diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
index 4e2aa98a03..6dd6563ce8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ public class DruidDataSource extends DruidAbstractDataSource implements DruidDat
                 exceptionSorter.configFromProperties(properties);
             }
             
+            if (validConnectionChecker != null) {
+                validConnectionChecker.configFromProperties(properties);
+            }
+            
             if (statLogger != null) {
                 statLogger.configFromProperties(properties);
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/pool/vendor/MySQLValidConnectionCheckerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/pool/vendor/MySQLValidConnectionCheckerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd9b21d280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/pool/vendor/MySQLValidConnectionCheckerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.alibaba.druid.bvt.pool.vendor;
+
+import java.sql.Connection;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+
+import com.alibaba.druid.pool.DruidDataSource;
+import com.alibaba.druid.pool.vendor.MySqlValidConnectionChecker;
+
+public class MySQLValidConnectionCheckerTest extends TestCase {
+
+    private DruidDataSource dataSource;
+
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        System.setProperty("druid.mysql.usePingMethod", "false");
+
+        dataSource = new DruidDataSource();
+        dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mock:xxx");
+        dataSource.setDbType("mysql");
+        dataSource.setValidationQuery("select 1");
+        dataSource.setValidConnectionChecker(new MySqlValidConnectionChecker());
+        dataSource.setInitialSize(1);
+        dataSource.setTestOnBorrow(true);
+    }
+
+    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        dataSource.close();
+
+        System.clearProperty("druid.mysql.usePingMethod");
+    }
+
+    public void test_connect() throws Exception {
+        {
+            Connection conn = dataSource.getConnection();
+            conn.close();
+        }
+
+        MySqlValidConnectionChecker checker = (MySqlValidConnectionChecker) dataSource.getValidConnectionChecker();
+        Assert.assertFalse(checker.isUsePingMethod());
+
+        dataSource.setConnectionProperties("druid.mysql.usePingMethod=true");
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(checker.isUsePingMethod());
+
+        Connection conn = dataSource.getConnection();
+        conn.close();
+    }
+
+}