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 3b2a650ec888..bcc3f6a65e3d 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
@@ -150,6 +150,18 @@ ldap_validate() {
     [[ "$error_code" -eq 0 ]] || exit "$error_code"
 }
 
+########################
+# Check if OpenLDAP is ready to answer
+# Arguments:
+#   None
+# Returns:
+#   Whether slapd is ready to answer
+#########################
+is_ldap_ready() {
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2015
+    is_ldap_running && debug_execute ldapsearch -Y EXTERNAL -H "ldapi:///" -b cn=config -s base || false
+}
+
 ########################
 # Check if OpenLDAP is running
 # Globals:
@@ -197,7 +209,7 @@ ldap_start_bg() {
         ulimit -n "$LDAP_ULIMIT_NOFILES"
         am_i_root && flags=("-u" "$LDAP_DAEMON_USER" "${flags[@]}")
         debug_execute slapd "${flags[@]}" &
-        if ! retry_while is_ldap_running "$retries" "$sleep_time"; then
+        if ! retry_while is_ldap_ready "$retries" "$sleep_time"; then
             error "OpenLDAP failed to start"
             return 1
         fi