diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/AssetConfig.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/AssetConfig.cs
index 6f436931d0..85dbaa63cb 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/AssetConfig.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/AssetConfig.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
 
         public string DatabaseProvider = String.Empty;
 
-        public static uint DefaultHttpPort = 8003;
+        public string DatabaseConnect = String.Empty;
+
+        public const uint DefaultHttpPort = 8003;
         public uint HttpPort = DefaultHttpPort;
 
         private ConfigurationMember configMember;
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             configMember.addConfigurationOption("database_provider", ConfigurationOption.ConfigurationTypes.TYPE_STRING,
                                                 "DLL for database provider", "OpenSim.Data.MySQL.dll", false);
 
+            configMember.addConfigurationOption("database_connect", ConfigurationOption.ConfigurationTypes.TYPE_STRING,
+                                                "Database connection string", "", false);
+
             configMember.addConfigurationOption("http_port", ConfigurationOption.ConfigurationTypes.TYPE_UINT32,
                                                 "Http Listener port", DefaultHttpPort.ToString(), false);
         }
@@ -73,6 +78,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
                 case "database_provider":
                     DatabaseProvider = (string) configuration_result;
                     break;
+                case "database_connect":
+                    DatabaseConnect = (string) configuration_result;
+                    break;
                 case "http_port":
                     HttpPort = (uint) configuration_result;
                     break;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Grid/AssetServer/Main.cs b/OpenSim/Grid/AssetServer/Main.cs
index 5a013b91cb..26f4bc8c42 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Grid/AssetServer/Main.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Grid/AssetServer/Main.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer
             return null;
         }
 
-        public IAssetProvider LoadDatabasePlugin(string FileName)
+        public IAssetProvider LoadDatabasePlugin(string FileName, string connect)
         {
             m_log.Info("[ASSET SERVER]: LoadDatabasePlugin: Attempting to load " + FileName);
             Assembly pluginAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(FileName);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer
                         IAssetProvider plug =
                             (IAssetProvider) Activator.CreateInstance(pluginAssembly.GetType(pluginType.ToString()));
                         assetPlugin = plug;
-                        assetPlugin.Initialise();
+                        assetPlugin.Initialise(connect);
 
                         m_log.Info("[ASSET SERVER]: Added " + assetPlugin.Name + " " + assetPlugin.Version);
                         break;
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer
         {
             try
             {
-                m_assetProvider = LoadDatabasePlugin(config.DatabaseProvider);
+                m_assetProvider = LoadDatabasePlugin(config.DatabaseProvider, config.DatabaseConnect);
                 if (m_assetProvider == null)
                 {
                     m_log.Error("[ASSET]: Failed to load a database plugin, server halting");