diff --git a/ldap2dns.c b/ldap2dns.c
index 9fd21a6..4e8ec41 100644
--- a/ldap2dns.c
+++ b/ldap2dns.c
@@ -606,6 +606,10 @@ static void read_resourcerecords(char* dn, int znix)
 
 	if ( (ldaperr = ldap_search_ext_s(ldap_con, dn, LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE, "objectclass=DNSrrset", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, &options.searchtimeout, options.reclimit, &res))!=LDAP_SUCCESS )
 		die_ldap(ldaperr);
+	if (ldap_count_entries(ldap_con, res) < 1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[**] Warning: No records returned from search.  Check for correct credentials,\n[**] LDAP hostname, and search base DN.\n\n");
+		return;
+	}
 	for (m = ldap_first_entry(ldap_con, res); m; m = ldap_next_entry(ldap_con, m)) {
 		BerElement* ber = NULL;
 		char* attr;
@@ -803,6 +807,11 @@ static void calc_checksum(int* num, int* sum)
 	*num = *sum = 0;
 	if ( ldaperr = ldap_search_ext_s(ldap_con, options.searchbase[0] ? options.searchbase : NULL, LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE, "objectclass=DNSzone", attr_list, 0, NULL, NULL, &options.searchtimeout, options.reclimit, &res)!=LDAP_SUCCESS )
 		die_ldap(ldaperr);
+	if (ldap_count_entries(ldap_con, res) < 1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[**] Warning: No records returned from search.  Check for correct credentials,\n[**] LDAP hostname, and search base DN.\n\n");
+		return;
+	}
+		
 	for (m = ldap_first_entry(ldap_con, res); m; m = ldap_next_entry(ldap_con, m)) {
 		BerElement* ber = NULL;
 		char* attr = ldap_first_attribute(ldap_con, m, &ber);
@@ -835,6 +844,10 @@ static void read_dnszones(void)
 		fprintf(namedmaster, "# Automatically generated by ldap2dns v%s - DO NOT EDIT!\n", VERSION);
 	if ( (ldaperr = ldap_search_ext_s(ldap_con, options.searchbase[0] ? options.searchbase : NULL, LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE, "objectclass=DNSzone", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, &options.searchtimeout, options.reclimit, &res))!=LDAP_SUCCESS )
 		die_ldap(ldaperr);
+	if (ldap_count_entries(ldap_con, res) < 1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[**] Warning: No records returned from search.  Check for correct credentials,\n[**] LDAP hostname, and search base DN.\n\n");
+		return;
+	}
 	for (m = ldap_first_entry(ldap_con, res); m; m = ldap_next_entry(ldap_con, m)) {
 		BerElement* ber = NULL;
 		char* attr;
@@ -976,6 +989,10 @@ static void read_loccodes(void)
 
 	if ( (ldaperr = ldap_search_ext_s(ldap_con, options.searchbase[0] ? options.searchbase : NULL, LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE, "objectclass=DNSloccodes", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, &options.searchtimeout, options.reclimit, &res))!=LDAP_SUCCESS )
 		die_ldap(ldaperr);
+	if (ldap_count_entries(ldap_con, res) < 1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[**] Warning: No records returned from search.  Check for correct credentials,\n[**] LDAP hostname, and search base DN.\n\n");
+		return;
+	}
 	for (m = ldap_first_entry(ldap_con, res); m; m = ldap_next_entry(ldap_con, m)) {
 		BerElement* ber = NULL;
 		char* attr;