diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
index 5de2079..c38b79c 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
@@ -51,23 +51,23 @@
 	function __construct($params)
 	{
 		parent::__construct($params);
-		
+
 		// clause and character used for LIKE escape sequences
 		if (strpos($this->hostname, 'mysql') !== FALSE)
 		{
 			$this->_like_escape_str = '';
 			$this->_like_escape_chr = '';
-			
+
 			//Prior to this version, the charset can't be set in the dsn
 			if(is_php('5.3.6'))
 			{
 				$this->hostname .= ";charset={$this->char_set}";
 			}
-			
+
 			//Set the charset with the connection options
 			$this->options['PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND'] = "SET NAMES {$this->char_set}";
 		}
-		else if (strpos($this->hostname, 'odbc') !== FALSE)
+		elseif (strpos($this->hostname, 'odbc') !== FALSE)
 		{
 			$this->_like_escape_str = " {escape '%s'} ";
 			$this->_like_escape_chr = '!';
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
 			$this->_like_escape_str = " ESCAPE '%s' ";
 			$this->_like_escape_chr = '!';
 		}
-		
-		$this->hostname .= ";dbname=".$this->database;
-		
+
+		empty($this->database) OR $this->hostname .= ';dbname='.$this->database;
+
 		$this->trans_enabled = FALSE;
 
 		$this->_random_keyword = ' RND('.time().')'; // database specific random keyword
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 	function db_connect()
 	{
 		$this->options['PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE'] = PDO::ERRMODE_SILENT;
-		
+
 		return new PDO($this->hostname, $this->username, $this->password, $this->options);
 	}
 
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 55fbcee..4e332a0 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 	<li>Fixed a bug (#538) - Windows paths were ignored when using the <a href="libraries/image_lib.html">Image Manipulation Class</a> to create a new file.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug - When database caching was enabled, $this->db->query() checked the cache before binding variables which resulted in cached queries never being found.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug - CSRF cookie value was allowed to be any (non-empty) string before being written to the output, making code injection a risk.</li>
+	<li>Fixed a bug (#726) - PDO put a 'dbname' argument in it's connection string regardless of the database platform in use, which made it impossible to use SQLite.</li>
 </ul>