diff --git a/lib/connection/pool.js b/lib/connection/pool.js
index 683edb866..a2e6dc2ca 100644
--- a/lib/connection/pool.js
+++ b/lib/connection/pool.js
@@ -1051,6 +1051,15 @@ function removeConnection(self, connection) {
 var handlers = ["close", "message", "error", "timeout", "parseError", "connect"];
 
 function _createConnection(self) {
+  if (self.options.domainsEnabled === true && process.domain) {
+    // it is not valid to create a connection on a domain since the queries themselves are bound via the domain
+    // so if we get here on a domain, we exit so the connection and all it's future queries aren't forever coupled to that domain
+    process.domain.exit();
+    return process.nextTick(function() {
+      return _createConnection(self);
+    });
+  }
+  
   if(self.state == DESTROYED || self.state == DESTROYING) {
     return;
   }