diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index df17338..a5540e5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+Released 2.4.22 2015-10-xx
+
+Changes since 2.4.21:
+
+Lib/
+* LDIFParser now also accepts value-spec without a space
+  after the colon.
+
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 Released 2.4.21 2015-09-25
 
@@ -1195,4 +1204,4 @@ Released 2.0.0pre02 2002-02-01
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 Released 1.10alpha3 2000-09-19
 
-$Id: CHANGES,v 1.356 2015/09/25 16:21:47 stroeder Exp $
+$Id: CHANGES,v 1.358 2015/09/30 17:17:28 stroeder Exp $
diff --git a/Lib/dsml.py b/Lib/dsml.py
index e7e76ae..ab886fb 100644
--- a/Lib/dsml.py
+++ b/Lib/dsml.py
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ dsml - generate and parse DSMLv1 data
 
 See http://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
 
-$Id: dsml.py,v 1.38 2015/08/08 13:36:30 stroeder Exp $
+$Id: dsml.py,v 1.39 2015/09/30 17:15:53 stroeder Exp $
 
 Python compability note:
 Tested with Python 2.0+.
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.4.21'
+__version__ = '2.4.22'
 
 import string,base64
 
diff --git a/Lib/ldap/__init__.py b/Lib/ldap/__init__.py
index afa1ad3..8c2cd64 100644
--- a/Lib/ldap/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ldap/__init__.py
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ ldap - base module
 
 See http://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
 
-$Id: __init__.py,v 1.98 2015/08/08 13:36:30 stroeder Exp $
+$Id: __init__.py,v 1.99 2015/09/30 17:15:53 stroeder Exp $
 """
 
 # This is also the overall release version number
 
-__version__ = '2.4.21'
+__version__ = '2.4.22'
 
 import sys
 
diff --git a/Lib/ldapurl.py b/Lib/ldapurl.py
index 181684b..a2b49b5 100644
--- a/Lib/ldapurl.py
+++ b/Lib/ldapurl.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ldapurl - handling of LDAP URLs as described in RFC 4516
 
 See http://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
 
-\$Id: ldapurl.py,v 1.73 2015/08/08 13:36:30 stroeder Exp $
+\$Id: ldapurl.py,v 1.74 2015/09/30 17:15:53 stroeder Exp $
 
 Python compability note:
 This module only works with Python 2.0+ since
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This module only works with Python 2.0+ since
 2. list comprehensions are used.
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.4.21'
+__version__ = '2.4.22'
 
 __all__ = [
   # constants
diff --git a/Lib/ldif.py b/Lib/ldif.py
index 0d0bc6d..2622adc 100644
--- a/Lib/ldif.py
+++ b/Lib/ldif.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ ldif - generate and parse LDIF data (see RFC 2849)
 
 See http://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
 
-$Id: ldif.py,v 1.83 2015/08/08 13:36:30 stroeder Exp $
+$Id: ldif.py,v 1.85 2015/09/30 17:17:28 stroeder Exp $
 
 Python compability note:
 Tested with Python 2.0+, but should work with Python 1.5.2+.
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.4.21'
+__version__ = '2.4.22'
 
 __all__ = [
   # constants
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class LDIFParser:
     # if needed attribute value is BASE64 decoded
     value_spec = unfolded_line[colon_pos:colon_pos+2]
     if value_spec==': ':
-      attr_value = unfolded_line[colon_pos+2:]
+      attr_value = unfolded_line[colon_pos+2:].lstrip()
       if isinstance(unfolded_line, unicode):
         attr_value = attr_value.encode('utf-8')
     elif value_spec=='::':
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ class LDIFParser:
         u = urlparse(url)
         if u[0] in self._process_url_schemes:
           attr_value = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
-    elif value_spec==':\r\n' or value_spec=='\n':
-      attr_value = b''
+    else:
+      attr_value = unfolded_line[colon_pos+1:].encode('utf-8')
     return attr_type,attr_value
 
   def parse_entry_records(self):
diff --git a/Tests/t_ldif.py b/Tests/t_ldif.py
index 8620b05..efd69ec 100644
--- a/Tests/t_ldif.py
+++ b/Tests/t_ldif.py
@@ -15,29 +15,24 @@ except ImportError:
 class TestParse(unittest.TestCase):
     maxDiff = None
 
