7a28..0bac2b4bf9 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/init.c
+++ b/servers/lloadd/init.c
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ slap_init( int mode, const char *name )
             ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_init( &backend_mutex );
             ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_init( &clients_mutex );
 
+            lload_exop_init();
+
             break;
 
         default:
diff --git a/servers/lloadd/proto-slap.h b/servers/lloadd/proto-slap.h
index 83cd1f7dba..fc2cb30db7 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/proto-slap.h
+++ b/servers/lloadd/proto-slap.h
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ LDAP_SLAPD_V (int) slapd_tcp_wmem;
     ( ( (bv1)->bv_len == (bv2)->bv_len ) && \
             ( memcmp( (bv1)->bv_val, (bv2)->bv_val, (bv1)->bv_len ) == 0 ) )
 
+/*
+ * extended.c
+ */
+LDAP_SLAPD_V (Avlnode *) lload_exop_handlers;
+LDAP_SLAPD_F (int) exop_handler_cmp( const void *l, const void *r );
+LDAP_SLAPD_F (int) request_extended( Connection *c, Operation *op );
+LDAP_SLAPD_F (int) lload_exop_init( void );
+
 /*
  * globals.c
  */
diff --git a/servers/lloadd/slap.h b/servers/lloadd/slap.h
index 4b4e89ba96..bd3d327740 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/slap.h
+++ b/servers/lloadd/slap.h
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ struct Backend {
 
 typedef int (*OperationHandler)( Operation *op, BerElement *ber );
 typedef int (*RequestHandler)( Connection *c, Operation *op );
+typedef struct lload_exop_handlers_t {
+    struct berval oid;
+    RequestHandler func;
+} ExopHandler;
 
 typedef int (*CONNECTION_PDU_CB)( Connection *c );
 typedef void (*CONNECTION_DESTROY_CB)( Connection *c );