diff --git a/jOOQ-migrations-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/maven/AbstractMigrationsMojo.java b/jOOQ-migrations-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/maven/AbstractMigrationsMojo.java
index 763f46217b..472186809c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-migrations-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/maven/AbstractMigrationsMojo.java
+++ b/jOOQ-migrations-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/maven/AbstractMigrationsMojo.java
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ abstract class AbstractMigrationsMojo extends AbstractMojo {
             if (jdbc == null || jdbc.url == null)
                 throw new MojoExecutionException("JDBC URL is required");
 
+            if (jdbc.driver != null)
+                Class.forName(jdbc.driver);
+
             try (CloseableDSLContext ctx = DSL.using(jdbc.url, defaultIfNull(jdbc.user, jdbc.username), jdbc.password)) {
 
                 // Initialise Settings
diff --git a/jOOQ-migrations-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/maven/Jdbc.java b/jOOQ-migrations-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/maven/Jdbc.java
index f3af72ed8d..fed11ef1f1 100644
--- a/jOOQ-migrations-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/maven/Jdbc.java
+++ b/jOOQ-migrations-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/maven/Jdbc.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ package org.jooq.codegen.maven;
 
 public class Jdbc {
 
+    public String driver;
     public String url;
     public String user;
     public String username;