diff --git a/lib/ldapauth.js b/lib/ldapauth.js
index b825fc0..db662f0 100644
--- a/lib/ldapauth.js
+++ b/lib/ldapauth.js
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ var LDAP_PROXY_EVENTS = [
  *    retry {Object} Optional:
  *          - maxDelay {Number} maximum amount of time between retries
  *          - retries {Number} maximum # of retries
+ *    attributes {Array} Optional
+ *        Select a subset of the ldap user object attributes, by default
+ *        all attributes are fetched and returned.
+ *        Useful if your ldap database contains images of users and
+ *        you dont need the images.
  */
 function LdapAuth(opts) {
     assert.string(opts.url, 'opts.url');
@@ -110,7 +115,8 @@ function LdapAuth(opts) {
         retry: opts.retry || {},
         tlsOptions: opts.tlsOptions,
         timeout: opts.timeout,
-        url: opts.url
+        url: opts.url,
+        attributes: opts.attributes || []
     };
     (function adminConnect() {
         self._adminConnecting = self._createClient(self._adminOpts, function (err, client) {
@@ -286,7 +292,8 @@ LdapAuth.prototype._findUser = function (username, callback) {
     var searchFilter = self.opts.searchFilter.replace('{{username}}', username);
     var opts = {
         filter: searchFilter,
-        scope: 'sub'
+        scope: 'sub',
+        attributes: self.opts.attributes
     };
     self._adminClient.search(self.opts.searchBase, opts,
         function (err, result) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c940297..c10ed46 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "assert-plus": "0.1.4",
     "backoff": "2.3.0",
     "bcrypt": "0.7.5",
-    "ldapjs": "git+ssh://git@github.com:mcavage/node-ldapjs.git#fa1b8c4",
+    "ldapjs": "0.7.1",
     "lru-cache": "2.0.4",
     "once": "1.3.0"
   }