diff --git a/dbdimp.c b/dbdimp.c
index 9b8b313..fa628b0 100644
--- a/dbdimp.c
+++ b/dbdimp.c
@@ -1979,6 +1979,9 @@ MYSQL *mysql_dr_connect(
 
     if (result)
     {
+#if MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50013
+       my_bool reconnect=1;
+#endif
 #if MYSQL_VERSION_ID >=SERVER_PREPARE_VERSION
       /* connection succeeded. */
       /* imp_dbh == NULL when mysql_dr_connect() is called from mysql.xs
@@ -1997,7 +2000,11 @@ MYSQL *mysql_dr_connect(
         we turn off Mysql's auto reconnect and handle re-connecting ourselves
         so that we can keep track of when this happens.
       */
+#if MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50013
+      mysql_options(result, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT, &reconnect);
+#else
       result->reconnect=0;
+#endif
     }
     else {
       /* 
diff --git a/dbdimp.h b/dbdimp.h
index 935256e..3a5fcaa 100644
--- a/dbdimp.h
+++ b/dbdimp.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <DBIXS.h>  /* installed by the DBI module                        */
 #include <mysql.h>  /* Comes with MySQL-devel */
 #include <mysqld_error.h>  /* Comes MySQL */
+#include <mysql_version.h>  /* For MYSQL_VERSION_ID */
 
 #include <errmsg.h> /* Comes with MySQL-devel */