diff --git a/libraries/libldap/sasl.c b/libraries/libldap/sasl.c
index d418c78c6d..fa3bcf9dbd 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap/sasl.c
+++ b/libraries/libldap/sasl.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ldap_sasl_bind(
 			ld->ld_version, dn, LDAP_AUTH_SIMPLE,
 			cred );
 		
-	} else if ( cred == NULL ) {
+	} else if ( cred == NULL || cred->bv_val == NULL ) {
 		/* SASL bind w/o creditials */
 		rc = ber_printf( ber, "{it{ist{sN}N}" /*}*/,
 			++ld->ld_msgid, LDAP_REQ_BIND,