diff --git a/dlls/wldap32/Makefile.in b/dlls/wldap32/Makefile.in
index e9a349f27cf..e64a1ad447a 100644
--- a/dlls/wldap32/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/wldap32/Makefile.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ EXTRALIBS = @LDAPLIBS@
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	ber.c \
+	bind.c \
 	main.c
 
 @MAKE_DLL_RULES@
diff --git a/dlls/wldap32/bind.c b/dlls/wldap32/bind.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2b65bd8f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/wldap32/bind.c
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+ * WLDAP32 - LDAP support for Wine
+ *
+ * Copyright 2005 Hans Leidekker
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "wine/port.h"
+#include "wine/debug.h"
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "windef.h"
+#include "winbase.h"
+#include "winnls.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP
+#include <ldap.h>
+#else
+#define LDAP_SUCCESS        0x00
+#define LDAP_NOT_SUPPORTED  0x5c
+#endif
+
+#include "winldap_private.h"
+#include "wldap32.h"
+
+WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(wldap32);
+
+ULONG ldap_bindA( WLDAP32_LDAP *ld, PCHAR dn, PCHAR cred, ULONG method )
+{
+    ULONG ret = LDAP_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP
+    WCHAR *dnW, *credW;
+
+    TRACE( "(%p, %s, %p, 0x%08lx)\n", ld, debugstr_a(dn), cred, method );
+
+    dnW = strAtoW( dn );
+    if (!dnW) return LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
+
+    credW = strAtoW( cred );
+    if (!credW) return LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
+
+    ret = ldap_bindW( ld, dnW, credW, method );
+
+    strfreeW( dnW );
+    strfreeW( credW );
+
+#endif
+    return ret;
+}
+
+ULONG ldap_bindW( WLDAP32_LDAP *ld, PWCHAR dn, PWCHAR cred, ULONG method )
+{
+    ULONG ret = LDAP_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP
+    char *dnU, *credU;
+
+    TRACE( "(%p, %s, %p, 0x%08lx)\n", ld, debugstr_w(dn), cred, method );
+
+    dnU = strWtoU( dn );
+    if (!dnU) return LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
+
+    credU = strWtoU( cred );
+    if (!credU) return LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
+
+    ret = ldap_bind( ld, dnU, credU, method );
+
+    strfreeU( dnU );
+    strfreeU( credU );
+
+#endif
+    return ret;
+}
+
+ULONG ldap_bind_sA( WLDAP32_LDAP *ld, PCHAR dn, PCHAR cred, ULONG method )
+{
+    ULONG ret = LDAP_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP
+    WCHAR *dnW, *credW;
+
+    TRACE( "(%p, %s, %p, 0x%08lx)\n", ld, debugstr_a(dn), cred, method );
+
+    dnW = strAtoW( dn );
+    if (!dnW) return LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
+
+    credW = strAtoW( cred );
+    if (!credW) return LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
+
+    ret = ldap_bind_sW( ld, dnW, credW, method );
+
+    strfreeW( dnW );
+    strfreeW( credW );
+
+#endif
+    return ret;
+}
+
+ULONG ldap_bind_sW( WLDAP32_LDAP *ld, PWCHAR dn, PWCHAR cred, ULONG method )
+{
+    ULONG ret = LDAP_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP
+    char *dnU, *credU;
+
+    TRACE( "(%p, %s, %p, 0x%08lx)\n", ld, debugstr_w(dn), cred, method );
+
+    dnU = strWtoU( dn );
+    if (!dnU) return LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
+
+    credU = strWtoU( cred );
+    if (!credU) return LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
+
+    ret = ldap_bind_s( ld, dnU, credU, method );
+
+    strfreeU( dnU );
+    strfreeU( credU );
+
+#endif
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/wldap32/winldap_private.h b/dlls/wldap32/winldap_private.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f9d49d03ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/wldap32/winldap_private.h
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * WLDAP32 - LDAP support for Wine
+ *
+ * Copyright 2005 Hans Leidekker
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * This is an internal version of winldap.h where constants, types and
+ * functions are prefixed with WLDAP32_ whenever they conflict with
+ * native headers.
