diff --git a/examples/fieldsynchronisation/syncFieldFromLDAP.php b/examples/fieldsynchronisation/syncFieldFromLDAP.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57aae7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/fieldsynchronisation/syncFieldFromLDAP.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once('../../config/dmsDefaults.php');
+
+require_once('Net/LDAP.php');
+require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/metadata/metadatautil.inc.php');
+
+$oKTConfig =& KTConfig::getSingleton();
+
+$config = array(
+    'dn' => $oKTConfig->get("ldap/ldapSearchUser"),
+    'password' => $oKTConfig->get("ldap/ldapSearchPassword"),
+    'host' => $oKTConfig->get("ldap/ldapServer"),
+    'base' => $oKTConfig->get("ldap/ldapRootDn"),
+);
+
+$oFieldset =& KTFieldset::getByNamespace('http://ktcvs.local/local/fieldsets/synctest');
+$oField = DocumentField::getByFieldsetAndName($oFieldset, 'synctest');
+
+$oLdap =& Net_LDAP::connect($config);
+if (PEAR::isError($oLdap)) {
+    var_dump($oLdap);
+    exit(0);
+}
+
+$aParams = array(
+    'scope' => 'sub',
+    'attributes' => array('cn'),
+);
+$rootDn = $oKTConfig->get("ldap/ldapRootDn");
+if (is_array($rootDn)) {
+    $rootDn = join(",", $rootDn);
+}
+$aResults = $oLdap->search($rootDn, '(objectClass=organizationalPerson)', $aParams);
+
+$aValues = array();
+foreach ($aResults->entries() as $oEntry) {
+    // print $oEntry->dn() . "\n";
+    $sValue = $oEntry->get_value('cn', 'single');
+    // print $sValue . "\n";
+    $aValues[] = $sValue;
+}
+KTMetadataUtil::synchroniseMetadata($oField, $aValues);