diff --git a/servers/slapd/slap.h b/servers/slapd/slap.h
index 8cbd32e3a1..5afd568472 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/slap.h
+++ b/servers/slapd/slap.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 LDAP_BEGIN_DECL
 
 #define SERVICE_NAME  OPENLDAP_PACKAGE "-slapd"
-#define SLAPD_ANONYMOUS "<anonymous>"
+#define SLAPD_ANONYMOUS "cn=anonymous"
 
 #ifdef f_next
 #undef f_next /* name conflict between sys/file.h on SCO and struct filter */