diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Tools/Console/Command/RunSqlCommand.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Tools/Console/Command/RunSqlCommand.php
index 856c1a29a9d..e979003ba2f 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Tools/Console/Command/RunSqlCommand.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Tools/Console/Command/RunSqlCommand.php
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ protected function execute(Console\Input\InputInterface $input, Console\Output\O
             throw new \LogicException("Option 'depth' must contains an integer value");
         }
 
-        if (preg_match('/^select/i', $sql)) {
-           $resultSet = $conn->fetchAll($sql);
+        if (stripos($sql, 'select') === 0) {
+            $resultSet = $conn->fetchAll($sql);
         } else {
             $resultSet = $conn->executeUpdate($sql);
         }