diff --git a/roles/grafana/templates/ldap.toml.j2 b/roles/grafana/templates/ldap.toml.j2
index b1c3fa3..5ce84f8 100644
--- a/roles/grafana/templates/ldap.toml.j2
+++ b/roles/grafana/templates/ldap.toml.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ start_tls = {{ grafana_ldap_start_tls|bool|string|lower }}
 # set to true if you want to skip ssl cert validation
 ssl_skip_verify = false
 # set to the path to your root CA certificate or leave unset to use system defaults
+{% if grafana_ldap_root_ca_cert|d %}
+root_ca_cert = "{{ grafana_ldap_root_ca_cert }}"
+{% else %}
 # root_ca_cert = "/path/to/certificate.crt"
+{% endif %}
 # Authentication against LDAP servers requiring client certificates
 # client_cert = "/path/to/client.crt"
 # client_key = "/path/to/client.key"