--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/configuration/DatabaseDefinition.java	Sun May 17 13:15:21 2015 +0200
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/configuration/DatabaseDefinition.java	Sun May 17 13:51:40 2015 +0200
@@ -32,10 +32,30 @@
 public class DatabaseDefinition implements NameIdentified {
 
 	private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(DatabaseDefinition.class.getName());
+	/**
+	 * database name in SQL-DK configuration
+	 */
 	private String name;
+	/**
+	 * JDBC URL
+	 */
 	private String url;
+	/**
+	 * JDBC user name
+	 */
 	private String userName;
+	/**
+	 * JDBC password
+	 */
 	private String password;
+	/**
+	 * optional JDBC driver – if empty, the DriverManager is used to lookup specific Driver for
+	 * given URL
+	 */
+	private String driver;
+	/**
+	 * JDBC properties
+	 */
 	private Properties properties = new Properties();
 
 	@XmlElement(name = "name", namespace = CONFIGURATION)
@@ -75,6 +95,14 @@
 		this.password = password;
 	}
 
+	public String getDriver() {
+		return driver;
+	}
+
+	public void setDriver(String driver) {
+		this.driver = driver;
+	}
+
 	@XmlElement(name = "property", namespace = CONFIGURATION)
 	public Properties getProperties() {
 		return properties;
@@ -87,7 +115,7 @@
 	/**
 	 * @param properties ad-hoc properties from CLI options (for the JDBC driver)
 	 * @param jmxBean JMX management bean for progress reporting | null = disable JMX
-	 * @return 
+	 * @return
 	 * @throws java.sql.SQLException
 	 */
 	public DatabaseConnection connect(Properties properties, ConnectionManagement jmxBean) throws SQLException {
@@ -96,7 +124,7 @@
 
 	/**
 	 * @param properties
-	 * @return 
+	 * @return
 	 * @throws java.sql.SQLException
 	 * @see #connect(info.globalcode.sql.dk.configuration.Properties, java.lang.String)
 	 * With disabled JMX reporting.

--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/configuration/Loader.java	Sun May 17 13:15:21 2015 +0200
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/configuration/Loader.java	Sun May 17 13:51:40 2015 +0200
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.DatabaseConnection.JDBC_PROPERTY_USER;
 import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.DatabaseConnection.JDBC_PROPERTY_PASSWORD;
 import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.Driver;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -66,7 +67,22 @@
 		credentials.setDefaults(databaseDefinition.getProperties());
 		properties.setDefaults(credentials);
 		java.util.Properties javaProperties = properties.getJavaProperties();
-		return DriverManager.getConnection(databaseDefinition.getUrl(), javaProperties);
+
+		String driverClassName = databaseDefinition.getDriver();
+		final String url = databaseDefinition.getUrl();
+		if (driverClassName == null) {
+			log.log(Level.FINE, "Using DriverManager to create connection for „{0}“", url);
+			return DriverManager.getConnection(url, javaProperties);
+		} else {
+			log.log(Level.FINE, "Using custom Driver „{0}“ to create connection for „{1}“", new Object[]{driverClassName, url});
+			try {
+				Class<Driver> driverClass = (Class<Driver>) Class.forName(driverClassName);
+				Driver driver = driverClass.newInstance();
+				return driver.connect(url, javaProperties);
+			} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | SQLException e) {
+				throw new SQLException("Unable to connect usig specific driver: " + driverClassName, e);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 }