diff --git a/Data/MySQL/src/SessionImpl.cpp b/Data/MySQL/src/SessionImpl.cpp
index 85b06d86f..6884fd0f6 100644
--- a/Data/MySQL/src/SessionImpl.cpp
+++ b/Data/MySQL/src/SessionImpl.cpp
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ void SessionImpl::open(const std::string& connect)
 	if (options["user"] == "")
 		throw MySQLException("create session: specify user name");
 
-	if (options["db"] == "")
-		throw MySQLException("create session: specify database");
+	const char * db = NULL;
+	if (!options["db"].empty())
+		db = options["db"].c_str();
 
 	unsigned int port = 0;
 	if (!NumberParser::tryParseUnsigned(options["port"], port) || 0 == port || port > 65535)
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ void SessionImpl::open(const std::string& connect)
 	_handle.connect(options["host"].c_str(), 
 			options["user"].c_str(), 
 			options["password"].c_str(), 
-			options["db"].c_str(), 
+			db, 
 			port);
 
 	addFeature("autoCommit", 
diff --git a/Data/MySQL/testsuite/src/MySQLTest.cpp b/Data/MySQL/testsuite/src/MySQLTest.cpp
index c9b7b7420..6db543d09 100644
--- a/Data/MySQL/testsuite/src/MySQLTest.cpp
+++ b/Data/MySQL/testsuite/src/MySQLTest.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,27 @@ MySQLTest::~MySQLTest()
 }
 
 
+void MySQLTest::testConnectNoDB()
+{
+	std::string dbConnString = "host=" MYSQL_HOST
+		";user=" MYSQL_USER
+		";password=" MYSQL_PWD
+		";compress=true;auto-reconnect=true";
+	
+	try
+	{
+		Session session(MySQL::Connector::KEY, dbConnString);
+		std::cout << "Connected to [" << "MySQL" << "] without database. Disconnecting ..." << std::endl;
+		session.close();
+		std::cout << "Disconnected." << std::endl;
+	}
+	catch (ConnectionFailedException& ex)
+	{
+		std::cout << ex.displayText() << std::endl;
+	}
+}
+	
+	
 void MySQLTest::testBareboneMySQL()
 {
 	if (!_pSession) fail ("Test not available.");
@@ -778,6 +799,7 @@ CppUnit::Test* MySQLTest::suite()
 
 	CppUnit::TestSuite* pSuite = new CppUnit::TestSuite("MySQLTest");
 
+	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, MySQLTest, testConnectNoDB);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, MySQLTest, testBareboneMySQL);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, MySQLTest, testSimpleAccess);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, MySQLTest, testComplexType);
diff --git a/Data/MySQL/testsuite/src/MySQLTest.h b/Data/MySQL/testsuite/src/MySQLTest.h
index 27065c105..b84b94d7c 100644
--- a/Data/MySQL/testsuite/src/MySQLTest.h
+++ b/Data/MySQL/testsuite/src/MySQLTest.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public:
 	MySQLTest(const std::string& name);
 	~MySQLTest();
 
+	void testConnectNoDB();
 	void testBareboneMySQL();
 
 	void testSimpleAccess();