diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 859e3ca..ac3e01e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   - Add options for format preservation
   - Removed `spaced()` and `rndSpaced` from DN API
   - Fix parent/child rules regarding empty DNs
+- #254 Allow simple client bind with empty credentials
 
 ## 0.7.1
 
diff --git a/lib/client/client.js b/lib/client/client.js
index 221dcc2..f90dc82 100644
--- a/lib/client/client.js
+++ b/lib/client/client.js
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ Client.prototype.bind = function bind(name,
                                       _bypass) {
   if (typeof (name) !== 'string' && !(name instanceof dn.DN))
     throw new TypeError('name (string) required');
-  assert.string(credentials, 'credentials');
+  assert.optionalString(credentials, 'credentials');
   if (typeof (controls) === 'function') {
     callback = controls;
     controls = [];
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8550d46..0de4996 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
     "Yunong Xiao <yunong@joyent.com>",
     "Denis Vuyka <denis.vuyka@gmail.com>",
     "Pedro Palazón <kusorbox@gmail.com>",
-    "Patrick Mooney <patrick.f.mooney@gmail.com>"
+    "Patrick Mooney <patrick.f.mooney@gmail.com>",
+    "Matt Simerson <matt@tnpi.net>"
   ],
   "name": "ldapjs",
   "homepage": "http://ldapjs.org",
diff --git a/test/client.test.js b/test/client.test.js
index 788e68a..ca38f53 100644
--- a/test/client.test.js
+++ b/test/client.test.js
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ test('simple bind success', function (t) {
   });
 });
 
+test('simple anonymous bind (empty credentials)', function (t) {
+  client.bind('', '', function (err, res) {
+    t.ifError(err);
+    t.ok(res);
+    t.equal(res.status, 0);
+    t.end();
+  });
+});
 
 test('auto-bind bad credentials', function (t) {
   var clt = ldap.createClient({