Index: include/apr_dbd.h
===================================================================
--- include/apr_dbd.h	(revision 678367)
+++ include/apr_dbd.h	(working copy)
@@ -126,15 +126,16 @@
  *  keys, each followed by an equal sign and a value. Such key/value pairs can
  *  be delimited by space, CR, LF, tab, semicolon, vertical bar or comma.
  *  @remarks MySQL: the params can have "host", "port", "user", "pass",
- *  "dbname", "sock", "flags" "fldsz" and "group" keys, each followed by an
- *  equal sign and a value. Such key/value pairs can be delimited by space,
- *  CR, LF, tab, semicolon, vertical bar or comma. For now, "flags" can only
- *  recognise CLIENT_FOUND_ROWS (check MySQL manual for details). The value
- *  associated with "fldsz" determines maximum amount of memory (in bytes) for
- *  each of the fields in the result set of prepared statements. By default,
- *  this value is 1 MB. The value associated with "group" determines which
- *  group from configuration file to use (see MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP option
- *  of mysql_options() in MySQL manual).
+ *  "dbname", "sock", "flags" "fldsz", "group" and "reconnect" keys, each
+ *  followed by an equal sign and a value. Such key/value pairs can be
+ *  delimited by space, CR, LF, tab, semicolon, vertical bar or comma. For
+ *  now, "flags" can only recognise CLIENT_FOUND_ROWS (check MySQL manual for
+ *  details). The value associated with "fldsz" determines maximum amount of
+ *  memory (in bytes) for each of the fields in the result set of prepared
+ *  statements. By default, this value is 1 MB. The value associated with
+ *  "group" determines which group from configuration file to use (see
+ *  MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP option of mysql_options() in MySQL manual).
+ *  Reconnect is set to 1 by default (i.e. true).
  *  @remarks FreeTDS: the params can have "username", "password", "appname",
  *  "dbname", "host", "charset", "lang" and "server" keys, each followed by an
  *  equal sign and a value.
Index: dbd/apr_dbd_mysql.c
===================================================================
--- dbd/apr_dbd_mysql.c	(revision 678367)
+++ dbd/apr_dbd_mysql.c	(working copy)
@@ -1104,6 +1104,7 @@
         {"flags", NULL},
         {"fldsz", NULL},
         {"group", NULL},
+        {"reconnect", NULL},
         {NULL, NULL}
     };
     unsigned int port = 0;
@@ -1155,6 +1156,11 @@
     if (fields[8].value != NULL) {
          mysql_options(sql->conn, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, fields[8].value);
     }
+#if MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50013
+    if (fields[9].value != NULL) {
+         do_reconnect = atoi(fields[9].value) ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+#endif
 
 #if MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50013
     /* the MySQL manual says this should be BEFORE mysql_real_connect */