diff --git a/internal/authentication/ldap_user_provider.go b/internal/authentication/ldap_user_provider.go
index 4e44162d7..f1dc355c0 100644
--- a/internal/authentication/ldap_user_provider.go
+++ b/internal/authentication/ldap_user_provider.go
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ func (p *LDAPUserProvider) CheckUserPassword(username string, password string) (
 	return true, nil
 }
 
+// OWASP recommends to escape some special characters
+// https://github.com/OWASP/CheatSheetSeries/blob/master/cheatsheets/LDAP_Injection_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.md
+const SpecialLDAPRunes = "\\,#+<>;\"="
+
+func (p *LDAPUserProvider) ldapEscape(input string) string {
+	for _, c := range SpecialLDAPRunes {
+		input = strings.ReplaceAll(input, string(c), fmt.Sprintf("\\%c", c))
+	}
+	return input
+}
+
 func (p *LDAPUserProvider) getUserAttribute(conn LDAPConnection, username string, attribute string) ([]string, error) {
 	client, err := p.connect(p.configuration.User, p.configuration.Password)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -96,6 +107,7 @@ func (p *LDAPUserProvider) getUserAttribute(conn LDAPConnection, username string
 	}
 	defer client.Close()
 
+	username = p.ldapEscape(username)
 	userFilter := strings.Replace(p.configuration.UsersFilter, "{0}", username, -1)
 	baseDN := p.configuration.BaseDN
 	if p.configuration.AdditionalUsersDN != "" {
diff --git a/internal/authentication/ldap_user_provider_test.go b/internal/authentication/ldap_user_provider_test.go
index 00b0f7c61..fc77b7131 100644
--- a/internal/authentication/ldap_user_provider_test.go
+++ b/internal/authentication/ldap_user_provider_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/authelia/authelia/internal/configuration/schema"
 	gomock "github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gopkg.in/ldap.v3"
 )
 
 func TestShouldCreateRawConnectionWhenSchemeIsLDAP(t *testing.T) {
@@ -55,3 +57,80 @@ func TestShouldCreateTLSConnectionWhenSchemeIsLDAPS(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestEscapeSpecialChars(t *testing.T) {
+	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+	defer ctrl.Finish()
+
+	mockFactory := NewMockLDAPConnectionFactory(ctrl)
+	ldap := NewLDAPUserProviderWithFactory(schema.LDAPAuthenticationBackendConfiguration{
+		URL: "ldaps://127.0.0.1:389",
+	}, mockFactory)
+
+	// No escape
+	assert.Equal(t, "xyz", ldap.ldapEscape("xyz"))
+
+	// Escape
+	assert.Equal(t, "test\\,abc", ldap.ldapEscape("test,abc"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "test\\\\abc", ldap.ldapEscape("test\\abc"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "test\\#abc", ldap.ldapEscape("test#abc"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "test\\+abc", ldap.ldapEscape("test+abc"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "test\\<abc", ldap.ldapEscape("test<abc"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "test\\>abc", ldap.ldapEscape("test>abc"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "test\\;abc", ldap.ldapEscape("test;abc"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "test\\\"abc", ldap.ldapEscape("test\"abc"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "test\\=abc", ldap.ldapEscape("test=abc"))
+
+}
+
+type SearchRequestMatcher struct {
+	expected string
+}
+
+func NewSearchRequestMatcher(expected string) *SearchRequestMatcher {
+	return &SearchRequestMatcher{expected}
+}
+
+func (srm *SearchRequestMatcher) Matches(x interface{}) bool {
+	sr := x.(*ldap.SearchRequest)
+	return sr.Filter == srm.expected
+}
+
+func (srm *SearchRequestMatcher) String() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func TestShouldEscapeUserInput(t *testing.T) {
+	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+	defer ctrl.Finish()
+
+	mockFactory := NewMockLDAPConnectionFactory(ctrl)
+	mockConn := NewMockLDAPConnection(ctrl)
+
+	ldapClient := NewLDAPUserProviderWithFactory(schema.LDAPAuthenticationBackendConfiguration{
+		URL:               "ldap://127.0.0.1:389",
+		User:              "cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com",
+		Password:          "password",
+		UsersFilter:       "uid={0}",
+		AdditionalUsersDN: "ou=users",
+		BaseDN:            "dc=example,dc=com",
+	}, mockFactory)
+
+	mockFactory.EXPECT().
+		Dial(gomock.Eq("tcp"), gomock.Eq("127.0.0.1:389")).
+		Return(mockConn, nil)
+
+	mockConn.EXPECT().
+		Bind(gomock.Eq("cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com"), gomock.Eq("password")).
+		Return(nil)
+
+	mockConn.EXPECT().
+		Close()
+
+	mockConn.EXPECT().
+		// Here we ensure that the input has been correctly escaped.
+		Search(NewSearchRequestMatcher("uid=john\\=abc")).
+		Return(&ldap.SearchResult{}, nil)
+
+	ldapClient.getUserAttribute(mockConn, "john=abc", "dn")
+}