diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/glyptodon/guacamole/auth/ldap/ConfigurationService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/glyptodon/guacamole/auth/ldap/ConfigurationService.java
index 3550d8a4f..886e405e4 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/glyptodon/guacamole/auth/ldap/ConfigurationService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/glyptodon/guacamole/auth/ldap/ConfigurationService.java
@@ -117,18 +117,19 @@ public class ConfigurationService {
 
     /**
      * Returns the base DN under which all Guacamole configurations
-     * (connections) will be stored within the LDAP directory.
+     * (connections) will be stored within the LDAP directory. If Guacamole
+     * configurations will not be stored within LDAP, null is returned.
      *
      * @return
      *     The base DN under which all Guacamole configurations will be stored
-     *     within the LDAP directory.
+     *     within the LDAP directory, or null if no Guacamole configurations
+     *     will be stored within the LDAP directory.
      *
      * @throws GuacamoleException
-     *     If guacamole.properties cannot be parsed, or if the configuration
-     *     base DN property is not specified.
+     *     If guacamole.properties cannot be parsed.
      */
     public String getConfigurationBaseDN() throws GuacamoleException {
-        return environment.getRequiredProperty(
+        return environment.getProperty(
             LDAPGuacamoleProperties.LDAP_CONFIG_BASE_DN
         );
     }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/glyptodon/guacamole/auth/ldap/connection/ConnectionService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/glyptodon/guacamole/auth/ldap/connection/ConnectionService.java
index 9a065fda2..199e91d46 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/glyptodon/guacamole/auth/ldap/connection/ConnectionService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/glyptodon/guacamole/auth/ldap/connection/ConnectionService.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.novell.ldap.LDAPConnection;
 import com.novell.ldap.LDAPEntry;
 import com.novell.ldap.LDAPException;
 import com.novell.ldap.LDAPSearchResults;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -86,6 +87,11 @@ public class ConnectionService {
     public Map<String, Connection> getConnections(LDAPConnection ldapConnection)
             throws GuacamoleException {
 
+        // Do not return any connections if base DN is not specified
+        String configurationBaseDN = confService.getConfigurationBaseDN();
+        if (configurationBaseDN == null)
+            return Collections.<String, Connection>emptyMap();
+
         try {
 
             // Pull the current user DN from the LDAP connection
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ public class ConnectionService {
 
             // Find all Guacamole connections for the given user
             LDAPSearchResults results = ldapConnection.search(
-                confService.getConfigurationBaseDN(),
+                configurationBaseDN,
                 LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB,
                 "(&(objectClass=guacConfigGroup)(member=" + escapingService.escapeLDAPSearchFilter(userDN) + "))",
                 null,