diff --git a/builtin/credential/ldap/backend_test.go b/builtin/credential/ldap/backend_test.go
index cd4775582704..7f81e0bfa764 100644
--- a/builtin/credential/ldap/backend_test.go
+++ b/builtin/credential/ldap/backend_test.go
@@ -832,6 +832,7 @@ func testAccStepConfigUrl(t *testing.T, cfg *ldaputil.ConfigEntry) logicaltest.T
 			"case_sensitive_names": true,
 			"token_policies":       "abc,xyz",
 			"request_timeout":      cfg.RequestTimeout,
+			"connection_timeout":   cfg.ConnectionTimeout,
 			"username_as_alias":    cfg.UsernameAsAlias,
 		},
 	}
@@ -854,6 +855,7 @@ func testAccStepConfigUrlWithAuthBind(t *testing.T, cfg *ldaputil.ConfigEntry) l
 			"case_sensitive_names": true,
 			"token_policies":       "abc,xyz",
 			"request_timeout":      cfg.RequestTimeout,
+			"connection_timeout":   cfg.ConnectionTimeout,
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -874,6 +876,7 @@ func testAccStepConfigUrlWithDiscover(t *testing.T, cfg *ldaputil.ConfigEntry) l
 			"case_sensitive_names": true,
 			"token_policies":       "abc,xyz",
 			"request_timeout":      cfg.RequestTimeout,
+			"connection_timeout":   cfg.ConnectionTimeout,
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -891,6 +894,7 @@ func testAccStepConfigUrlNoGroupDN(t *testing.T, cfg *ldaputil.ConfigEntry) logi
 			"discoverdn":           true,
 			"case_sensitive_names": true,
 			"request_timeout":      cfg.RequestTimeout,
+			"connection_timeout":   cfg.ConnectionTimeout,
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -911,6 +915,7 @@ func testAccStepConfigUrlWarningCheck(t *testing.T, cfg *ldaputil.ConfigEntry, o
 			"case_sensitive_names": true,
 			"token_policies":       "abc,xyz",
 			"request_timeout":      cfg.RequestTimeout,
+			"connection_timeout":   cfg.ConnectionTimeout,
 		},
 		Check: func(response *logical.Response) error {
 			if len(response.Warnings) == 0 {
@@ -1192,6 +1197,7 @@ func TestLdapAuthBackend_ConfigUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 			"token_period":           "5m",
 			"token_explicit_max_ttl": "24h",
 			"request_timeout":        cfg.RequestTimeout,
+			"connection_timeout":     cfg.ConnectionTimeout,
 		},
 		Storage:    storage,
 		Connection: &logical.Connection{},
@@ -1233,6 +1239,7 @@ func TestLdapAuthBackend_ConfigUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 			CaseSensitiveNames:       falseBool,
 			UsePre111GroupCNBehavior: new(bool),
 			RequestTimeout:           cfg.RequestTimeout,
+			ConnectionTimeout:        cfg.ConnectionTimeout,
 			UsernameAsAlias:          false,
 			DerefAliases:             "never",
 		},
diff --git a/changelog/20144.txt b/changelog/20144.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef8b9a01810c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/20144.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+sdk/ldaputil: added `connection_timeout` to tune connection timeout duration 
+for all LDAP plugins.
+```
diff --git a/sdk/helper/ldaputil/client.go b/sdk/helper/ldaputil/client.go
index b0e1187d56d8..54beac200977 100644
--- a/sdk/helper/ldaputil/client.go
+++ b/sdk/helper/ldaputil/client.go
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ func (c *Client) DialLDAP(cfg *ConfigEntry) (Connection, error) {
 	var retErr *multierror.Error
 	var conn Connection
 	urls := strings.Split(cfg.Url, ",")
+
+	// Default timeout in the pacakge is 60 seconds, which we default to on our
+	// end. This is useful if you want to take advantage of the URL list to increase
+	// availability of LDAP.
+	ldap.DefaultTimeout = time.Duration(cfg.ConnectionTimeout) * time.Second
+
 	for _, uut := range urls {
 		u, err := url.Parse(uut)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/sdk/helper/ldaputil/config.go b/sdk/helper/ldaputil/config.go
index df4996af7511..12919ad504dc 100644
--- a/sdk/helper/ldaputil/config.go
+++ b/sdk/helper/ldaputil/config.go
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ Default: ({{.UserAttr}}={{.Username}})`,
 			Default:     "90s",
 		},
 
+		"connection_timeout": {
+			Type:        framework.TypeDurationSecond,
+			Description: "Timeout, in seconds, when attempting to connect to the LDAP server before trying the next URL in the configuration.",
+			Default:     "30s",
+		},
+
 		"dereference_aliases": {
 			Type:          framework.TypeString,
 			Description:   "When aliases should be dereferenced on search operations. Accepted values are 'never', 'finding', 'searching', 'always'. Defaults to 'never'.",
@@ -411,6 +417,10 @@ func NewConfigEntry(existing *ConfigEntry, d *framework.FieldData) (*ConfigEntry
 		cfg.RequestTimeout = d.Get("request_timeout").(int)
 	}
 