+ */
+
+typedef struct ldap
+{
+    struct
+    {
+        UINT_PTR sb_sd;
+        UCHAR Reserved1[41];
+        ULONG_PTR sb_naddr;
+        UCHAR Reserved2[24];
+    } ld_sb;
+
+    PCHAR ld_host;
+    ULONG ld_version;
+    UCHAR ld_lberoptions;
+    ULONG ld_deref;
+    ULONG ld_timelimit;
+    ULONG ld_sizelimit;
+    ULONG ld_errno;
+    PCHAR ld_matched;
+    PCHAR ld_error;
+    ULONG ld_msgid;
+    UCHAR Reserved3[25];
+    ULONG ld_cldaptries;
+    ULONG ld_cldaptimeout;
+    ULONG ld_refhoplimit;
+    ULONG ld_options;
+} WLDAP32_LDAP, *WLDAP32_PLDAP;
+
+ULONG ldap_bindA(WLDAP32_LDAP*,PCHAR,PCHAR,ULONG);
+ULONG ldap_bindW(WLDAP32_LDAP*,PWCHAR,PWCHAR,ULONG);
+ULONG ldap_bind_sA(WLDAP32_LDAP*,PCHAR,PCHAR,ULONG);
+ULONG ldap_bind_sW(WLDAP32_LDAP*,PWCHAR,PWCHAR,ULONG);
+
+ULONG LdapGetLastError(void);
+ULONG LdapMapErrorToWin32(ULONG);
+int LdapUnicodeToUTF8(LPCWSTR,int,LPSTR,int);
+int LdapUTF8ToUnicode(LPCSTR,int,LPWSTR,int);
diff --git a/dlls/wldap32/wldap32.h b/dlls/wldap32/wldap32.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3c0c5d400f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/wldap32/wldap32.h
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * WLDAP32 - LDAP support for Wine
+ *
+ * Copyright 2005 Hans Leidekker
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+/* A set of helper functions to convert LDAP data structures
+ * to and from ansi (A), wide character (W) and utf8 (U) encodings.
+ */
+
+static inline LPWSTR strAtoW( LPCSTR str )
+{
+    LPWSTR ret = NULL;
+    if (str)
+    {
+        DWORD len = MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, str, -1, NULL, 0 );
+        if ((ret = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, len * sizeof(WCHAR) )))
+            MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, str, -1, ret, len );
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline LPSTR strWtoA( LPCWSTR str )
+{
+    LPSTR ret = NULL;
+    if (str)
+    {
+        DWORD len = WideCharToMultiByte( CP_ACP, 0, str, -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL );
+        if ((ret = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, len )))
+            WideCharToMultiByte( CP_ACP, 0, str, -1, ret, len, NULL, NULL );
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline char *strWtoU( LPCWSTR str )
+{
+    LPSTR ret = NULL;
+    if (str)
+    {
+        DWORD len = WideCharToMultiByte( CP_UTF8, 0, str, -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL );
+        if ((ret = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, len )))
+            WideCharToMultiByte( CP_UTF8, 0, str, -1, ret, len, NULL, NULL );
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline LPWSTR strUtoW( char *str )
+{
+    LPWSTR ret = NULL;
+    if (str)
+    {
+        DWORD len = MultiByteToWideChar( CP_UTF8, 0, str, -1, NULL, 0 );
+        if ((ret = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, len * sizeof(WCHAR) )))
+            MultiByteToWideChar( CP_UTF8, 0, str, -1, ret, len );
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void strfreeA( LPSTR str )
+{
+    HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, str );
+}
+
+static inline void strfreeW( LPWSTR str )
+{
+    HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, str );
+}
+
+static inline void strfreeU( char *str )
+{
+    HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, str );
+}
diff --git a/dlls/wldap32/wldap32.spec b/dlls/wldap32/wldap32.spec
index 5d780b8f37b..1d7eb520d61 100644
--- a/dlls/wldap32/wldap32.spec
+++ b/dlls/wldap32/wldap32.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 @ varargs ber_printf(ptr str)
 @ varargs ber_scanf(ptr str)
 @ cdecl ber_skip_tag(ptr ptr)
+@ cdecl ldap_bind(ptr str str long) ldap_bindA
+@ cdecl ldap_bindA(ptr str str long)
+@ cdecl ldap_bindW(ptr wstr wstr long)
+@ cdecl ldap_bind_s(ptr str str long) ldap_bind_sA
+@ cdecl ldap_bind_sA(ptr str str long)
+@ cdecl ldap_bind_sW(ptr wstr wstr long)
 @ stub ldap_open
 @ stub ldap_openA
 @ stub ldap_openW