diff --git a/apps/beeswax/src/beeswax/server/hive_server2_lib.py b/apps/beeswax/src/beeswax/server/hive_server2_lib.py
index ecab68113042818404531c8ea7d8c18ee3eb8715..c682f74dea7d4ce31c153831104d5aea3335c63d 100644
--- a/apps/beeswax/src/beeswax/server/hive_server2_lib.py
+++ b/apps/beeswax/src/beeswax/server/hive_server2_lib.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class HiveServerTColumnDesc:
 
 
 class HiveServerClient:
-  HS2_MECHANISMS = {'KERBEROS': 'GSSAPI', 'NONE': 'PLAIN', 'NOSASL': 'NOSASL'}
+  HS2_MECHANISMS = {'KERBEROS': 'GSSAPI', 'NONE': 'PLAIN', 'NOSASL': 'NOSASL', 'LDAP': 'PLAIN'}
 
   def __init__(self, query_server, user):
     self.query_server = query_server
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class HiveServerClient:
       hive_mechanism = hive_site.get_hiveserver2_authentication()
       if hive_mechanism not in HiveServerClient.HS2_MECHANISMS:
         raise Exception(_('%s server authentication not supported. Valid are %s.' % (hive_mechanism, HiveServerClient.HS2_MECHANISMS.keys())))
-      use_sasl = hive_mechanism in ('KERBEROS', 'NONE')
+      use_sasl = hive_mechanism in ('KERBEROS', 'NONE', 'LDAP')
       mechanism = HiveServerClient.HS2_MECHANISMS[hive_mechanism]
       impersonation_enabled = hive_site.hiveserver2_impersonation_enabled()