diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/LdapSync.php b/app/Console/Commands/LdapSync.php
index bff3b72328..aca8921deb 100755
--- a/app/Console/Commands/LdapSync.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/LdapSync.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class LdapSync extends Command
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    protected $signature = 'snipeit:ldap-sync {--location=} {--location_id=} {--summary} {--json_summary}';
+    protected $signature = 'snipeit:ldap-sync {--location=} {--location_id=} {--base_dn=} {--summary} {--json_summary}';
 
     /**
      * The console command description.
@@ -67,37 +67,24 @@ class LdapSync extends Command
 
         $summary = array();
 
-	try {    
-            $results = Ldap::findLdapUsers();
-	} catch (\Exception $e) {
-	    if ($this->option('json_summary')) {
+        try {    
+            if ($this->option('base_dn') != '') {
+                $search_base = $this->option('base_dn');
+                LOG::debug('Importing users from specified base DN: \"'.$search_base.'\".');                
+            } else {
+                $search_base = null;
+            }
+            $results = Ldap::findLdapUsers($search_base);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            if ($this->option('json_summary')) {
                 $json_summary = [ "error" => true, "error_message" => $e->getMessage(), "summary" => [] ];
                 $this->info(json_encode($json_summary));
             }
             LOG::error($e);
             return [];
         }
-	    
-        // Retrieve locations with a mapped OU, and sort them from the shallowest to deepest OU (see #3993)
-        $ldap_ou_locations = Location::where('ldap_ou', '!=', '')->get()->toArray();
-        $ldap_ou_lengths = array();
-        
-        foreach ($ldap_ou_locations as $location) {
-            $ldap_ou_lengths[] = strlen($location["ldap_ou"]);
-        }
-        
-        array_multisort($ldap_ou_lengths, SORT_ASC, $ldap_ou_locations);
-        
-        if (sizeof($ldap_ou_locations) > 0) {
-            LOG::debug('Some locations have special OUs set. Locations will be automatically set for users in those OUs.');
-        }
-
-        // Inject location information fields
-        for ($i = 0; $i < $results["count"]; $i++) {
-            $results[$i]["ldap_location_override"] = false;
-            $results[$i]["location_id"] = 0;
-        }
 
+        /* Determine which location to assign users to by default. */
         if ($this->option('location')!='') {
             $location = Location::where('name', '=', $this->option('location'))->first();
             LOG::debug('Location name '.$this->option('location').' passed');
@@ -107,39 +94,61 @@ class LdapSync extends Command
             LOG::debug('Location ID '.$this->option('location_id').' passed');
             LOG::debug('Importing to '.$location->name.' ('.$location->id.')');
         } else {
-	        $location = NULL;
-	    }
-
+            $location = NULL;
+        }
         if (!isset($location)) {
             LOG::debug('That location is invalid or a location was not provided, so no location will be assigned by default.');
         }
 
-        // Grab subsets based on location-specific DNs, and overwrite location for these users.
-        foreach ($ldap_ou_locations as $ldap_loc) {
-            $location_users = Ldap::findLdapUsers($ldap_loc["ldap_ou"]);
-            $usernames = array();
-            for ($i = 0; $i < $location_users["count"]; $i++) {
-                $location_users[$i]["ldap_location_override"] = true;
-                $location_users[$i]["location_id"] = $ldap_loc["id"];
-                $usernames[] = $location_users[$i][$ldap_result_username][0];
+        /* Process locations with explicitly defined OUs, if doing a full import. */
+        if ($this->option('base_dn')=='') {
+            // Retrieve locations with a mapped OU, and sort them from the shallowest to deepest OU (see #3993)
+            $ldap_ou_locations = Location::where('ldap_ou', '!=', '')->get()->toArray();
+            $ldap_ou_lengths = array();
+            
+            foreach ($ldap_ou_locations as $location) {
+                $ldap_ou_lengths[] = strlen($location["ldap_ou"]);
             }
 
-            // Delete located users from the general group.
-            foreach ($results as $key => $generic_entry) {
-                if (in_array($generic_entry[$ldap_result_username][0], $usernames)) {
-                    unset($results[$key]);
+            array_multisort($ldap_ou_lengths, SORT_ASC, $ldap_ou_locations);
+
+            if (sizeof($ldap_ou_locations) > 0) {
+                LOG::debug('Some locations have special OUs set. Locations will be automatically set for users in those OUs.');
+            }
+
+            // Inject location information fields
+            for ($i = 0; $i < $results["count"]; $i++) {
+                $results[$i]["ldap_location_override"] = false;
+                $results[$i]["location_id"] = 0;
+            }
+
+            // Grab subsets based on location-specific DNs, and overwrite location for these users.
+            foreach ($ldap_ou_locations as $ldap_loc) {
+                $location_users = Ldap::findLdapUsers($ldap_loc["ldap_ou"]);
+                $usernames = array();
+                for ($i = 0; $i < $location_users["count"]; $i++) {
+                    $location_users[$i]["ldap_location_override"] = true;
+                    $location_users[$i]["location_id"] = $ldap_loc["id"];
+                    $usernames[] = $location_users[$i][$ldap_result_username][0];
                 }
-            }
 
-            $global_count = $results['count'];
-            $results = array_merge($location_users, $results);
-            $results['count'] = $global_count;
+                // Delete located users from the general group.
+                foreach ($results as $key => $generic_entry) {
+                    if (in_array($generic_entry[$ldap_result_username][0], $usernames)) {
+                        unset($results[$key]);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                $global_count = $results['count'];
+                $results = array_merge($location_users, $results);
+                $results['count'] = $global_count;
+            }
         }
 
+        /* Create user account entries in Snipe-IT */
         $tmp_pass = substr(str_shuffle("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"), 0, 20);
         $pass = bcrypt($tmp_pass);
 
-
         for ($i = 0; $i < $results["count"]; $i++) {
             if (empty($ldap_result_active_flag) || $results[$i][$ldap_result_active_flag][0] == "TRUE") {
 
@@ -207,9 +216,9 @@ class LdapSync extends Command
         if ($this->option('summary')) {
             for ($x = 0; $x < count($summary); $x++) {
                 if ($summary[$x]['status']=='error') {
-                    $this->error('ERROR: '.$summary[$x]['firstname'].' '.$summary[$x]['lastname'].' (username:  '.$summary[$x]['username'].' was not imported: '.$summary[$x]['note']);
+                    $this->error('ERROR: '.$summary[$x]['firstname'].' '.$summary[$x]['lastname'].' (username:  '.$summary[$x]['username'].') was not imported: '.$summary[$x]['note']);
                 } else {
-                    $this->info('User '.$summary[$x]['firstname'].' '.$summary[$x]['lastname'].' (username:  '.$summary[$x]['username'].' was '.strtoupper($summary[$x]['createorupdate']).'.');
+                    $this->info('User '.$summary[$x]['firstname'].' '.$summary[$x]['lastname'].' (username:  '.$summary[$x]['username'].') was '.strtoupper($summary[$x]['createorupdate']).'.');
                 }
             }
         } else if ($this->option('json_summary')) {