diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/R2DBC.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/R2DBC.java
index 6982433fe0..f85bf8dbad 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/R2DBC.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/R2DBC.java
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ final class R2DBC {
         Properties properties = new Properties();
         properties.setProperty("user", username);
         properties.setProperty("password", password);
-        return getConnection(url, new Properties());
+        return getConnection(url, properties);
     }
 
     static final Connection getConnection(String url, Properties properties) {