diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/AbstractQuery.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/AbstractQuery.php
index 41889da1333d4..5cacad79b249e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/AbstractQuery.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/AbstractQuery.php
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ public function __construct(ConnectionInterface $connection, $dn, $query, array
             'timeout' => 0,
             'deref' => static::DEREF_NEVER,
             'attrsOnly' => 0,
+            'scope' => static::SCOPE_SUB,
         ));
         $resolver->setAllowedValues('deref', array(static::DEREF_ALWAYS, static::DEREF_NEVER, static::DEREF_FINDING, static::DEREF_SEARCHING));
+        $resolver->setAllowedValues('scope', array(static::SCOPE_BASE, static::SCOPE_ONE, static::SCOPE_SUB));
+
         $resolver->setNormalizer('filter', function (Options $options, $value) {
             return is_array($value) ? $value : array($value);
         });
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/ExtLdap/Query.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/ExtLdap/Query.php
index 0e8eae7d21d17..0bad59a5400d5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/ExtLdap/Query.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/ExtLdap/Query.php
@@ -60,7 +60,21 @@ public function execute()
 
             $con = $this->connection->getResource();
 
-            $this->search = @ldap_search(
+            switch ($this->options['scope']) {
+                case static::SCOPE_BASE:
+                    $func = 'ldap_read';
+                    break;
+                case static::SCOPE_ONE:
+                    $func = 'ldap_list';
+                    break;
+                case static::SCOPE_SUB:
+                    $func = 'ldap_search';
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new LdapException(sprintf('Could not search in scope %s', $this->options['scopen']));
+            }
+
+            $this->search = @$func(
                 $con,
                 $this->dn,
                 $this->query,
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/QueryInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/QueryInterface.php
index ba26de791efe8..5f8f95fde39d1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/QueryInterface.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Adapter/QueryInterface.php
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ interface QueryInterface
     const DEREF_FINDING = 0x02;
     const DEREF_ALWAYS = 0x03;
 
+    const SCOPE_BASE = 'base';
+    const SCOPE_ONE = 'one';
+    const SCOPE_SUB = 'sub';
+
     /**
      * Executes a query and returns the list of Ldap entries.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Tests/Adapter/ExtLdap/AdapterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Tests/Adapter/ExtLdap/AdapterTest.php
index f25d181896d35..fb4a5b3e1fb86 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Tests/Adapter/ExtLdap/AdapterTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Tests/Adapter/ExtLdap/AdapterTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Adapter\ExtLdap\Adapter;
 use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Adapter\ExtLdap\Collection;
+use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Adapter\ExtLdap\Query;
 use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Entry;
 use Symfony\Component\Ldap\LdapInterface;
 
@@ -65,4 +66,37 @@ public function testLdapQueryIterator()
         $this->assertEquals(array('Fabien Potencier'), $entry->getAttribute('cn'));
         $this->assertEquals(array('fabpot@symfony.com', 'fabien@potencier.com'), $entry->getAttribute('mail'));
     }
+
+    public function testLdapQueryScopeBase()
+    {
+        $ldap = new Adapter($this->getLdapConfig());
+
+        $ldap->getConnection()->bind('cn=admin,dc=symfony,dc=com', 'symfony');
+
+        $query = $ldap->createQuery('cn=Fabien Potencier,dc=symfony,dc=com', '(objectclass=*)', array(
+           'scope' => Query::SCOPE_BASE,
+        ));
+        $result = $query->execute();
+
+        $entry = $result[0];
+        $this->assertEquals($result->count(), 1);
+        $this->assertEquals(array('Fabien Potencier'), $entry->getAttribute('cn'));
+    }
+
+    public function testLdapQueryScopeOneLevel()
+    {
+        $ldap = new Adapter($this->getLdapConfig());
+
+        $ldap->getConnection()->bind('cn=admin,dc=symfony,dc=com', 'symfony');
+
+        $one_level_result = $ldap->createQuery('ou=Components,dc=symfony,dc=com', '(objectclass=*)', array(
+            'scope' => Query::SCOPE_ONE,
+        ))->execute();
+
+        $subtree_count = $ldap->createQuery('ou=Components,dc=symfony,dc=com', '(objectclass=*)')->execute()->count();
+
+        $this->assertNotEquals($one_level_result->count(), $subtree_count);
+        $this->assertEquals($one_level_result->count(), 1);
+        $this->assertEquals($one_level_result[0]->getAttribute('ou'), array('Ldap'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Tests/Fixtures/data/fixtures.ldif b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Tests/Fixtures/data/fixtures.ldif
index 21dc42d77edd4..43842146b2837 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Tests/Fixtures/data/fixtures.ldif
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/Tests/Fixtures/data/fixtures.ldif
@@ -12,3 +12,15 @@ ou: Maintainers
 ou: Founder
 givenName: Fabien Potencier
 description: Founder and project lead @Symfony
+
+dn: ou=Components,dc=symfony,dc=com
+objectclass: organizationalunit
+ou: Components
+
+dn: ou=Ldap,ou=Components,dc=symfony,dc=com
+objectclass: organizationalunit
+ou: Ldap
+
+dn: ou=Ldap scoping,ou=Ldap,ou=Components,dc=symfony,dc=com
+objectclass: organizationalunit
+ou: Ldap scoping