diff --git a/Data/include/Poco/Data/Session.h b/Data/include/Poco/Data/Session.h
index d599a557b..16b0abf99 100644
--- a/Data/include/Poco/Data/Session.h
+++ b/Data/include/Poco/Data/Session.h
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ public:
 		/// Returns true iff the transaction isolation level corresponds
 		/// to the supplied bitmask.
 
+	std::string connector();
+		/// Returns the connector name for this session.
+
 	std::string uri();
 		/// Returns the URI for this session.
 
@@ -439,6 +442,12 @@ inline bool Session::isTransactionIsolation(Poco::UInt32 ti)
 }
 
 
+inline std::string Session::connector()
+{
+	return _pImpl->connectorName();
+}
+
+
 inline std::string Session::uri(const std::string& connector,
 	const std::string& connectionString)
 {
diff --git a/Data/testsuite/src/DataTest.cpp b/Data/testsuite/src/DataTest.cpp
index d99fc9d0b..44bfd5c87 100644
--- a/Data/testsuite/src/DataTest.cpp
+++ b/Data/testsuite/src/DataTest.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ void DataTest::testSession()
 {
 	Session sess(SessionFactory::instance().create("test", "cs"));
 	assert ("test" == sess.impl()->connectorName());
+	assert (sess.connector() == sess.impl()->connectorName());
 	assert ("cs" == sess.impl()->connectionString());
 	assert ("test:///cs" == sess.uri());