diff --git a/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php b/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
index 7dd3ab1..01bf027 100644
--- a/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
+++ b/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class MySQL extends DB_PDO {
 	 */
 	public function __construct($dsn, $username=null, $password=null, $options=array())
 	{
-		// Automatically set the charset to UTF-8
+		// Set the charset to UTF-8
 		if (defined('PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND'))
 		{
 			$options = array_merge($options, array(
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ class MySQL extends DB_PDO {
 			));
 		}
 		
+		if (strpos($dsn, 'mysql') === FALSE) $dsn = 'mysql:'.$dsn;
+		
 		parent::__construct($dsn, $username, $password, $options);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/pgsql/pgsql_driver.php b/drivers/pgsql/pgsql_driver.php
index c7fa5d2..0e453dd 100644
--- a/drivers/pgsql/pgsql_driver.php
+++ b/drivers/pgsql/pgsql_driver.php
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class PgSQL extends DB_PDO {
 	 */
 	public function __construct($dsn, $username=null, $password=null, $options=array())
 	{
+		if (strpos($dsn, 'pgsql') === FALSE) $dsn = 'pgsql:'.$dsn;
+		
 		parent::__construct($dsn, $username, $password, $options);
 	}