diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
index 96a6a13..006e6ef 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 
 class CI_DB_oci8_driver extends CI_DB {
 
+	var $dbdriver = 'oci8';
+
 	/**
 	 * The syntax to count rows is slightly different across different
 	 * database engines, so this string appears in each driver and is