diff --git a/application/config/database.php b/application/config/database.php
index d22321e..0088ef1 100644
--- a/application/config/database.php
+++ b/application/config/database.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 |				'ssl_ca'     - Path to the certificate authority file
 |				'ssl_capath' - Path to a directory containing trusted CA certificates in PEM format
 |				'ssl_cipher' - List of *allowed* ciphers to be used for the encryption, separated by colons (':')
-|				'ssl_verify' - TRUE/FALSE; Whether verify the server certificate or not ('mysqli' only)
+|				'ssl_verify' - TRUE/FALSE; Whether verify the server certificate or not
 |
 |	['compress'] Whether or not to use client compression (MySQL only)
 |	['stricton'] TRUE/FALSE - forces 'Strict Mode' connections
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_driver.php
index e172145..fb0097c 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_driver.php
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@
 			empty($this->encrypt['ssl_capath']) OR $ssl[PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CAPATH] = $this->encrypt['ssl_capath'];
 			empty($this->encrypt['ssl_cipher']) OR $ssl[PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CIPHER] = $this->encrypt['ssl_cipher'];
 
+			if (defined('PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT') && isset($this->encrypt['ssl_verify']))
+			{
+				$ssl[PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT] = $this->encrypt['ssl_verify'];
+			}
+
 			// DO NOT use array_merge() here!
 			// It re-indexes numeric keys and the PDO_MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_* constants are integers.
 			empty($ssl) OR $this->options += $ssl;
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 21bca15..af32fe8 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 Version 3.1.10
 ==============
 
+-  General Changes
+
+   -  Added 'ssl_verify' support to the 'pdo/mysql' :doc:`Database <database/index> driver.
+
 Bug fixes for 3.1.10
 --------------------