diff --git a/Data/MySQL/src/SessionImpl.cpp b/Data/MySQL/src/SessionImpl.cpp
index 3a2c865fc..998fa5c6b 100644
--- a/Data/MySQL/src/SessionImpl.cpp
+++ b/Data/MySQL/src/SessionImpl.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "Poco/Data/MySQL/SessionImpl.h"
 #include "Poco/Data/MySQL/MySQLStatementImpl.h"
+#include "Poco/Data/MySQL/Utility.h"
 #include "Poco/Data/Session.h"
 #include "Poco/NumberParser.h"
 #include "Poco/String.h"
@@ -255,7 +256,16 @@ void SessionImpl::setTransactionIsolation(Poco::UInt32 ti)
 Poco::UInt32 SessionImpl::getTransactionIsolation() const
 {
 	std::string isolation;
-	getSetting("tx_isolation", isolation);
+	unsigned long version = Utility::serverVersion(_handle);
+	if (version >= 80000)
+	{
+		getSetting("transaction_isolation", isolation);
+		isolation = isolation.c_str();
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		getSetting("tx_isolation", isolation);
+	}
 	Poco::replaceInPlace(isolation, "-", " ");
 	if (MYSQL_READ_UNCOMMITTED == isolation)
 		return Session::TRANSACTION_READ_UNCOMMITTED;