diff --git a/webapp/components/admin_console/ldap_settings.jsx b/webapp/components/admin_console/ldap_settings.jsx
index 393e80f29d..ccb33a4938 100644
--- a/webapp/components/admin_console/ldap_settings.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/admin_console/ldap_settings.jsx
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import ConnectionSecurityDropdownSetting from './connection_security_dropdown_se
 import SettingsGroup from './settings_group.jsx';
 import TextSetting from './text_setting.jsx';
 
+import SyncNowButton from './sync_now_button.jsx';
+
 import * as Utils from 'utils/utils.jsx';
 
 import React from 'react';
@@ -428,6 +430,9 @@ export default class LdapSettings extends AdminSettings {
                     onChange={this.handleChange}
                     disabled={!this.state.enable}
                 />
+                <SyncNowButton
+                    disabled={!this.state.enable}
+                />
             </SettingsGroup>
         );
     }
diff --git a/webapp/components/admin_console/sync_now_button.jsx b/webapp/components/admin_console/sync_now_button.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7197b7b351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/components/admin_console/sync_now_button.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2016 Mattermost, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+// See License.txt for license information.
+
+import React from 'react';
+
+import Client from 'utils/web_client.jsx';
+import * as Utils from 'utils/utils.jsx';
+
+import {FormattedMessage, FormattedHTMLMessage} from 'react-intl';
+
+export default class SyncNowButton extends React.Component {
+    static get propTypes() {
+        return {
+            disabled: React.PropTypes.bool
+        };
+    }
+    constructor(props) {
+        super(props);
+
+        this.handleSyncNow = this.handleSyncNow.bind(this);
+
+        this.state = {
+            buisy: false,
+            fail: null
+        };
+    }
+
+    handleSyncNow(e) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+
+        this.setState({
+            buisy: true,
+            fail: null
+        });
+
+        Client.ldapSyncNow(
+            () => {
+                this.setState({
+                    buisy: false
+                });
+            },
+            (err) => {
+                this.setState({
+                    buisy: false,
+                    fail: err.message + ' - ' + err.detailed_error
+                });
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        let failMessage = null;
+        if (this.state.fail) {
+            failMessage = (
+                <div className='alert alert-warning'>
+                    <i className='fa fa-warning'></i>
+                    <FormattedMessage
+                        id='admin.ldap.syncFailure'
+                        defaultMessage='Sync Failure: {error}'
+                        values={{
+                            error: this.state.fail
+                        }}
+                    />
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
+
+        let helpText = (
+            <FormattedHTMLMessage
+                id='admin.ldap.syncNowHelpText'
+                defaultMessage='Initiates an LDAP synchronization immediately.'
+            />
+        );
+
+        let contents = null;
+        if (this.state.loading) {
+            contents = (
+                <span>
+                    <span className='fa fa-refresh icon--rotate'/>
+                    {Utils.localizeMessage('admin.reload.loading', ' Loading...')}
+                </span>
+            );
+        } else {
+            contents = (
+                <FormattedMessage
+                    id='admin.ldap.sync_button'
+                    defaultMessage='LDAP Synchronize Now'
+                />
+            );
+        }
+
+        return (
+            <div className='form-group reload-config'>
+                <div className='col-sm-offset-4 col-sm-8'>
+                    <div>
+                        <button
+                            className='btn btn-default'
+                            onClick={this.handleSyncNow}
+                            disabled={this.props.disabled}
+                        >
+                            {contents}
+                        </button>
+                        {failMessage}
+                    </div>
+                    <div className='help-text'>
+                        {helpText}
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/webapp/i18n/en.json b/webapp/i18n/en.json
index e47f68eb91..945c9c4a98 100644
--- a/webapp/i18n/en.json
+++ b/webapp/i18n/en.json
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@
   "admin.ldap.userFilterTitle": "User Filter:",
   "admin.ldap.usernameAttrEx": "Ex \"sAMAccountName\"",
   "admin.ldap.usernameAttrTitle": "Username Attribute:",
+  "admin.ldap.sync_button": "LDAP Synchronize Now",
+  "admin.ldap.syncNowHelpText": "Initiates an LDAP synchronization immediately.",
+  "admin.ldap.syncFailure": "Sync Failure: {error}",
   "admin.license.choose": "Choose File",
   "admin.license.chooseFile": "Choose File",
   "admin.license.edition": "Edition: ",