diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php
index 328932461cb4..65f4b9a6a2ad 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public function connect(array $config)
         // connection's behavior, and some might be specified by the developers.
         $connection = $this->createConnection($dsn, $config, $options);
 
-        if (isset($config['database'])) {
+        if (! empty($config['database'])) {
             $connection->exec("use `{$config['database']}`;");
         }