diff --git a/plugins/doc_fragments/ipamodule_base_docs.py b/plugins/doc_fragments/ipamodule_base_docs.py
index 4e8c1268..10b1bb2b 100644
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/ipamodule_base_docs.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/ipamodule_base_docs.py
@@ -37,4 +37,8 @@ options:
       determined by the execution environment.
     choices: ["server", "client"]
     required: false
+  ipaapi_ldap_cache:
+    description: Use LDAP cache for IPA connection.
+    type: bool
+    default: true
 """
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py b/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py
index 6c67fe25..4840dcd4 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ else:
             ipaapi_context=dict(
                 type="str", required=False, choices=["server", "client"],
             ),
+            ipaapi_ldap_cache=dict(type="bool", default="True"),
         )
 
         def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):