diff --git a/tldap/backend/base.py b/tldap/backend/base.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tldap/backend/base.py
+++ b/tldap/backend/base.py
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ class LDAPbase(object):
 
         # Loop over list of search results
         for result_item in result_list:
+            # skip searchResRef for now
+            if result_item['type'] != "searchResEntry":
+                continue
             dn = result_item['dn']
             attributes = result_item['raw_attributes']
             # did we already retrieve this from cache?
Skip searchResRef results.

We don't support referrals. Yet.

Change-Id: Ieb4a<I>bb<I>b9ae4c5e<I>fbf9d<I>b<I>