diff --git a/app/install.php b/app/install.php
index 3cdd59d11..313081c14 100644
--- a/app/install.php
+++ b/app/install.php
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ function saveStep3() {
 			$_SESSION['bd_user'] = $_POST['user'];
 			$_SESSION['bd_password'] = $_POST['pass'];
 			$_SESSION['bd_prefix'] = substr($_POST['prefix'], 0, 16);
-			$_SESSION['bd_prefix_user'] = $_SESSION['bd_prefix'] .(empty($_SESSION['default_user']) ? '' :($_SESSION['default_user'] . '_'));
+			$_SESSION['bd_prefix_user'] = $_SESSION['bd_prefix'] . (empty($_SESSION['default_user']) ? '' : ($_SESSION['default_user'] . '_'));
 		}
 
 		//TODO: load `config.default.php` as default
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ function saveStep3() {
 				'password' => $_SESSION['bd_password'],
 				'base' => $_SESSION['bd_base'],
 				'prefix' => $_SESSION['bd_prefix'],
+				'pdo_options' => array(),
 			),
 		);
 
diff --git a/data/config.default.php b/data/config.default.php
index 80d331df7..97085df29 100644
--- a/data/config.default.php
+++ b/data/config.default.php
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ return array(
 		# MySQL table prefix.
 		'prefix' => '',
 
+		'pdo_options' => array(
+			//PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_KEY	=> '/path/to/client-key.pem',
+			//PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CERT	=> '/path/to/client-cert.pem',
+			//PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA	=> '/path/to/ca-cert.pem',
+		),
+
 	),
 
 	# List of enabled FreshRSS extensions.
diff --git a/lib/Minz/ModelPdo.php b/lib/Minz/ModelPdo.php
index 3e8ec1f43..25999f02b 100644
--- a/lib/Minz/ModelPdo.php
+++ b/lib/Minz/ModelPdo.php
@@ -53,21 +53,19 @@ class Minz_ModelPdo {
 		$this->current_user = $currentUser;
 		self::$sharedCurrentUser = $currentUser;
 
+		$driver_options = isset($conf->db['pdo_options']) && is_array($conf->db['pdo_options']) ? $conf->db['pdo_options'] : array();
+
 		try {
 			$type = $db['type'];
 			if ($type === 'mysql') {
 				$string = 'mysql:host=' . $db['host']
 				        . ';dbname=' . $db['base']
 				        . ';charset=utf8';
-				$driver_options = array(
-					PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET NAMES utf8',
-				);
+				$driver_options[PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND] = 'SET NAMES utf8';
 				$this->prefix = $db['prefix'] . $currentUser . '_';
 			} elseif ($type === 'sqlite') {
 				$string = 'sqlite:' . join_path(DATA_PATH, 'users', $currentUser, 'db.sqlite');
-				$driver_options = array(
-					//PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
-				);
+				//$driver_options[PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE] = PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION;
 				$this->prefix = '';
 			} else {
 				throw new Minz_PDOConnectionException(