diff --git a/pykolab/utils.py b/pykolab/utils.py
--- a/pykolab/utils.py
+++ b/pykolab/utils.py
@@ -383,6 +383,9 @@
         if result.has_key('sn'):
             result['surname'] = result['sn'].replace(' ', '')
 
+        if result.has_key('givenname'):
+            result['givenname'] = result['givenname'].replace(' ', '')
+
         if result.has_key('mail'):
             if isinstance(result['mail'], list):
                 result['mail'] = result['mail'][0]