diff --git a/servers/slapd/config.c b/servers/slapd/config.c
index 903932def8..142eb6c864 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/config.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/config.c
@@ -531,6 +531,9 @@ read_config( const char *fname )
 				if( strcasecmp( cargv[i], "bind_v2" ) == 0 ) {
 					disallows |= SLAP_DISALLOW_BIND_V2;
 
+				} else if( strcasecmp( cargv[i], "bind_anon" ) == 0 ) {
+					disallows |= SLAP_DISALLOW_BIND_ANON;
+
 				} else if( strcasecmp( cargv[i], "bind_anon_cred" ) == 0 ) {
 					disallows |= SLAP_DISALLOW_BIND_ANON_CRED;