diff --git a/classes/db/DbPDO.php b/classes/db/DbPDO.php
index 3bf19684d..ef11ee5b0 100644
--- a/classes/db/DbPDO.php
+++ b/classes/db/DbPDO.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class DbPDOCore extends Db
 		else
 			$dsn .= 'host='.$host;
 
-		return new PDO($dsn, $user, $password, array(PDO::ATTR_TIMEOUT => $timeout));
+		return new PDO($dsn, $user, $password, array(PDO::ATTR_TIMEOUT => $timeout, PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY => true));
 	}
 	
 	/**