diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 9fc583c..fc92ef9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -1520,6 +1520,14 @@ ldap://<replaceable>host</replaceable>[:<replaceable>port</replaceable>]/<replac
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><literal>ldapreferrals</literal></term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+        Specifies if referrals are automatically chased. Set to 1 to enable chasing, 0 to disable chasing. The default behaviour is specifed by the LDAP client library.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
    </para>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/auth.c b/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
index 415b614..e289360 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
@@ -2061,6 +2061,30 @@ InitializeLDAPConnection(Port *port, LDAP **ldap)
 		return STATUS_ERROR;
 	}
 
+	if (port->hba->ldapreferrals == TRI_YES)
+	{
+	
+		if ((r = ldap_set_option(*ldap, LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS, LDAP_OPT_ON )) != LDAP_SUCCESS)
+		{
+			ldap_unbind(*ldap);
+			ereport(LOG,
+					(errmsg("Could not set LDAP referrals: %s", ldap_err2string(r))));
+			return STATUS_ERROR;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (port->hba->ldapreferrals == TRI_NO)
+	{
+	
+		if ((r = ldap_set_option(*ldap, LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS, LDAP_OPT_OFF )) != LDAP_SUCCESS)
+		{
+			ldap_unbind(*ldap);
+			ereport(LOG,
+					(errmsg("Could not set LDAP referrals: %s", ldap_err2string(r))));
+			return STATUS_ERROR;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (port->hba->ldaptls)
 	{
 #ifndef WIN32
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
index 91f6ced..149efeb 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,10 @@ parse_hba_line(List *line, int line_num, char *raw_line)
 #endif
 	else if (strcmp(token->string, "ldap") == 0)
 #ifdef USE_LDAP
+	{
 		parsedline->auth_method = uaLDAP;
+		parsedline->ldapreferrals = TRI_DEFAULT;
+	}
 #else
 		unsupauth = "ldap";
 #endif
@@ -1529,6 +1532,15 @@ parse_hba_auth_opt(char *name, char *val, HbaLine *hbaline, int line_num)
 		else
 			hbaline->ldaptls = false;
 	}
+	else if (strcmp(name, "ldapreferrals") == 0)
+	{
+		REQUIRE_AUTH_OPTION(uaLDAP, "ldapreferrals", "ldap");
+		if (strcmp(val, "1") == 0)
+			hbaline->ldapreferrals = TRI_YES;
+		else if (strcmp(val, "0") == 0)
+			hbaline->ldapreferrals = TRI_NO;
+			
+	}
 	else if (strcmp(name, "ldapserver") == 0)
 	{
 		REQUIRE_AUTH_OPTION(uaLDAP, "ldapserver", "ldap");
diff --git a/src/include/libpq/hba.h b/src/include/libpq/hba.h
index 73ae510..d7fe64b 100644
--- a/src/include/libpq/hba.h
+++ b/src/include/libpq/hba.h
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ typedef enum ConnType
 	ctHostNoSSL
 } ConnType;
 
+enum trivalue
+{
+	TRI_DEFAULT,
+	TRI_NO,
+	TRI_YES
+};
+
 typedef struct HbaLine
 {
 	int			linenumber;
@@ -66,6 +73,7 @@ typedef struct HbaLine
 	char	   *usermap;
 	char	   *pamservice;
 	bool		ldaptls;
+	enum trivalue		ldapreferrals;
 	char	   *ldapserver;
 	int			ldapport;
 	char	   *ldapbinddn;