+	if _, ok := d.Raw["connection_timeout"]; ok || !hadExisting {
+		cfg.ConnectionTimeout = d.Get("connection_timeout").(int)
+	}
+
 	if _, ok := d.Raw["dereference_aliases"]; ok || !hadExisting {
 		cfg.DerefAliases = d.Get("dereference_aliases").(string)
 	}
@@ -441,6 +451,7 @@ type ConfigEntry struct {
 	UseTokenGroups           bool   `json:"use_token_groups"`
 	UsePre111GroupCNBehavior *bool  `json:"use_pre111_group_cn_behavior"`
 	RequestTimeout           int    `json:"request_timeout"`
+	ConnectionTimeout        int    `json:"connection_timeout"`
 	DerefAliases             string `json:"dereference_aliases"`
 
 	// These json tags deviate from snake case because there was a past issue
@@ -479,6 +490,7 @@ func (c *ConfigEntry) PasswordlessMap() map[string]interface{} {
 		"use_token_groups":       c.UseTokenGroups,
 		"anonymous_group_search": c.AnonymousGroupSearch,
 		"request_timeout":        c.RequestTimeout,
+		"connection_timeout":     c.ConnectionTimeout,
 		"username_as_alias":      c.UsernameAsAlias,
 		"dereference_aliases":    c.DerefAliases,
 	}
diff --git a/sdk/helper/ldaputil/config_test.go b/sdk/helper/ldaputil/config_test.go
index 62be2a182fd6..e6f9997f0f7a 100644
--- a/sdk/helper/ldaputil/config_test.go
+++ b/sdk/helper/ldaputil/config_test.go
@@ -74,15 +74,16 @@ func testConfig(t *testing.T) *ConfigEntry {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	return &ConfigEntry{
-		Url:            "ldap://138.91.247.105",
-		UserDN:         "example,com",
-		BindDN:         "kitty",
-		BindPassword:   "cats",
-		TLSMaxVersion:  "tls12",
-		TLSMinVersion:  "tls12",
-		RequestTimeout: 30,
-		ClientTLSCert:  "",
-		ClientTLSKey:   "",
+		Url:               "ldap://138.91.247.105",
+		UserDN:            "example,com",
+		BindDN:            "kitty",
+		BindPassword:      "cats",
+		TLSMaxVersion:     "tls12",
+		TLSMinVersion:     "tls12",
+		RequestTimeout:    30,
+		ConnectionTimeout: 15,
+		ClientTLSCert:     "",
+		ClientTLSKey:      "",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ var jsonConfig = []byte(`{
 	"tls_max_version": "tls12",
 	"tls_min_version": "tls12",
 	"request_timeout": 30,
+	"connection_timeout": 15,
 	"ClientTLSCert":  "",
 	"ClientTLSKey":   ""
 }`)
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ var jsonConfigDefault = []byte(`
   "use_pre111_group_cn_behavior": null,
   "username_as_alias": false,
   "request_timeout": 90,
+  "connection_timeout": 30,
   "dereference_aliases": "never",
   "CaseSensitiveNames": false,
   "ClientTLSCert": "",
diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/auth/ldap.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/auth/ldap.mdx
index 9b00079001b6..2084937435ef 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/auth/ldap.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/auth/ldap.mdx
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ This endpoint configures the LDAP auth method.
   names will be normalized to lower case. Case will still be preserved when
   sending the username to the LDAP server at login time; this is only for
   matching local user/group definitions.
+- `connection_timeout` `(integer: 30 or string: "30s")` - Timeout, in seconds, 
+  when attempting to connect to the LDAP server before trying the next URL in 
+  the configuration.
 - `request_timeout` `(integer: 90 or string: "90s")` - Timeout, in seconds, for
   the connection when making requests against the server before returning back
   an error.
diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/secret/ad.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/secret/ad.mdx
index 61c7b99bf282..7c76bdf5833a 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/secret/ad.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/secret/ad.mdx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ text that fulfills those requirements. `{{PASSWORD}}` must appear exactly once a
 ### Connection parameters
 
 - `url` (string, optional) - The LDAP server to connect to. Examples: `ldaps://ldap.myorg.com`, `ldaps://ldap.myorg.com:636`. This can also be a comma-delineated list of URLs, e.g. `ldaps://ldap.myorg.com,ldaps://ldap.myorg.com:636`, in which case the servers will be tried in-order if there are errors during the connection process. Default is `ldap://127.0.0.1`.
+- `connection_timeout` `(integer: 30 or string: "30s")` - Timeout, in seconds, when attempting to connect to the LDAP server before trying the next URL in the configuration.
 - `request_timeout` `(integer: 90 or string: "90s")` - Timeout, in seconds, for the connection when making requests against the server before returning back an error.
 - `starttls` (bool, optional) - If true, issues a `StartTLS` command after establishing an unencrypted connection.
 - `insecure_tls` - (bool, optional) - If true, skips LDAP server SSL certificate verification - insecure, use with caution!
diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/secret/ldap.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/secret/ldap.mdx
index 1bc96a1feacb..a5ee22ccfbab 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/secret/ldap.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/secret/ldap.mdx
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ to search and change entry passwords in LDAP.
   string for authentication. The constructed UPN will appear as `[binddn]@[upndomain]`. For
   example, if `upndomain=example.com` and `binddn=admin`, the UPN string `admin@example.com`
   will be used to log in to Active Directory.
+- `connection_timeout` `(integer: 30 or string: "30s")` - Timeout, in seconds, 
+  when attempting to connect to the LDAP server before trying the next URL in 
+  the configuration.
 - `request_timeout` `(integer: 90, string: "90s" <optional>)` - Timeout, in seconds, for the connection when
   making requests against the server before returning back an error.
 - `starttls` `(bool: <optional>)` - If true, issues a `StartTLS` command after establishing an unencrypted connection.