diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldif/ldif.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldif/ldif.c
index 9e9145d648..2d4c43bc61 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldif/ldif.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldif/ldif.c
@@ -1241,6 +1241,8 @@ ldif_back_initialize(
 	bi->bi_tool_id2entry_get = 0;
 	bi->bi_tool_entry_modify = 0;
 
+	bi->bi_cf_ocs = ldifocs;
+
 	rc = config_register_schema( ldifcfg, ldifocs );
 	if ( rc ) return rc;
 	return 0;