diff --git a/bitnami/openldap/2.5/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/openldap/2.5/debian-11/Dockerfile
index c8005221e35a..e13459bb06c6 100644
--- a/bitnami/openldap/2.5/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/openldap/2.5/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://bitnami.com/contact" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Bitnami" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="2.5.13-debian-11-r55" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="2.5.13-debian-11-r56" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/openldap" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="openldap" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
diff --git a/bitnami/openldap/2.5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh b/bitnami/openldap/2.5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh
index ad43e96ed968..d9dc1a642ee9 100644
--- a/bitnami/openldap/2.5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh
+++ b/bitnami/openldap/2.5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export LDAP_ONLINE_CONF_DIR="${LDAP_VOLUME_DIR}/slapd.d"
 export LDAP_PID_FILE="${LDAP_VAR_DIR}/run/slapd.pid"
 export LDAP_CUSTOM_LDIF_DIR="${LDAP_CUSTOM_LDIF_DIR:-/ldifs}"
 export LDAP_CUSTOM_SCHEMA_FILE="${LDAP_CUSTOM_SCHEMA_FILE:-/schema/custom.ldif}"
+export LDAP_CUSTOM_SCHEMA_DIR="${LDAP_CUSTOM_SCHEMA_DIR:-/schemas}"
 export PATH="${LDAP_BIN_DIR}:${LDAP_SBIN_DIR}:$PATH"
 export LDAP_TLS_CERT_FILE="${LDAP_TLS_CERT_FILE:-}"
 export LDAP_TLS_KEY_FILE="${LDAP_TLS_KEY_FILE:-}"
@@ -357,6 +358,23 @@ ldap_add_custom_schema() {
     ldap_start_bg
 }
 
+########################
+# Add custom schemas
+# Globals:
+#   LDAP_*
+# Arguments:
+#   None
+# Returns
+#   None
+#########################
+ldap_add_custom_schemas() {
+    info "Adding custom schemas : $LDAP_CUSTOM_SCHEMA_DIR ..."
+    find "$LDAP_CUSTOM_SCHEMA_DIR" -maxdepth 1 \( -type f -o -type l \) -iname '*.ldif' -print0 | sort -z | xargs --null -I{} bash -c ". /opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh && debug_execute slapadd -F \"$LDAP_ONLINE_CONF_DIR\" -n 0 -l {}"
+    ldap_stop
+    while is_ldap_running; do sleep 1; done
+    ldap_start_bg
+}
+
 ########################
 # Create LDAP tree
 # Globals:
@@ -496,6 +514,9 @@ ldap_initialize() {
         if [[ -f "$LDAP_CUSTOM_SCHEMA_FILE" ]]; then
             ldap_add_custom_schema
         fi
+        if ! is_dir_empty "$LDAP_CUSTOM_SCHEMA_DIR"; then
+            ldap_add_custom_schemas
+        fi
         if ! is_dir_empty "$LDAP_CUSTOM_LDIF_DIR"; then
             ldap_add_custom_ldifs
         elif ! is_boolean_yes "$LDAP_SKIP_DEFAULT_TREE"; then