diff --git a/src/Dibi/Drivers/MySqliDriver.php b/src/Dibi/Drivers/MySqliDriver.php
index 4d830ded..8640f02a 100644
--- a/src/Dibi/Drivers/MySqliDriver.php
+++ b/src/Dibi/Drivers/MySqliDriver.php
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ class MySqliDriver implements Dibi\Driver
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Pings a server connection, or tries to reconnect if the connection has gone down.
+	 */
+	public function ping(): bool
+	{
+		return $this->connection->ping();
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Executes the SQL query.
 	 * @throws Dibi\DriverException