diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index d16197e51..0a785878e 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -832,6 +832,10 @@ Other changes:
  * Ant now builds against commons-net 2.0 as well.
    Bugzilla Report 47669.
 
+ * A new nested element connectionProperty of <sql> allows setting of
+   arbitrary JDBC connection properties.
+   Bugzilla Report 33452.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.7.0 TO Ant 1.7.1
 =============================================
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/sql.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/sql.html
index e00327553..923fea326 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/sql.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/sql.html
@@ -296,6 +296,29 @@ of transactions. </p>
 href="../using.html#path">PATH like structure</a> and can also be set via a nested
 <em>classpath</em> element. It is used to load the JDBC classes.</p>
 
+<h4>connectionProperty</h4>
+<p><em>Since Ant 1.8.0</em></p>
+<p>Use nested <code>&lt;connectionProperty&gt;</code> elements to
+  specify additional JDBC properties that need to be set when
+  connecting to the database.</p>
+<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
+    <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">name</td>
+    <td valign="top">Name of the property</td>
+    <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">value</td>
+    <td valign="top">Value of the property</td>
+    <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
 <h3>Examples</h3>
 <blockquote><pre>&lt;sql
     driver=&quot;org.database.jdbcDriver&quot;
@@ -310,6 +333,21 @@ href="../using.html#path">PATH like structure</a> and can also be set via a nest
 org.database.jdbcDriver and executes the SQL statements contained within 
 the file data.sql</p>
 
+<blockquote><pre>&lt;sql
+    driver=&quot;org.database.jdbcDriver&quot;
+    url=&quot;jdbc:database-url&quot;
+    userid=&quot;sa&quot;
+    password=&quot;pass&quot;
+    src=&quot;data.sql&quot;&gt;
+  &lt;connectionProperty name=&quot;internal_logon&quot; value=&quot;SYSDBA&quot;&gt;
+&lt;/sql&gt;
+</pre></blockquote>
+
+<p>Connects to the database given in <i>url</i> as the sa user using
+the org.database.jdbcDriver and executes the SQL statements contained
+within the file data.sql.  Also sets the
+property <i>internal_logon</i> to the value <i>SYSDBA</i>.</p>
+
 <blockquote><pre>&lt;sql
     driver=&quot;org.database.jdbcDriver&quot;
     url=&quot;jdbc:database-url&quot;
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JDBCTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JDBCTask.java
index 974c3e4bd..c0275a7cc 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JDBCTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JDBCTask.java
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
 import java.sql.Driver;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
-import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.AntClassLoader;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
@@ -148,6 +151,13 @@ public abstract class JDBCTask extends Task {
      */
     private boolean failOnConnectionError = true;
 
+    /**
+     * Additional properties to put into the JDBC connection string.
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
+     */
+    private List/*<Property>*/ connectionProperties = new ArrayList();
+
     /**
      * Sets the classpath for loading the driver.
      * @param classpath The classpath to set
@@ -305,6 +315,15 @@ public abstract class JDBCTask extends Task {
         return loader;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Additional properties to put into the JDBC connection string.
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
+     */
+    public void addConnectionProperty(Property var) {
+        connectionProperties.add(var);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new Connection as using the driver, url, userid and password
      * specified.
@@ -332,6 +351,22 @@ public abstract class JDBCTask extends Task {
             Properties info = new Properties();
             info.put("user", getUserId());
             info.put("password", getPassword());
+
+            for (Iterator props = connectionProperties.iterator();
+                 props.hasNext(); ) {
+                Property p = (Property) props.next();
+                String name = p.getName();
+                String value = p.getValue();
+                if (name == null || value == null) {
+                    log("Only name/value pairs are supported as connection"
+                        + " properties.", Project.MSG_WARN);
+                } else {
+                    log("Setting connection property " + name + " to " + value,
+                        Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
+                    info.put(name, value);
+                }
+            }
+
             Connection conn = getDriver().connect(getUrl(), info);
 
             if (conn == null) {