diff --git a/lam/docs/manual-sources/howto.xml b/lam/docs/manual-sources/howto.xml
index 10a4375e..4440cb7f 100644
--- a/lam/docs/manual-sources/howto.xml
+++ b/lam/docs/manual-sources/howto.xml
@@ -6701,6 +6701,14 @@ OK (10 msec)</programlisting>
                 name + password, email + password or other attributes.</entry>
               </row>
 
+              <row>
+                <entry>Follow referrals</entry>
+
+                <entry>By default LAM will not follow LDAP referrals. This is
+                ok for most installations. If you use LDAP referrals please
+                activate the referral option in advanced settings.</entry>
+              </row>
+
               <row>
                 <entry>LDAP user + password</entry>
 
diff --git a/lam/docs/manual-sources/images/conf4.png b/lam/docs/manual-sources/images/conf4.png
index ecc92b0e..554cf0de 100644
Binary files a/lam/docs/manual-sources/images/conf4.png and b/lam/docs/manual-sources/images/conf4.png differ
diff --git a/lam/lib/selfService.inc b/lam/lib/selfService.inc
index 37b90283..ed3b358d 100644
--- a/lam/lib/selfService.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/selfService.inc
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ class selfServiceProfile {
 	public $language = 'en_GB.utf8';
 	/** disallow user to change language */
 	public $enforceLanguage = false;
+	
+	public $followReferrals = 0;
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
@@ -398,6 +400,7 @@ class selfServiceProfile {
 		$this->moduleSettings = array();
 		$this->language = 'en_GB.utf8';
 		$this->enforceLanguage = true;
+		$this->followReferrals = 0;
 	}
 
 }