diff --git a/mail/dovecot/dovecot.conf b/mail/dovecot/dovecot.conf
index 79f362a06..d3dbe9575 100644
--- a/mail/dovecot/dovecot.conf
+++ b/mail/dovecot/dovecot.conf
@@ -17,3 +17,11 @@ if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ] ; then
 	prefix="opt/dovecot"
 	set_confopt
 fi
+
+# LDAP support
+if pkginstalled openldap ; then
+	pkgprefix -t openldap
+	var_append CFLAGS ' ' "-I$root$( pkgprefix includedir openldap )"
+	export CFLAGS
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--with-ldap"
+fi