diff --git a/ocis-pkg/ldap/ldap.go b/ocis-pkg/ldap/ldap.go
index 9276c4709..cfa452f1a 100644
--- a/ocis-pkg/ldap/ldap.go
+++ b/ocis-pkg/ldap/ldap.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var (
 		">", "\\>",
 		";", "\\;",
 		"=", "\\=",
-		"\000", "\\\000",
+		"\000", "\\00",
 	)
 )
 
diff --git a/ocis-pkg/ldap/ldap_test.go b/ocis-pkg/ldap/ldap_test.go
index 6925facb7..d3ee3152c 100644
--- a/ocis-pkg/ldap/ldap_test.go
+++ b/ocis-pkg/ldap/ldap_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ var _ = Describe("ldap", func() {
 		Entry("only one space", " ", "\\ "),
 		Entry("two spaces", "  ", "\\ \\ "),
 		Entry("ending with space", "foobar ", "foobar\\ "),
-		Entry("containing multiple special chars", `f+o>o,b<a;r="\00"`, `f\+o\>o\,b\<a\;r\=\\"\\00\\"`),
+		Entry("containing multiple special chars", "f+o>o,b<a;r=\"\000", `f\+o\>o\,b\<a\;r\=\\"\00`),
 	)
 })