diff --git a/easyLDAP/easyLDAP_utils.py b/easyLDAP/easyLDAP_utils.py
index 20ced6f3bdb2c38f93817b72cf4d981b1bdefb66..c4680555139133d720e1db2f45f05f94bb59477f 100644
--- a/easyLDAP/easyLDAP_utils.py
+++ b/easyLDAP/easyLDAP_utils.py
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ def make_pyldapobject(pyldapobject):
     return _rewritten_pyldapobject
 
 
-def is_pyldaptree(pyldaptree):
+def is_pyldaptree(pyldaptree, strict=True):
     """
     Return C{True}, if the given data structure (several Python dictionaries
     in a Python list) conforms to the Python LDAP data format and all the
@@ -374,14 +374,21 @@ def is_pyldaptree(pyldaptree):
     @param pyldaptree: the LDAP data structure to be tested for Python LDAP
         compliancy
     @type pyldaptree: list
+    @param strict: really check, if this is a tree-like structure
+    @type strict: bool
+
     """
-    #
-    # TODO: really check, if the DNs form something like a tree hierarchy
-    #
-    if len(pyldaptree) > 1:
+    if len(pyldaptree) >= 1:
         for dn_object in pyldaptree:
-            if not is_pyldapobject([dn_object], strict=False):
+            if not is_pyldapobject([dn_object], strict=strict):
                 return False
+
+        if strict:
+            #
+            # TODO: really check, if the DNs form something like a tree hierarchy
+            #
+            pass
+
     else:
         return False