diff --git a/ldap/templates/bin/_bootstrap.sh.tpl b/ldap/templates/bin/_bootstrap.sh.tpl
index 3e65185a0..c29b8e7af 100644
--- a/ldap/templates/bin/_bootstrap.sh.tpl
+++ b/ldap/templates/bin/_bootstrap.sh.tpl
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ set -xe
 
 {{- $url := tuple "ldap" "internal" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.hostname_fqdn_endpoint_lookup" }}
 {{- $port := tuple "ldap" "internal" "ldap" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_port_lookup" }}
-LDAPHOST="ldap://{{ $url }}:{{ $port }}"
+LDAPHOST="{{ .Values.endpoints.ldap.scheme }}://{{ $url }}:{{ $port }}"
 ADMIN="cn={{ .Values.secrets.identity.admin }},{{ tuple .Values.openldap.domain . | include "splitdomain" }}"
 ldapadd -x -D $ADMIN -H $LDAPHOST -w {{ .Values.openldap.password }} -f /etc/sample_data.ldif
diff --git a/ldap/values.yaml b/ldap/values.yaml
index 42b4fdd9d..72a97b44e 100644
--- a/ldap/values.yaml
+++ b/ldap/values.yaml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ endpoints:
     host_fqdn_override:
       default: null
     path: null
-    scheme: 'http'
+    scheme: 'ldap'
     port:
       ldap:
         default: 389