diff --git a/ad-auth/tasks/ldap.yml b/ad-auth/tasks/ldap.yml
index c508a0d0c4841f5c734c6dd973d0e878897b9138..6cb766518d418c17a0383e0ef9818bb33c052361 100644
--- a/ad-auth/tasks/ldap.yml
+++ b/ad-auth/tasks/ldap.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 ---
-# file: roles/ad-auth/tasks/ldap.yml
 
-- name: ensure ldap-utils is installed
+- name: Install required LDAP software
   apt:
-    name: ldap-utils
+    name:
+      - ldap-utils
+      - libldap-common
     state: present
+    install_recommends: true
   tags:
     - ldap