-    def check_ldif_to_records(self, ldif_string, expected):
-        #import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
-        got = ldif.ParseLDIF(StringIO(ldif_string))
-        self.assertEqual(got, expected)
+    def _parse_entry_records(self, ldif_string):
+        return ldif.ParseLDIF(StringIO(ldif_string))
 
-    def check_records_to_ldif(self, records, expected):
+    def _unparse_entry_records(self, records):
         f = StringIO()
         ldif_writer = ldif.LDIFWriter(f)
         for dn, attrs in records:
             ldif_writer.unparse(dn, attrs)
-        got = f.getvalue()
-        self.assertEqual(got, expected)
+        return f.getvalue()
 
-    def check_roundtrip(self, ldif_source, records, ldif_expected=None):
+    def check_roundtrip(self, ldif_source, entry_records):
         ldif_source = textwrap.dedent(ldif_source).lstrip() + '\n'
-        if ldif_expected is None:
-            ldif_expected = ldif_source
-        else:
-            ldif_expected = textwrap.dedent(ldif_expected).lstrip() + '\n'
-
-        self.check_ldif_to_records(ldif_source, records)
-        self.check_records_to_ldif(records, ldif_expected)
-        self.check_ldif_to_records(ldif_expected, records)
+        parsed_entry_records = self._parse_entry_records(ldif_source)
+        parsed_entry_records2 = self._parse_entry_records(
+            self._unparse_entry_records(entry_records)
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_entry_records, entry_records)
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_entry_records2, entry_records)
 
     def test_simple(self):
         self.check_roundtrip("""
@@ -48,6 +43,15 @@ class TestParse(unittest.TestCase):
                 ('cn=x,cn=y,cn=z', {'attrib': [b'value', b'value2']}),
             ])
 
+    def test_simple2(self):
+        self.check_roundtrip("""
+                dn:cn=x,cn=y,cn=z
+                attrib:value
+                attrib:value2
+            """, [
+                ('cn=x,cn=y,cn=z', {'attrib': [b'value', b'value2']}),
+            ])
+
     def test_multiple(self):
         self.check_roundtrip("""
                 dn: cn=x,cn=y,cn=z
@@ -74,12 +78,7 @@ class TestParse(unittest.TestCase):
             """ % ('asdf.' * 20), [
                 ('cn=x,cn=y,cn=z', {'attrib': [b'verylong value'],
                                     'attrib2': [b'asdf.' * 20]}),
-            ], """
-                dn: cn=x,cn=y,cn=z
-                attrib: verylong value
-                attrib2: asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.as
-                 df.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.asdf.
-            """)
+            ])
 
     def test_empty(self):
         self.check_roundtrip("""
@@ -98,6 +97,14 @@ class TestParse(unittest.TestCase):
                 ('cn=x,cn=y,cn=z', {'attrib': [b'\t\0\n:%@']}),
             ])
 
+    def test_binary2(self):
+        self.check_roundtrip("""
+                dn: cn=x,cn=y,cn=z
+                attrib::CQAKOiVA
+            """, [
+                ('cn=x,cn=y,cn=z', {'attrib': [b'\t\0\n:%@']}),
+            ])
+
     def test_unicode(self):
         self.check_roundtrip("""
                 dn: cn=Michael Stroeder,dc=stroeder,dc=com
@@ -105,10 +112,7 @@ class TestParse(unittest.TestCase):
             """, [
                 ('cn=Michael Stroeder,dc=stroeder,dc=com',
                  {'lastname': [b'Str\303\266der']}),
-            ], """
-                dn: cn=Michael Stroeder,dc=stroeder,dc=com
-                lastname:: U3Ryw7ZkZXI=
-            """)
+            ])
 
     def test_sorted(self):
         self.check_roundtrip("""
@@ -120,12 +124,7 @@ class TestParse(unittest.TestCase):
                 ('cn=x,cn=y,cn=z', {'a': [b'value_a'],
                                     'b': [b'value_b'],
                                     'c': [b'value_c']}),
-            ], """
-                dn: cn=x,cn=y,cn=z
-                a: value_a
-                b: value_b
-                c: value_c
-            """)
+            ])
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':