diff -p -up cyrus-imapd-2.3.12p2/ptclient/ldap.c.secprops cyrus-imapd-2.3.12p2/ptclient/ldap.c
--- cyrus-imapd-2.3.12p2/ptclient/ldap.c.secprops	2008-09-07 13:38:19.000000000 -0400
+++ cyrus-imapd-2.3.12p2/ptclient/ldap.c	2008-09-07 13:39:14.000000000 -0400
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ static void myinit(void) 
     ptsm->group_filter = config_getstring(IMAPOPT_LDAP_GROUP_FILTER);
     ptsm->group_base = config_getstring(IMAPOPT_LDAP_GROUP_BASE);
     ptsm->filter = config_getstring(IMAPOPT_LDAP_FILTER);
+    ptsm->sasl_secprops = NULL; /* there is no config option for this one */
     ptsm->base = config_getstring(IMAPOPT_LDAP_BASE);
 
 	if (ptsm->version != LDAP_VERSION3 &&