diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c b/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
index d0f646c31..f199f5293 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@ char *whitelist[] = {
 	"xmlInitParserCtxt",
 	/* libcurl */
 	"Curl_client_write",
+	/* libldap */
+	"ldap_int_initialize",
 	/* ClearSilver */
 	"nerr_init",
 	/* libgcrypt */