diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/ldap/LDAPConfigCmd.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/ldap/LDAPConfigCmd.java
index 38f58eca5f0..6f8b7b1705b 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/ldap/LDAPConfigCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/ldap/LDAPConfigCmd.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.Parameter;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ServerApiException;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LDAPConfigResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ListResponse;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.cloud.exception.ConcurrentOperationException;
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ public class LDAPConfigCmd extends BaseCmd  {
     }
 
     public void setQueryFilter(String queryFilter) {
-        this.queryFilter=queryFilter;
+        this.queryFilter=StringEscapeUtils.unescapeHtml(queryFilter);
     }
     public String getSearchBase() {
         return searchBase;