diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 2eb2a2e..876c348 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject backtype/cascading-dbmigrate "1.1.0"
+(defproject backtype/cascading-dbmigrate "1.1.1"
   :source-path "src/clj"
   :java-source-path "src/jvm"
   :javac-options {:debug "true" :fork "true"}
diff --git a/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/hadoop/DBConfiguration.java b/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/hadoop/DBConfiguration.java
index 9d381d9..3947a72 100644
--- a/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/hadoop/DBConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/hadoop/DBConfiguration.java
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 
 public class DBConfiguration {
 
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ public class DBConfiguration {
     public static final String NUM_CHUNKS = "mapred.jdbc.num.chunks";
     public static final String MIN_ID = "dbmigrate.min.id";
     public static final String MAX_ID = "dbmigrate.max.id";
+    public static final String DRIVER_PROPERTIES = "dbmigrate.driver.";
 
     public void configureDB(String driverClass, String dbUrl, String userName, String passwd) {
         job.set(DRIVER_CLASS_PROPERTY, driverClass);
@@ -58,12 +62,11 @@ public Connection getConnection() throws IOException {
         Connection ret;
 
         try {
-            if (job.get(DBConfiguration.USERNAME_PROPERTY) == null) {
-                ret = DriverManager.getConnection(job.get(DBConfiguration.URL_PROPERTY));
+            Properties props = this.getDriverProperties();
+            if (props != null) {
+                ret = DriverManager.getConnection(job.get(DBConfiguration.URL_PROPERTY), props);
             } else {
-                ret = DriverManager.getConnection(job.get(DBConfiguration.URL_PROPERTY), job
-                    .get(DBConfiguration.USERNAME_PROPERTY), job
-                    .get(DBConfiguration.PASSWORD_PROPERTY));
+                ret = DriverManager.getConnection(job.get(DBConfiguration.URL_PROPERTY));
             }
             return ret;
         } catch (SQLException exception) {
@@ -120,5 +123,48 @@ public Long getMaxId() {
         if (job.get(MAX_ID) == null) { return null; }
         return job.getLong(MAX_ID, -1);
     }
+
+    public void setDriverProperties(Map<String,String> props) {
+        Iterator<Map.Entry<String,String>> dpit = props.entrySet().iterator();
+        while (dpit.hasNext()) {
+            Map.Entry<String,String> prop = dpit.next();
+            this.addDriverProperty(prop.getKey(), prop.getValue());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void addDriverProperty(String key, String value) {
+        job.set( DBConfiguration.DRIVER_PROPERTIES + key, value);
+    }
+
+    public Properties getDriverProperties() {
+        Properties props = null;
+        Iterator<Map.Entry<String,String>> jobit = job.iterator();
+        while (jobit.hasNext()) {
+            Map.Entry<String, String> entry = jobit.next();
+            if (entry.getKey().startsWith(DBConfiguration.DRIVER_PROPERTIES)) {
+                String propertyKey = entry.getKey().substring(DBConfiguration.DRIVER_PROPERTIES.length());
+
+                if (props == null)
+                    props = new Properties();
+
+                props.setProperty(propertyKey, entry.getValue());
+            }
+        }
+
+        String username = job.get(DBConfiguration.USERNAME_PROPERTY);
+        if (username != null) {
+            if (props == null)
+                props = new Properties();
+            props.setProperty("user", username);
+        }
+        String password = job.get(DBConfiguration.PASSWORD_PROPERTY);
+        if (password != null) {
+            if (props == null)
+                props = new Properties();
+            props.setProperty("password", password);
+        }
+        return props;
+    }
+
 }
 
diff --git a/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/hadoop/DBInputFormat.java b/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/hadoop/DBInputFormat.java
index 44e5de4..2986c82 100644
--- a/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/hadoop/DBInputFormat.java
+++ b/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/hadoop/DBInputFormat.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.sql.*;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public class DBInputFormat implements InputFormat<LongWritable, TupleWrapper> {
 
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ public InputSplit[] getSplits(JobConf job, int ignored) throws IOException {
 
     public static void setInput(JobConf job, int numChunks, String databaseDriver, String username,
         String pwd, String dburl, String tableName, String pkColumn, Long minId, Long maxId,
+                                Map<String,String> driverProps,
         String... columnNames) {
         job.setInputFormat(DBInputFormat.class);
 
@@ -259,6 +261,9 @@ public static void setInput(JobConf job, int numChunks, String databaseDriver, S
         if (maxId != null) {
             dbConf.setMaxId(maxId.longValue());
         }
+        if (driverProps != null) {
+            dbConf.setDriverProperties(driverProps);
+        }
         dbConf.setInputTableName(tableName);
         dbConf.setInputColumnNames(columnNames);
         dbConf.setPrimaryKeyColumn(pkColumn);
diff --git a/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/tap/DBMigrateTap.java b/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/tap/DBMigrateTap.java
index e72c3a4..449d0ab 100644
--- a/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/tap/DBMigrateTap.java
+++ b/src/jvm/cascading/dbmigrate/tap/DBMigrateTap.java
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.OutputCollector;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public class DBMigrateTap extends Tap {
     public static class Options implements Serializable {
         public Long minId = null;
         public Long maxId = null;
+        public Map<String,String> driverProps;
     }
-    
+
     public class DBMigrateScheme extends Scheme {
         String dbDriver;
         String dbUrl;
@@ -57,8 +58,8 @@ public DBMigrateScheme(int numChunks, String dbDriver, String dbUrl, String user
         public void sourceInit(Tap tap, JobConf jc) throws IOException {
             // a hack for MultiInputFormat to see that there is a child format
             FileInputFormat.setInputPaths( jc, getPath() );
-            
-            DBInputFormat.setInput(jc, numChunks, dbDriver, username, pwd, dbUrl, tableName, pkColumn, options.minId, options.maxId, columnNames);
+
+            DBInputFormat.setInput(jc, numChunks, dbDriver, username, pwd, dbUrl, tableName, pkColumn, options.minId, options.maxId, options.driverProps, columnNames);
         }
 
         @Override