diff --git a/add.go b/add.go
index 0e5f6cdb..1b49cf12 100644
--- a/add.go
+++ b/add.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ type AddRequest struct {
 	DN string
 	// Attributes list the attributes of the new entry
 	Attributes []Attribute
+	// Controls hold optional controls to send with the request
+	Controls []Control
 }
 
 func (a AddRequest) encode() *ber.Packet {
@@ -60,9 +62,10 @@ func (a *AddRequest) Attribute(attrType string, attrVals []string) {
 }
 
 // NewAddRequest returns an AddRequest for the given DN, with no attributes
-func NewAddRequest(dn string) *AddRequest {
+func NewAddRequest(dn string, controls []Control) *AddRequest {
 	return &AddRequest{
-		DN: dn,
+		DN:       dn,
+		Controls: controls,
 	}
 
 }
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ func (l *Conn) Add(addRequest *AddRequest) error {
 	packet := ber.Encode(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypeConstructed, ber.TagSequence, nil, "LDAP Request")
 	packet.AppendChild(ber.NewInteger(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypePrimitive, ber.TagInteger, l.nextMessageID(), "MessageID"))
 	packet.AppendChild(addRequest.encode())
+	if len(addRequest.Controls) > 0 {
+		packet.AppendChild(encodeControls(addRequest.Controls))
+	}
 
 	l.Debug.PrintPacket(packet)
 
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index 650af0a4..4c3a76c5 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func ExampleConn_Modify() {
 	defer l.Close()
 
 	// Add a description, and replace the mail attributes
-	modify := ldap.NewModifyRequest("cn=user,dc=example,dc=com")
+	modify := ldap.NewModifyRequest("cn=user,dc=example,dc=com", nil)
 	modify.Add("description", []string{"An example user"})
 	modify.Replace("mail", []string{"user@example.org"})
 
diff --git a/modify.go b/modify.go
index c179bb1c..67f27918 100644
--- a/modify.go
+++ b/modify.go
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ type ModifyRequest struct {
 	DN string
 	// Changes contain the attributes to modify
 	Changes []Change
+	// Controls hold optional controls to send with the request
+	Controls []Control
 }
 
 // Add appends the given attribute to the list of changes to be made
@@ -114,9 +116,11 @@ func (m ModifyRequest) encode() *ber.Packet {
 // NewModifyRequest creates a modify request for the given DN
 func NewModifyRequest(
 	dn string,
+	controls []Control,
 ) *ModifyRequest {
 	return &ModifyRequest{
-		DN: dn,
+		DN:       dn,
+		Controls: controls,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -125,6 +129,9 @@ func (l *Conn) Modify(modifyRequest *ModifyRequest) error {
 	packet := ber.Encode(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypeConstructed, ber.TagSequence, nil, "LDAP Request")
 	packet.AppendChild(ber.NewInteger(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypePrimitive, ber.TagInteger, l.nextMessageID(), "MessageID"))
 	packet.AppendChild(modifyRequest.encode())
+	if len(modifyRequest.Controls) > 0 {
+		packet.AppendChild(encodeControls(modifyRequest.Controls))
+	}
 
 	l.Debug.PrintPacket(packet)