diff --git a/cmd/http-tracer.go b/cmd/http-tracer.go
index b3083fd2f..89239f7dc 100644
--- a/cmd/http-tracer.go
+++ b/cmd/http-tracer.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -80,6 +81,17 @@ func (r *recordRequest) Data() []byte {
 	return logger.BodyPlaceHolder
 }
 
+var ldapPwdRegex = regexp.MustCompile("(^.*?)LDAPPassword=([^&]*?)(&(.*?))?$")
+
+// redact LDAP password if part of string
+func redactLDAPPwd(s string) string {
+	parts := ldapPwdRegex.FindStringSubmatch(s)
+	if len(parts) > 0 {
+		return parts[1] + "LDAPPassword=*REDACTED*" + parts[3]
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
 // getOpName sanitizes the operation name for mc
 func getOpName(name string) (op string) {
 	op = strings.TrimPrefix(name, "github.com/minio/minio/cmd.")
@@ -129,7 +141,7 @@ func WebTrace(ri *jsonrpc.RequestInfo) trace.Info {
 		Proto:    r.Proto,
 		Method:   r.Method,
 		Path:     SlashSeparator + pathJoin(vars["bucket"], vars["object"]),
-		RawQuery: r.URL.RawQuery,
+		RawQuery: redactLDAPPwd(r.URL.RawQuery),
 		Client:   handlers.GetSourceIP(r),
 		Headers:  reqHeaders,
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/http-tracer_test.go b/cmd/http-tracer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5242f43b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/http-tracer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * MinIO Cloud Storage, (C) 2021 MinIO, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Test redactLDAPPwd()
+func TestRedactLDAPPwd(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		query         string
+		expectedQuery string
+	}{
+		{"", ""},
+		{"?Action=AssumeRoleWithLDAPIdentity&LDAPUsername=myusername&LDAPPassword=can+youreadthis%3F&Version=2011-06-15",
+			"?Action=AssumeRoleWithLDAPIdentity&LDAPUsername=myusername&LDAPPassword=*REDACTED*&Version=2011-06-15",
+		},
+		{"LDAPPassword=can+youreadthis%3F&Version=2011-06-15&?Action=AssumeRoleWithLDAPIdentity&LDAPUsername=myusername",
+			"LDAPPassword=*REDACTED*&Version=2011-06-15&?Action=AssumeRoleWithLDAPIdentity&LDAPUsername=myusername",
+		},
+		{"?Action=AssumeRoleWithLDAPIdentity&LDAPUsername=myusername&Version=2011-06-15&LDAPPassword=can+youreadthis%3F",
+			"?Action=AssumeRoleWithLDAPIdentity&LDAPUsername=myusername&Version=2011-06-15&LDAPPassword=*REDACTED*",
+		},
+		{
+			"?x=y&a=b",
+			"?x=y&a=b",
+		},
+	}
+	for i, test := range testCases {
+		gotQuery := redactLDAPPwd(test.query)
+		if gotQuery != test.expectedQuery {
+			t.Fatalf("test %d: expected %s got %s", i+1, test.expectedQuery, gotQuery)
+		}
+	}
+}