diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/DatabaseManager.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/DatabaseManager.php
index 84602917ea1a..daefffee9f88 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/DatabaseManager.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/DatabaseManager.php
@@ -101,16 +101,39 @@ public function connection($name = null)
                 $this->makeConnection($database), $type
             );
 
-            if ($this->app->bound('events')) {
-                $this->app['events']->dispatch(
-                    new ConnectionEstablished($this->connections[$name])
-                );
-            }
+            $this->dispatchConnectionEstablishedEvent($this->connections[$name]);
         }
 
         return $this->connections[$name];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a database connection instance from the given configuration.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $name
+     * @param  array  $config
+     * @param  bool  $force
+     * @return \Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface
+     */
+    public function connectUsing(string $name, array $config, bool $force = false)
+    {
+        if ($force) {
+            $this->purge($name);
+        }
+
+        if (isset($this->connections[$name])) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Cannot establish connection [$name] because another connection with that name already exists.");
+        }
+
+        $connection = $this->configure(
+            $this->factory->make($config, $name), null
+        );
+
+        $this->dispatchConnectionEstablishedEvent($connection);
+
+        return tap($connection, fn ($connection) => $this->connections[$name] = $connection);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parse the connection into an array of the name and read / write type.
      *
@@ -209,6 +232,23 @@ protected function configure(Connection $connection, $type)
         return $connection;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Dispatch the ConnectionEstablished event if the event dispatcher is available.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Database\Connection  $connection
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function dispatchConnectionEstablishedEvent(Connection $connection)
+    {
+        if (! $this->app->bound('events')) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->app['events']->dispatch(
+            new ConnectionEstablished($connection)
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Prepare the read / write mode for database connection instance.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Database/DatabaseConnectionsTest.php b/tests/Integration/Database/DatabaseConnectionsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc6b37aa6db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/Database/DatabaseConnectionsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Database;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\DatabaseManager;
+use Illuminate\Database\Events\ConnectionEstablished;
+use Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher;
+use RuntimeException;
+
+class DatabaseConnectionsTest extends DatabaseTestCase
+{
+    public function testEstablishDatabaseConnection()
+    {
+        /** @var \Illuminate\Database\DatabaseManager $manager */
+        $manager = $this->app->make(DatabaseManager::class);
+
+        $connection = $manager->connectUsing('my-phpunit-connection', [
+            'driver' => 'sqlite',
+            'database' => ':memory:',
+        ]);
+
+        $connection->statement('CREATE TABLE test_1 (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)');
+
+        $connection->statement('INSERT INTO test_1 (id) VALUES (1)');
+
+        $result = $connection->selectOne('SELECT COUNT(*) as total FROM test_1');
+
+        self::assertSame(1, $result->total);
+    }
+
+    public function testThrowExceptionIfConnectionAlreadyExists()
+    {
+        /** @var \Illuminate\Database\DatabaseManager $manager */
+        $manager = $this->app->make(DatabaseManager::class);
+
+        $manager->connectUsing('my-phpunit-connection', [
+            'driver' => 'sqlite',
+            'database' => ':memory:',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->expectException(RuntimeException::class);
+
+        $manager->connectUsing('my-phpunit-connection', [
+            'driver' => 'sqlite',
+            'database' => ':memory:',
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function testOverrideExistingConnection()
+    {
+        /** @var \Illuminate\Database\DatabaseManager $manager */
+        $manager = $this->app->make(DatabaseManager::class);
+
+        $connection = $manager->connectUsing('my-phpunit-connection', [
+            'driver' => 'sqlite',
+            'database' => ':memory:',
+        ]);
+
+        $connection->statement('CREATE TABLE test_1 (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)');
+
+        $resultBeforeOverride = $connection->select("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';");
+
+        $connection = $manager->connectUsing('my-phpunit-connection', [
+            'driver' => 'sqlite',
+            'database' => ':memory:',
+        ], force: true);
+
+        // After purging a connection of a :memory: SQLite database
+        // anything that was created before the override will no
+        // longer be available. It's a new and fresh database
+        $resultAfterOverride = $connection->select("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';");
+
+        self::assertSame('test_1', $resultBeforeOverride[0]->name);
+
+        self::assertEmpty($resultAfterOverride);
+    }
+
+    public function testEstablishingAConnectionWillDispatchAnEvent()
+    {
+        /** @var \Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher $dispatcher */
+        $dispatcher = $this->app->make(Dispatcher::class);
+
+        $event = null;
+
+        $dispatcher->listen(ConnectionEstablished::class, function (ConnectionEstablished $e) use (&$event) {
+            $event = $e;
+        });
+
+        /** @var \Illuminate\Database\DatabaseManager $manager */
+        $manager = $this->app->make(DatabaseManager::class);
+
+        $manager->connectUsing('my-phpunit-connection', [
+            'driver' => 'sqlite',
+            'database' => ':memory:',
+        ]);
+
+        self::assertInstanceOf(
+            ConnectionEstablished::class,
+            $event,
+            'Expected the ConnectionEstablished event to be dispatched when establishing a connection.'
+        );
+
+        self::assertSame('my-phpunit-connection', $event->connectionName);
+    }
+}