diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfiguration.java
index 205af4c3e0ac..164ff6fbfe6e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -26,13 +26,18 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.ldap.LdapProperties.Template;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.PropertyMapper;
+import org.springframework.boot.convert.ApplicationConversionService;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.ldap.convert.ConverterUtils;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.ContextSource;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapOperations;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.support.DirContextAuthenticationStrategy;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.support.LdapContextSource;
+import org.springframework.ldap.odm.core.ObjectDirectoryMapper;
+import org.springframework.ldap.odm.core.impl.DefaultObjectDirectoryMapper;
 
 /**
  * {@link EnableAutoConfiguration Auto-configuration} for LDAP.
@@ -72,10 +77,12 @@ public LdapContextSource ldapContextSource(LdapConnectionDetails connectionDetai
 
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(LdapOperations.class)
-	public LdapTemplate ldapTemplate(LdapProperties properties, ContextSource contextSource) {
+	public LdapTemplate ldapTemplate(LdapProperties properties, ContextSource contextSource,
+			ObjectDirectoryMapper objectDirectoryMapper) {
 		Template template = properties.getTemplate();
 		PropertyMapper propertyMapper = PropertyMapper.get().alwaysApplyingWhenNonNull();
 		LdapTemplate ldapTemplate = new LdapTemplate(contextSource);
+		ldapTemplate.setObjectDirectoryMapper(objectDirectoryMapper);
 		propertyMapper.from(template.isIgnorePartialResultException())
 			.to(ldapTemplate::setIgnorePartialResultException);
 		propertyMapper.from(template.isIgnoreNameNotFoundException()).to(ldapTemplate::setIgnoreNameNotFoundException);
@@ -84,4 +91,18 @@ public LdapTemplate ldapTemplate(LdapProperties properties, ContextSource contex
 		return ldapTemplate;
 	}
 
+	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
+	public ObjectDirectoryMapper objectDirectoryMapper() {
+		DefaultObjectDirectoryMapper objectDirectoryMapper = new DefaultObjectDirectoryMapper();
+		objectDirectoryMapper.setConversionService(createConversionService());
+		return objectDirectoryMapper;
+	}
+
+	private static ConversionService createConversionService() {
+		ApplicationConversionService conversionService = new ApplicationConversionService();
+		ConverterUtils.addDefaultConverters(conversionService);
+		return conversionService;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 2d51f84a9b7b..43d4434d9143 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.ldap;
 
+import javax.naming.Name;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
+import org.springframework.boot.convert.ApplicationConversionService;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.support.DirContextAuthenticationStrategy;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.support.LdapContextSource;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.support.SimpleDirContextAuthenticationStrategy;
+import org.springframework.ldap.odm.core.ObjectDirectoryMapper;
 import org.springframework.ldap.pool2.factory.PoolConfig;
 import org.springframework.ldap.pool2.factory.PooledContextSource;
 import org.springframework.ldap.support.LdapUtils;
@@ -194,6 +199,36 @@ void contextSourceWithCustomNonUniqueDirContextAuthenticationStrategy() {
 			});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void objectDirectoryMapperBeanAutoConfigured() {
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.ldap.urls:ldap://localhost:389").run((context) -> {
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(ObjectDirectoryMapper.class);
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(LdapTemplate.class);
+			ObjectDirectoryMapper objectDirectoryMapper = context.getBean(ObjectDirectoryMapper.class);
+			LdapTemplate ldapTemplate = context.getBean(LdapTemplate.class);
+			ApplicationConversionService conversionService = assertThat(objectDirectoryMapper)
+				.extracting("converterManager")
+				.extracting("conversionService")
+				.asInstanceOf(InstanceOfAssertFactories.type(ApplicationConversionService.class))
+				.actual();
+			assertThat(conversionService.canConvert(String.class, Name.class)).isTrue();
+			assertThat(conversionService.canConvert(Name.class, String.class)).isTrue();
+			assertThat(ldapTemplate).extracting("objectDirectoryMapper").isSameAs(objectDirectoryMapper);
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void customObjectDirectoryMapperBeanCanBeUsed() {
+		ObjectDirectoryMapper objectDirectoryMapper = mock(ObjectDirectoryMapper.class);
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.ldap.urls:ldap://localhost:389")
+			.withBean(ObjectDirectoryMapper.class, () -> objectDirectoryMapper)
+			.run((context) -> {
+				assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(LdapTemplate.class);
+				LdapTemplate ldapTemplate = context.getBean(LdapTemplate.class);
+				assertThat(ldapTemplate).extracting("objectDirectoryMapper").isSameAs(objectDirectoryMapper);
+			});
+	}
+
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 	static class ConnectionDetailsConfiguration {