diff --git a/changelog.d/ldap-tls.fix b/changelog.d/ldap-tls.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b15137d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/ldap-tls.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+STARTTLS certificate and hostname verification for LDAP authentication
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/auth/ldap_authenticator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/auth/ldap_authenticator.ex
index ea5620cf6..d31f34747 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/auth/ldap_authenticator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/auth/ldap_authenticator.ex
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Auth.LDAPAuthenticator do
     port = Keyword.get(ldap, :port, 389)
     ssl = Keyword.get(ldap, :ssl, false)
     sslopts = Keyword.get(ldap, :sslopts, [])
+    tlsopts = Keyword.get(ldap, :tlsopts, [])
 
     options =
       [{:port, port}, {:ssl, ssl}, {:timeout, @connection_timeout}] ++
@@ -54,7 +55,16 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Auth.LDAPAuthenticator do
 
             case :eldap.start_tls(
                    connection,
-                   Keyword.get(ldap, :tlsopts, []),
+                   Keyword.merge(
+                     [
+                       verify: :verify_peer,
+                       cacerts: :certifi.cacerts(),
+                       customize_hostname_check: [
+                         fqdn_fun: fn _ -> to_charlist(host) end
+                       ]
+                     ],
+                     tlsopts
+                   ),
                    @connection_timeout
                  ) do
               :ok ->
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 0d49a6b45..9a261547f 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Mixfile do
       {:oban_live_dashboard, "~> 0.1.1"},
       {:multipart, "~> 0.4.0", optional: true},
       {:argon2_elixir, "~> 4.0"},
+      {:certifi, "~> 2.12"},
 
       ## dev & test
       {:phoenix_live_reload, "~> 1.3.3", only: :dev},