diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_ldap.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_ldap.inc.php
index 64cca4118c..164d8e3909 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_ldap.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_ldap.inc.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 				$this->data['account_id']   		= $allValues[0]['uidnumber'][0];
 				$this->data['account_primary_group']	= $allValues[0]['gidnumber'][0];
 				$this->data['account_lid']  		= $allValues[0]['uid'][0];
-				$this->data['firstname']    		= $GLOBALS['phpgw']->translation->convert($allValues[0]['givenname'][0],'uft-8');
+				$this->data['firstname']    		= $GLOBALS['phpgw']->translation->convert($allValues[0]['givenname'][0],'utf-8');
 				$this->data['lastname']     		= $GLOBALS['phpgw']->translation->convert($allValues[0]['sn'][0],'utf-8');
 			}
 			$this->data['account_dn']  = $allValues[0]['dn'];