diff --git a/ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/authentication/BindAuthenticatorTests.java b/ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/authentication/BindAuthenticatorTests.java
index 69a1ac0f104..54e601b881a 100644
--- a/ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/authentication/BindAuthenticatorTests.java
+++ b/ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/authentication/BindAuthenticatorTests.java
@@ -127,4 +127,20 @@ public void testUserDnPatternReturnsCorrectDn() {
         authenticator.setUserDnPatterns(new String[] {"cn={0},ou=people"});
         assertEquals("cn=Joe,ou=people", authenticator.getUserDns("Joe").get(0));
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testRetrieveUserAttributes() {    	  
+        authenticator.setUserDnPatterns(new String[] {"uid={0},ou=people", "cn={0},ou=people"});        
+        DirContextOperations user = authenticator.authenticate(new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken("mouse, jerry", "jerryspassword"));
+        assertEquals("Mouse", user.getStringAttribute("sn"));        
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDoNotRetrieveUserAttributes() {    	  
+        authenticator.setUserDnPatterns(new String[] {"uid={0},ou=people", "cn={0},ou=people"});        
+        authenticator.setRetrieveUserAttributes(false);
+        DirContextOperations user = authenticator.authenticate(new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken("mouse, jerry", "jerryspassword"));
+        assertNull(user.getStringAttribute("sn"));        
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/authentication/BindAuthenticator.java b/ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/authentication/BindAuthenticator.java
index 9ab1c7933b8..5893a8b9c88 100644
--- a/ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/authentication/BindAuthenticator.java
+++ b/ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/authentication/BindAuthenticator.java
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 
 
 /**
- * An authenticator which binds as a user.
+ * An authenticator which binds as a user, optionally retrieving user
+ * attributes.
  *
  * @author Luke Taylor
  *
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ public class BindAuthenticator extends AbstractLdapAuthenticator {
 
     private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(BindAuthenticator.class);
 
+    //~ Instance fields =====================================================================================
+     private boolean retrieveUserAttributes = true;
+     private boolean retrieveAttributesWithManagerContext = false;
+
     //~ Constructors ===================================================================================================
 
     /**
@@ -113,9 +118,7 @@ private DirContextOperations bindWithDn(String userDnStr, String username, Strin
             // Check for password policy control
             PasswordPolicyControl ppolicy = PasswordPolicyControlExtractor.extractControl(ctx);
 
-            logger.debug("Retrieving attributes...");
-
-            Attributes attrs = ctx.getAttributes(userDn, getUserAttributes());
+            Attributes attrs = retrieveUserAttribute(userDn, ctx);
 
             DirContextAdapter result = new DirContextAdapter(attrs, userDn, ctxSource.getBaseLdapPath());
 
@@ -142,6 +145,25 @@ private DirContextOperations bindWithDn(String userDnStr, String username, Strin
 
         return null;
     }
+   
+    /**
+     * Retrieves user attributes, using either the user's bind context or the manager context.
+     */
+    protected Attributes retrieveUserAttribute(DistinguishedName userDn,DirContext userContext) throws javax.naming.NamingException {
+        Attributes attrs = null;
+        if (retrieveUserAttributes) {
+            DirContext ctx = null;
+            if (retrieveAttributesWithManagerContext) {
+                logger.debug("Retrieving attributes using manager context...");
+                ctx = getContextSource().getReadOnlyContext();
+            } else {
+                logger.debug("Retrieving attributes using user context...");
+                ctx = userContext;
+            }
+            attrs = ctx.getAttributes(userDn, getUserAttributes());
+        }
+        return attrs;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Allows subclasses to inspect the exception thrown by an attempt to bind with a particular DN.
@@ -152,4 +174,32 @@ protected void handleBindException(String userDn, String username, Throwable cau
             logger.debug("Failed to bind as " + userDn + ": " + cause);
         }
     }
+
+    public boolean isRetrieveUserAttributes() {
+        return retrieveUserAttributes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If set to false, no user attributes will be retrieved after binding as
+     * the user. Default is true.
+     */
+    public void setRetrieveUserAttributes(boolean retrieveUserAttributes) {
+        this.retrieveUserAttributes = retrieveUserAttributes;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isRetrieveAttributesWithManagerContext() {
+        return retrieveAttributesWithManagerContext;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If set to true (the default), user attributes are retrieved using the
+     * {@link DirContextOperations} obtained when binding as the user. If set to
+     * false, the manager context (the {@link ContextSource} supplied as
+     * constructor argument) is used.
+     */
+    public void setRetrieveAttributesWithManagerContext(
+        boolean retrieveAttributesWithManagerContext) {
+        this.retrieveAttributesWithManagerContext = retrieveAttributesWithManagerContext;
+    }
+
 }