diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidAbstractDataSource.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidAbstractDataSource.java
index 769c138f4a..3dc600d128 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidAbstractDataSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidAbstractDataSource.java
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ public abstract class DruidAbstractDataSource extends WrapperAdapter implements
     protected volatile long                            timeBetweenConnectErrorMillis             = DEFAULT_TIME_BETWEEN_CONNECT_ERROR_MILLIS;
 
     protected volatile ValidConnectionChecker          validConnectionChecker                    = null;
+    
+    protected volatile boolean                         usePingMethod                             = false;
 
     protected final Map<DruidPooledConnection, Object> activeConnections                         = new IdentityHashMap<DruidPooledConnection, Object>();
     protected final static Object                      PRESENT                                   = new Object();
@@ -641,6 +643,14 @@ public abstract class DruidAbstractDataSource extends WrapperAdapter implements
         this.validConnectionChecker = validConnectionChecker;
     }
 
+    public boolean isUsePingMethod() {
+        return usePingMethod;
+    }
+
+    public void setUsePingMethod(boolean usePingMethod) {
+        this.usePingMethod = usePingMethod;
+    }
+
     public String getValidConnectionCheckerClassName() {
         if (validConnectionChecker == null) {
             return null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
index 5ee986397a..302cfafd1d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ public class DruidDataSource extends DruidAbstractDataSource implements DruidDat
 
         String realDriverClassName = driver.getClass().getName();
         if (JdbcUtils.isMySqlDriver(realDriverClassName)) {
-            this.validConnectionChecker = new MySqlValidConnectionChecker();
+            this.validConnectionChecker = new MySqlValidConnectionChecker(usePingMethod);
 
         } else if (realDriverClassName.equals(JdbcConstants.ORACLE_DRIVER)
                 || realDriverClassName.equals(JdbcConstants.ORACLE_DRIVER2)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/vendor/MySqlValidConnectionChecker.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/vendor/MySqlValidConnectionChecker.java
index 5faa3d9f36..c403c50a4f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/vendor/MySqlValidConnectionChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/vendor/MySqlValidConnectionChecker.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class MySqlValidConnectionChecker extends ValidConnectionCheckerAdapter i
     private Method   ping;
     private boolean  usePingMethod = false;
 
-    public MySqlValidConnectionChecker(){
+    public MySqlValidConnectionChecker(boolean usePingMethod){
         try {
             clazz = Utils.loadClass("com.mysql.jdbc.MySQLConnection");
             if (clazz == null) {
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ public class MySqlValidConnectionChecker extends ValidConnectionCheckerAdapter i
                 ping = clazz.getMethod("pingInternal", boolean.class, int.class);
             }
 
-            if (ping != null) {
-                usePingMethod = true;
+            if (ping != null && usePingMethod == true) {
+                this.usePingMethod = true;
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             LOG.warn("Cannot resolve com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.ping method.  Will use 'SELECT 1' instead.", e);