diff --git a/config/example-config.php b/config/example-config.php
index 526d3779..8d10e0ee 100644
--- a/config/example-config.php
+++ b/config/example-config.php
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ $c->collections_always_exist = false;
 //
 //    );
 //
+//  /* If there is some user you do not want to sync from LDAP, put their user_no in this list */
+//  $c->do_not_sync_from_ldap = array( 1 => true );
+//
 //include('drivers_ldap.php');
 
 /*
@@ -268,6 +271,10 @@ $c->collections_always_exist = false;
 //    'default_value'     => array("date_format_type" => "E","locale" => "en_NZ"),
 //    'format_updated'    => array('Y' => array(0,4),'m' => array(4,2),'d'=> array(6,2),'H' => array(8,2),'M'=>array(10,2),'S' => array(12,2))
 //    );
+//
+//  /* If there is some user you do not want to sync from LDAP, put their user_no in this list */
+//  $c->do_not_sync_from_ldap = array( 1 => true );
+//
 //include('drivers_ldap.php');
 
 
diff --git a/inc/drivers_ldap.php b/inc/drivers_ldap.php
index 392ceb73..1b6b22e2 100644
--- a/inc/drivers_ldap.php
+++ b/inc/drivers_ldap.php
@@ -379,10 +379,12 @@ function sync_LDAP(){
     }
 
     // deactivating all users
-    if ( sizeof($users_to_deactivate) ) {
-      foreach( $users_to_deactivate AS $v ) {
-          $usr_in .= ', ' . qpg($v);
-      }
+    $usr_in = '';
+    foreach( $users_to_deactivate AS $v ) {
+      if ( isset($c->do_not_sync_from_ldap) && isset($c->do_not_sync_from_ldap[$v]) ) continue;
+      $usr_in .= ($usr_in == '' ? '' : ', ') . qpg($v);
+    }
+    if ( $usr_in != '' ) {
       $usr_in = substr($usr_in,1);
       $c->messages[] = sprintf(i18n('- deactivating users : %s'),join(', ',$users_to_deactivate));
       $qry = new PgQuery( "UPDATE usr SET active = FALSE WHERE lower(username) IN ($usr_in)");