diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
index 7a8d9fa69..be90bfc8e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class MySQL extends AbstractSqlDataSource {
     private String port;
     private String username;
     private String password;
+    private String className;
     private String database;
     private String tableName;
     private int poolSize;
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ public class MySQL extends AbstractSqlDataSource {
         this.port = settings.getProperty(DatabaseSettings.MYSQL_PORT);
         this.username = settings.getProperty(DatabaseSettings.MYSQL_USERNAME);
         this.password = settings.getProperty(DatabaseSettings.MYSQL_PASSWORD);
+        this.className = settings.getProperty(DatabaseSettings.MYSQL_DRIVER_CLASS_NAME);
         this.database = settings.getProperty(DatabaseSettings.MYSQL_DATABASE);
         this.tableName = settings.getProperty(DatabaseSettings.MYSQL_TABLE);
         this.columnOthers = settings.getProperty(HooksSettings.MYSQL_OTHER_USERNAME_COLS);
@@ -128,6 +130,9 @@ public class MySQL extends AbstractSqlDataSource {
         // Auth
         ds.setUsername(this.username);
         ds.setPassword(this.password);
+        
+        // Driver
+        ds.setDriverClassName(this.className);
 
         // Request mysql over SSL
         ds.addDataSourceProperty("useSSL", String.valueOf(useSsl));
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/DatabaseSettings.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/DatabaseSettings.java
index 358d612f4..35c694848 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/DatabaseSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/DatabaseSettings.java
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ public final class DatabaseSettings implements SettingsHolder {
     @Comment("Password to connect to the MySQL database")
     public static final Property<String> MYSQL_PASSWORD =
         newProperty("DataSource.mySQLPassword", "12345");
+    
+        @Comment("Driver Name of the MySQL database")
+    public static final Property<String> MYSQL_DRIVER_CLASS_NAME =
+        newProperty("DataSource.mySQLDriverClassName", "com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver");
 
     @Comment("Database Name, use with converters or as SQLITE database name")
     public static final Property<String> MYSQL_DATABASE =