diff --git a/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh b/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh
index 13bfb2546917..f850249c1ee0 100644
--- a/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh
+++ b/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh
@@ -196,12 +196,19 @@ is_ldap_not_running() {
 #   None
 #########################
 ldap_start_bg() {
-    local -a flags=("-h" "ldap://:${LDAP_PORT_NUMBER}/ ldapi:/// " "-F" "${LDAP_CONF_DIR}/slapd.d")
+    local -r retries="${1:-12}"
+    local -r sleep_time="${2:-1}"
+
+    local -a flags=("-h" "ldap://:${LDAP_PORT_NUMBER}/ ldapi:/// " "-F" "${LDAP_CONF_DIR}/slapd.d" "-d" "$LDAP_LOGLEVEL")
     if is_ldap_not_running; then
         info "Starting OpenLDAP server in background"
         ulimit -n "$LDAP_ULIMIT_NOFILES"
         am_i_root && flags=("-u" "$LDAP_DAEMON_USER" "${flags[@]}")
-        debug_execute slapd "${flags[@]}"
+        debug_execute slapd "${flags[@]}"&
+        if ! retry_while is_ldap_running "$retries" "$sleep_time"; then
+            error "OpenLDAP failed to start"
+            return 1
+        fi
     fi
 }