diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
index 84bde0ddc6..99072b41e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package com.alibaba.druid.pool;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.Driver;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -214,15 +213,7 @@ public class DruidDataSource extends DruidAbstractDataSource implements DruidDat
                     this.driverClass = JdbcUtils.getDriverClassName(this.jdbcUrl);
                 }
 
-                try {
-                    driver = (Driver) Class.forName(this.driverClass).newInstance();
-                } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-                    throw new SQLException(e.getMessage(), e);
-                } catch (InstantiationException e) {
-                    throw new SQLException(e.getMessage(), e);
-                } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-                    throw new SQLException(e.getMessage(), e);
-                }
+                driver = JdbcUtils.createDriver(driverClass);
             } else {
                 if (this.driverClass == null) {
                     this.driverClass = driver.getClass().getName();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/JdbcUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/JdbcUtils.java
index 3e6392f146..6c6ad3c3c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/JdbcUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/JdbcUtils.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.Date;
+import java.sql.Driver;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -498,9 +499,21 @@ public final class JdbcUtils {
 
         return buf.toString();
     }
-    
+
     public static String toString(java.util.Date date) {
         SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
         return format.format(date);
     }
+
+    public static Driver createDriver(String driverClassName) throws SQLException {
+        try {
+            return (Driver) Class.forName(driverClassName).newInstance();
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+            throw new SQLException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        } catch (InstantiationException e) {
+            throw new SQLException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new SQLException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
 }