diff --git a/ldap.c b/ldap.c
index 5fc08bd7..21738e27 100644
--- a/ldap.c
+++ b/ldap.c
@@ -304,14 +304,14 @@ void uwsgi_ldap_config() {
 	uwsgi_debug("LDAP BASE DN: %s\n", ldap_url->lud_dn);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef ldap_init
-	if ( (ldp = ldap_init( ldap_url->lud_host, ldap_url->lud_port)) == NULL) {
-		uwsgi_error("ldap_init()");
+#if LDAP_API_VERSION >= 3000
+	if ( (ret = ldap_initialize( &ldp, url)) != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+		uwsgi_log("LDAP: %s\n", ldap_err2string(ret));
 		exit(1);
 	}
 #else
-	if ( (ret = ldap_initialize( &ldp, url)) != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
-		uwsgi_log("LDAP: %s\n", ldap_err2string(ret));
+	if ( (ldp = ldap_init( ldap_url->lud_host, ldap_url->lud_port)) == NULL) {
+		uwsgi_error("ldap_init()");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 #endif