diff --git a/awx/sso/conf.py b/awx/sso/conf.py
index 65513e7882..504b7724d4 100644
--- a/awx/sso/conf.py
+++ b/awx/sso/conf.py
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ def _register_ldap(append=None):
         category=_('LDAP'),
         category_slug='ldap',
         default=collections.OrderedDict([
-            #('member_attr', 'member'),
             ('name_attr', 'cn'),
         ]),
         placeholder=collections.OrderedDict([
diff --git a/awx/sso/fields.py b/awx/sso/fields.py
index 997a311823..fbc6ee75d4 100644
--- a/awx/sso/fields.py
+++ b/awx/sso/fields.py
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ class LDAPGroupTypeField(fields.ChoiceField):
         # MemberDNGroupType was the only group type, of the underlying lib, that
         # took a parameter.
         params_sanitized = dict()
+        if isinstance(cls, LDAPGroupType):
+            if 'name_attr' in params:
+                params_sanitized['name_attr'] = params['name_attr']
+
         if data.endswith('MemberDNGroupType'):
             params.setdefault('member_attr', 'member')
             params_sanitized['member_attr'] = params['member_attr']
diff --git a/awx/sso/ldap_group_types.py b/awx/sso/ldap_group_types.py
index 4f8402eaa7..c898cf28f8 100644
--- a/awx/sso/ldap_group_types.py
+++ b/awx/sso/ldap_group_types.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2017 Ansible by Red Hat
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Ansible by Red Hat
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
 # Python