diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c25b395..c19cc83 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 2.32.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ldap3 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "maplit 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "yaml-rust 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -262,6 +263,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "maplit"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matches"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -834,6 +840,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum linked-hash-map 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "70fb39025bc7cdd76305867c4eccf2f2dcf6e9a57f5b21a93e1c2d86cd03ec9e"
 "checksum log 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e19e8d5c34a3e0e2223db8e060f9e8264aeeb5c5fc64a4ee9965c062211c024b"
 "checksum log 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "61bd98ae7f7b754bc53dca7d44b604f733c6bba044ea6f41bc8d89272d8161d2"
+"checksum maplit 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "08cbb6b4fef96b6d77bfc40ec491b1690c779e77b05cd9f07f787ed376fd4c43"
 "checksum matches 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "100aabe6b8ff4e4a7e32c1c13523379802df0772b82466207ac25b013f193376"
 "checksum memoffset 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0f9dc261e2b62d7a622bf416ea3c5245cdd5d9a7fcc428c0d06804dfce1775b3"
 "checksum mio 0.6.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4fcfcb32d63961fb6f367bfd5d21e4600b92cd310f71f9dca25acae196eb1560"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a490f24..bb1caf8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ authors = ["Gregory Ballantine <gballantine555@gmail.com>"]
 version = "2.32"
 [dependencies.ldap3]
 version = "0.6"
+[dependencies.maplit]
+version = "1.0"
 [dependencies.yaml-rust]
 version = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/ldap.rs b/src/ldap.rs
index 698d598..790c420 100644
--- a/src/ldap.rs
+++ b/src/ldap.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::error::Error;
 
 use ldap3::{LdapConn, Scope, SearchEntry};
+use yaml_rust::Yaml;
 
 // create an LDAP connection object
 pub fn connect(ldap_connection_info: HashMap<&str, &str>) -> LdapConn {
@@ -43,3 +44,27 @@ pub fn do_search(ldap_conn: LdapConn, search_base: &str, search_filter: &str) ->
 
   Ok(())
 }
+
+// perform an add user operation
+pub fn do_add_user(ldap_conn: LdapConn, user_conf: Yaml, user_info: &HashMap<&str, &str>) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
+  let user_dn = format!("{}={},{}", user_conf["id_attr"].as_str().unwrap(), user_info.get("username").unwrap(), user_conf["base"].as_str().unwrap());
+  let user_home = format!("/nfs/users/{}/home", user_info.get("username").unwrap());
+  let user_display = format!("{} {}", user_info.get("first-name").unwrap(), user_info.get("last-name").unwrap());
+
+  let user_vec = vec![
+    (user_conf["id_attr"].as_str().unwrap(), hashset!{user_info.get("username").unwrap().to_owned()}),
+    ("mail", hashset!{user_info.get("username").unwrap().to_owned()}),
+    ("displayName", hashset!{user_display.as_str()}),
+    ("givenName", hashset!{user_info.get("first-name").unwrap().to_owned()}),
+    ("sn", hashset!{user_info.get("last-name").unwrap().to_owned()}),
+    ("uidNumber", hashset!{user_info.get("id-number").unwrap().to_owned()}),
+    ("gidNumber", hashset!{user_info.get("id-number").unwrap().to_owned()}),
+    ("homeDirectory", hashset!{user_home.as_str()}),
+    ("objectClass", hashset!{user_conf["attrs"]["objectClass"].as_vec().unwrap()})
+  ];
+
+  let res = ldap_conn.add(&user_dn, user_vec)?.success()?;
+  println!("{:?}", res);
+
+  Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 182d655..d7791ab 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 extern crate clap;
 extern crate ldap3;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate maplit;
 extern crate yaml_rust;
 
 mod ldap;
@@ -71,6 +73,49 @@ fn main() {
         .default_value("(&(objectClass=*))")
         .help("LDAP search filter")))
 
+    // LDAP add resource subcommand
+    .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("add")
+      .about("Add an LDAP entry")
+
+      // add user entry subcommand
+      .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("user")
+        .about("Add an LDAP user entry")
+        // Username argument
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("username")
+          .short("u")
+          .long("username")
+          .takes_value(true)
+          .required(true)
+          .help("User's login username"))
+        // Email address argument
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("email")
+          .short("e")
+          .long("email")
+          .takes_value(true)
+          .required(true)
+          .help("User's email address"))
+        // First name argument
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("first-name")
+          .short("f")
+          .long("first-name")
+          .takes_value(true)
+          .required(true)
+          .help("User's first name"))
+        // Last name argument
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("last-name")
+          .short("l")
+          .long("last-name")
+          .takes_value(true)
+          .required(true)
+          .help("User's last name"))
+        // ID number argument
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("id-number")
+          .short("i")
+          .long("id-number")
+          .takes_value(true)
+          .required(true)
+          .help("User's ID number"))))
+
     .get_matches();
 
   // create a new hashmap for the connection info
@@ -90,6 +135,31 @@ fn main() {
     let search_filter = matches.value_of("filter").unwrap();
 
     // run the LDAP search
-    let _ = ldap::do_search(ldap_conn, search_base, search_filter);
+    match ldap::do_search(ldap_conn, search_base, search_filter) {
+      Ok(_) => {},
+      Err(e) => println!("{:?}", e),
+    }
+  } else if let Some(matches) = matches.subcommand_matches("add") {
+    // perform an LDAP bind
+    let bind_dn = yaml["muldap"]["bind_dn"].as_str().unwrap();
+    let bind_pw = yaml["muldap"]["bind_pw"].as_str().unwrap();
+    ldap_conn.simple_bind(bind_dn, bind_pw);
+
+    if let Some(matches) = matches.subcommand_matches("user") {
+      // create HashMap of user info
+      let mut ldap_user_info = HashMap::new();
+      ldap_user_info.insert("username", matches.value_of("username").unwrap());
+      ldap_user_info.insert("email", matches.value_of("email").unwrap());
+      ldap_user_info.insert("first-name", matches.value_of("first-name").unwrap());
+      ldap_user_info.insert("last-name", matches.value_of("last-name").unwrap());
+      ldap_user_info.insert("id-number", matches.value_of("id-number").unwrap());
+
+      let user_conf = &yaml["muldap"]["user"];
+
+      match ldap::do_add_user(ldap_conn, user_conf.to_owned(), &ldap_user_info) {
+        Ok(_) => {},
+        Err(e) => println!("{:?}", e),
+      }
+    }
   }
 }