diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index b8aec8d5e..336eb1042 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ private function configureDbalDriverNode(ArrayNodeDefinition $node)
                 ->scalarNode('port')->defaultNull()->end()
                 ->scalarNode('user')->defaultValue('root')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('password')->defaultNull()->end()
+                ->scalarNode('application_name')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('charset')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('path')->end()
                 ->booleanNode('memory')->end()
diff --git a/Resources/config/schema/doctrine-1.0.xsd b/Resources/config/schema/doctrine-1.0.xsd
index e40cd46b5..947bb0492 100644
--- a/Resources/config/schema/doctrine-1.0.xsd
+++ b/Resources/config/schema/doctrine-1.0.xsd
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
         <xsd:attribute name="port" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="user" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="password" type="xsd:string" />
+        <xsd:attribute name="application-name" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="path" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="unix-socket" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="memory" type="xsd:string" />
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@
         <xsd:attribute name="region-lifetime" type="xsd:integer" />
         <xsd:attribute name="region-lock-lifetime" type="xsd:integer" />
     </xsd:complexType>
-    
+
     <xsd:complexType name="dql">
         <xsd:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
             <xsd:element name="string-function" type="named_scalar" />