diff --git a/conf/default.conf.php b/conf/default.conf.php
index 52d8178b1b..6415214583 100644
--- a/conf/default.conf.php
+++ b/conf/default.conf.php
@@ -655,6 +655,11 @@ return array(
 
   // The LDAP version
   'ldap.version' => 3,
+  
+  // LDAP Referrals Option
+  // Whether referrals should be followed by the client
+  // Should be set to 0 if you use Windows 2003 AD
+  'ldap.referrals' => 1,
 
 // -- Disqus OAuth ---------------------------------------------------------- //
 
diff --git a/src/applications/auth/ldap/PhabricatorLDAPProvider.php b/src/applications/auth/ldap/PhabricatorLDAPProvider.php
index 2fbaa99581..b1e703016e 100644
--- a/src/applications/auth/ldap/PhabricatorLDAPProvider.php
+++ b/src/applications/auth/ldap/PhabricatorLDAPProvider.php
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ final class PhabricatorLDAPProvider {
   public function getLDAPVersion() {
     return PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('ldap.version');
   }
+  
+  public function getLDAPReferrals() {
+    return PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('ldap.referrals');
+  }
 
   public function retrieveUserEmail() {
     return $this->userData['mail'][0];
@@ -97,6 +101,8 @@ final class PhabricatorLDAPProvider {
 
       ldap_set_option($this->connection, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
         $this->getLDAPVersion());
+      ldap_set_option($this->connection, LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS, 
+       $this->getLDAPReferrals());
     }
 
     return $this->connection;