diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 644f0efd9..f8f63cfef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-04-28  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
+
+	* Tools/SOGoToolBackup.m (-proceed): we empty the autorelease pool
+	every 10 iterations to avoid an excess of unreleased LDAP
+	connections.
+
 2010-04-26  Ludovic Marcotte  <lmarcotte@inverse.ca>
 
 	* Modified all folder/ACL templates in order
diff --git a/Tools/SOGoToolBackup.m b/Tools/SOGoToolBackup.m
index 8fcbef894..9fc85c64b 100644
--- a/Tools/SOGoToolBackup.m
+++ b/Tools/SOGoToolBackup.m
@@ -381,14 +381,23 @@
 
 - (BOOL) proceed
 {
+  NSAutoreleasePool *pool;
   int count, max;
   BOOL rc;
 
   rc = YES;
 
+  pool = [NSAutoreleasePool new];
+
   max = [userIDs count];
   for (count = 0; rc && count < max; count++)
-    rc = [self exportUser: [userIDs objectAtIndex: count]];
+    {
+      rc = [self exportUser: [userIDs objectAtIndex: count]];
+      if ((count % 10) == 0)
+        [pool emptyPool];
+    }
+
+  [pool release];
 
   return rc;
 }