diff --git a/package/mnemoc/openldap/openldap.conf b/package/mnemoc/openldap/openldap.conf
index 44a3d993f..605fb4a3f 100644
--- a/package/mnemoc/openldap/openldap.conf
+++ b/package/mnemoc/openldap/openldap.conf
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ sysconfdir=${sysconfdir%/openldap}
 
 pkginstalled tcp_wrappers && var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--enable-wrappers'
 
-var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-shared"
+# without debugging, NO log messages will be generated. none. at all. jikes.
+var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-shared --enable-debug"
 
 if [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_OPENLDAP_JUSTLIBS" = "1" ]; then
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--without-cyrus-sasl --disable-slapd \
diff --git a/package/mnemoc/openldap/openldap.desc b/package/mnemoc/openldap/openldap.desc
index 690058067..49f0c7bcf 100644
--- a/package/mnemoc/openldap/openldap.desc
+++ b/package/mnemoc/openldap/openldap.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.2.20
+[V] 2.2.24
 [P] X -?---5---9 115.400
 
-[D] 245739867 openldap-2.2.20.tgz ftp://ftp.openldap.org/pub/OpenLDAP/openldap-release/
+[D] 144563336 openldap-2.2.24.tgz ftp://ftp.openldap.org/pub/OpenLDAP/openldap-release/