diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/plugins/ldap/ldap_fetcher.c b/src/libstrongswan/plugins/ldap/ldap_fetcher.c
index fda86438e..74f73e56b 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/plugins/ldap/ldap_fetcher.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/plugins/ldap/ldap_fetcher.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ METHOD(fetcher_t, fetch, status_t,
 
 	ldap_set_option(ldap, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &ldap_version);
 	ldap_set_option(ldap, LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT, &timeout);
+	ldap_set_option(ldap, LDAP_OPT_TIMEOUT, &timeout);
 
 	DBG2(DBG_LIB, "sending LDAP request to '%s'...", url);