diff --git a/src/milux/spdo/SPDOConfig.php b/src/milux/spdo/SPDOConfig.php
index c8d2388..a3e0440 100644
--- a/src/milux/spdo/SPDOConfig.php
+++ b/src/milux/spdo/SPDOConfig.php
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ abstract class SPDOConfig {
      */
     public abstract function getHost();
 
+    /**
+     * @return string|null port of the database or null for the default
+     */
+    public function getPort() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return string username for login
      */
@@ -60,4 +67,4 @@ public function newSPDOStatement($pdoStatement) {
         return new SPDOStatement($pdoStatement);
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/milux/spdo/SPDOConnection.php b/src/milux/spdo/SPDOConnection.php
index f4c7a69..692b2c6 100644
--- a/src/milux/spdo/SPDOConnection.php
+++ b/src/milux/spdo/SPDOConnection.php
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ public static function getTypes(array $values) {
     public function __construct(SPDOConfig $configObject, array $options = []) {
         $this->configObject = $configObject;
         //initialize internal PDO object
+        $dsn = 'mysql:host=' . $configObject->getHost() . ';dbname=' . $configObject->getSchema();
+        $port = $configObject->getPort();
+        if ($port) {
+            $dsn .= ";port=${port}";
+        }
         $this->pdo = new \PDO(
-            'mysql:host=' . $configObject->getHost() . ';dbname=' . $configObject->getSchema(),
+            $dsn,
             $configObject->getUser(),
             $configObject->getPassword(),
             $options + [
@@ -417,4 +422,4 @@ public function lastInsertId($insertIdName = null) {
         return $this->pdo->lastInsertId($insertIdName);
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}