diff --git a/Neos.Cache/Classes/Backend/PdoBackend.php b/Neos.Cache/Classes/Backend/PdoBackend.php
index 99ef0e8dac..d81afc7bde 100644
--- a/Neos.Cache/Classes/Backend/PdoBackend.php
+++ b/Neos.Cache/Classes/Backend/PdoBackend.php
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ class PdoBackend extends IndependentAbstractBackend implements TaggableBackendIn
      */
     protected $password;
 
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $driverOptions = [];
+
     /**
      * @var \PDO
      */
@@ -118,6 +123,18 @@ protected function setPassword(string $password): void
         $this->password = $password;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the driverOptions to use
+     *
+     * @param array $driverOptions The options to use for connecting to the DB
+     * @return void
+     * @api
+     */
+    protected function setDriverOptions(array $driverOptions): void
+    {
+        $this->driverOptions = $driverOptions;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the name of the "cache" table
      *
@@ -389,7 +406,7 @@ public function flushByTags(array $tags): int
                 $statementHandle = $this->databaseHandle->prepare('SELECT "identifier" FROM "' . $this->tagsTableName . '" WHERE "context"=? AND "cache"=? AND "tag" IN (' . $tagPlaceholders . ')');
                 $statementHandle->execute(array_merge([$this->context(), $this->cacheIdentifier], $tagList));
                 $result = $statementHandle->fetchAll();
-                $identifiers[]= array_column($result, 'identifier');
+                $identifiers[] = array_column($result, 'identifier');
             }
             $identifiers = array_merge([], ...$identifiers);
 
@@ -501,10 +518,10 @@ protected function connect()
                         throw new Exception(sprintf('Could not create directory for sqlite file "%s"', $splitdsn[1]), 1565359792, $exception);
                     }
                 }
-                $this->databaseHandle = new \PDO($this->dataSourceName, $this->username, $this->password);
+                $this->databaseHandle = new \PDO($this->dataSourceName, $this->username, $this->password, $this->driverOptions);
                 $this->createCacheTables();
             } else {
-                $this->databaseHandle = new \PDO($this->dataSourceName, $this->username, $this->password);
+                $this->databaseHandle = new \PDO($this->dataSourceName, $this->username, $this->password, $this->driverOptions);
             }
             $this->databaseHandle->setAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, \PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);