diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapProperties.java
index 35c8ad8b9f..f3ec7f5941 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapProperties.java
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
-import org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
 /**
- * Configuration properties to configure {@link LdapTemplate}.
+ * Configuration properties for LDAP.
  *
  * @author Eddú Meléndez
  * @since 1.5.0
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
index da5955848e..3c7335f02c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@
     "description": "Enable JPA repositories.",
     "defaultValue": true
   },
+  {
+    "name": "spring.data.ldap.repositories.enabled",
+    "type": "java.lang.Boolean",
+    "description": "Enable LDAP repositories.",
+    "defaultValue": true
+  },
   {
     "name": "spring.data.mongodb.repositories.enabled",
     "type": "java.lang.Boolean",
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/ldap/LdapDataAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/ldap/LdapDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 1301db97c9..7f92ededb2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/ldap/LdapDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/ldap/LdapDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ public class LdapDataAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	@After
 	public void close() {
-		this.context.close();
+		if (this.context != null) {
+			this.context.close();
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 102e205a6b..8381792c74 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ldap/LdapAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.ldap;
 
 import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
@@ -37,11 +36,6 @@ public class LdapAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	private AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context;
 
-	@Before
-	public void setup() {
-		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
-	}
-
 	@After
 	public void close() {
 		if (this.context != null) {
@@ -87,6 +81,7 @@ public class LdapAutoConfigurationTests {
 	}
 
 	private void load(String... properties) {
+		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
 		EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(this.context, properties);
 		this.context.register(LdapAutoConfiguration.class,
 				PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class);
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index c83447664f..8883707a20 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -575,6 +575,9 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	spring.data.elasticsearch.properties.*= # Additional properties used to configure the client.
 	spring.data.elasticsearch.repositories.enabled=true # Enable Elasticsearch repositories.
 
+	# DATA LDAP
+	spring.data.ldap.repositories.enabled=true # Enable LDAP repositories.
+
 	# MONGODB ({sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/mongo/MongoProperties.{sc-ext}[MongoProperties])
 	spring.data.mongodb.authentication-database= # Authentication database name.
 	spring.data.mongodb.database=test # Database name.