diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 4021b96cc..47446d977 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Daniel Nichter <nil at codenode.com>
 Daniël van Eeden <git at myname.nl>
 Dave Protasowski <dprotaso at gmail.com>
 DisposaBoy <disposaboy at dby.me>
+DemoManito <jessetang97 at gmail.com>
 Egor Smolyakov <egorsmkv at gmail.com>
 Erwan Martin <hello at erwan.io>
 Evan Elias <evan at skeema.net>
diff --git a/driver.go b/driver.go
index 105316b81..39dc8651a 100644
--- a/driver.go
+++ b/driver.go
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
+// DriverName return driver name
+func DriverName() string {
+	return driverName
+}
+
 // NewConnector returns new driver.Connector.
 func NewConnector(cfg *Config) (driver.Connector, error) {
 	cfg = cfg.Clone()
diff --git a/driver_test.go b/driver_test.go
index 4fd196d4b..19cb63708 100644
--- a/driver_test.go
+++ b/driver_test.go
@@ -3353,6 +3353,13 @@ func configForTests(t *testing.T) *Config {
 	return mycnf
 }
 
+func TestDriverName(t *testing.T) {
+	dn := DriverName()
+	if dn != driverName {
+		t.Errorf("driver name is incorrect, got: %s", dn)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNewConnector(t *testing.T) {
 	mycnf := configForTests(t)
 	conn, err := NewConnector(mycnf)