diff --git a/src/UserManager.php b/src/UserManager.php
index 2b9c692..9f12bcc 100644
--- a/src/UserManager.php
+++ b/src/UserManager.php
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ abstract class UserManager {
 
 			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The database connection must be an instance of either `PdoDatabase`, `PdoDsn` or `PDO`');
 		}
+
+		$this->db->addOnConnectListener(function (PdoDatabase $db) {
+			// if a MySQL database is used
+			if ($db->getDriverName() === 'MySQL') {
+				// if the required MySQL Native Driver (mysqlnd) is not used (but instead the older MySQL Client Library (libmysqlclient))
+				if (\extension_loaded('mysqlnd') === false && \stripos($db->getClientVersion(), 'mysqlnd') === false) {
+					throw new WrongMysqlDatabaseDriverError('You must use PDO with the newer \'mysqlnd\' driver instead of the older \'libmysqlclient\' driver');
+				}
+			}
+		});
 	}
 
 	/**