diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
index b02dd62fd7..60827a62be 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
     // Configuration elements
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    private SQLDialect                      dialect;
     private Connection                      connection;
     private String[]                        excludes;
     private String[]                        includes;
@@ -101,7 +102,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
 
     @Override
     public final SQLDialect getDialect() {
-        return create().getDialect();
+        if (dialect == null) {
+            dialect = create().getDialect();
+        }
+
+        return dialect;
     }
 
     @Override