diff --git a/openldap/datadog_checks/openldap/openldap.py b/openldap/datadog_checks/openldap/openldap.py
index fb312e8b0453e..5a7c81814e8b6 100644
--- a/openldap/datadog_checks/openldap/openldap.py
+++ b/openldap/datadog_checks/openldap/openldap.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ def check(self, instance):
             res = conn.bind()
             if not res:
                 raise ldap3.core.exceptions.LDAPBindError("Error binding to server: {}".format(conn.result))
-        except ldap3.core.exceptions.LDAPBindError:
-            self.log.exception("Could not connect to server at %s: %s", url, conn.result)
+        except ldap3.core.exceptions.LDAPExceptionError as e:
+            self.log.exception("Could not connect to server at %s: %s", url, e)
             self.service_check("{}.can_connect".format(METRIC_PREFIX), self.CRITICAL, tags=tags)
             raise
 
diff --git a/openldap/tests/test_check.py b/openldap/tests/test_check.py
index 2800a5e7db397..1c9be4c94a0da 100644
--- a/openldap/tests/test_check.py
+++ b/openldap/tests/test_check.py
@@ -84,14 +84,24 @@ def test_check(aggregator, check, openldap_server, instance):
 def test_check_ssl(aggregator, check, openldap_server, instance_ssl):
     tags = ["url:{}".format(instance_ssl["url"]), "test:integration"]
     # Should fail certificate verification
-    with pytest.raises(ldap3.core.exceptions.LDAPSocketOpenError):
+    with pytest.raises(ldap3.core.exceptions.LDAPExceptionError):
         check.check(instance_ssl)
+        aggregator.assert_service_check("openldap.can_connect", check.CRITICAL, tags=tags)
     instance_ssl["ssl_verify"] = False
     # Should work now
     check.check(instance_ssl)
     aggregator.assert_service_check("openldap.can_connect", check.OK, tags=tags)
 
 
+def test_check_connection_failure(aggregator, check, openldap_server, instance):
+    instance["url"] = "bad_url"
+    tags = ["url:{}".format(instance["url"]), "test:integration"]
+    # Should fail certificate verification
+    with pytest.raises(ldap3.core.exceptions.LDAPExceptionError):
+        check.check(instance)
+        aggregator.assert_service_check("openldap.can_connect", check.CRITICAL, tags=tags)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not Platform.is_linux(), reason='Windows sockets are not file handles')
 def test_check_socket(aggregator, check, openldap_server, instance):
     instance["url"] = "ldapi://{}".format(openldap_server)