diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/Concerns/ConnectsToDatabase.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/Concerns/ConnectsToDatabase.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2031ac49f72b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/Concerns/ConnectsToDatabase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Database\PDO\Concerns;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\PDO\Connection;
+use PDO;
+
+trait ConnectsToDatabase
+{
+    public function connect(array $params)
+    {
+        if (! isset($params['pdo']) || ! $params['pdo'] instanceof PDO) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Laravel requires the pdo property to be set and be a PDO instance.');
+        }
+
+        return new Connection($params['pdo']);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/MySqlDriver.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/MySqlDriver.php
index e568ba2d2f41..5f68c6fab5a4 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/MySqlDriver.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/MySqlDriver.php
@@ -3,16 +3,9 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Database\PDO;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\AbstractMySQLDriver;
-use PDO;
+use Illuminate\Database\PDO\Concerns\ConnectsToDatabase;
 
 class MySqlDriver extends AbstractMySQLDriver
 {
-    public function connect(array $params)
-    {
-        if (! isset($params['pdo']) || ! $params['pdo'] instanceof PDO) {
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Laravel requires the pdo property to be set and be a PDO instance.');
-        }
-
-        return new Connection($params['pdo']);
-    }
+    use ConnectsToDatabase;
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/PostgresDriver.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/PostgresDriver.php
index 02dd858f458a..eb29c969de58 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/PostgresDriver.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/PostgresDriver.php
@@ -3,16 +3,9 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Database\PDO;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\AbstractPostgreSQLDriver;
-use PDO;
+use Illuminate\Database\PDO\Concerns\ConnectsToDatabase;
 
 class PostgresDriver extends AbstractPostgreSQLDriver
 {
-    public function connect(array $params)
-    {
-        if (! isset($params['pdo']) || ! $params['pdo'] instanceof PDO) {
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Laravel requires the pdo property to be set and be a PDO instance.');
-        }
-
-        return new Connection($params['pdo']);
-    }
+    use ConnectsToDatabase;
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/SQLiteDriver.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/SQLiteDriver.php
index 06d7d84ee546..2dac06db8be0 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/SQLiteDriver.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/PDO/SQLiteDriver.php
@@ -3,16 +3,9 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Database\PDO;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\AbstractSQLiteDriver;
-use PDO;
+use Illuminate\Database\PDO\Concerns\ConnectsToDatabase;
 
 class SQLiteDriver extends AbstractSQLiteDriver
 {
-    public function connect(array $params)
-    {
-        if (! isset($params['pdo']) || ! $params['pdo'] instanceof PDO) {
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Laravel requires the pdo property to be set and be a PDO instance.');
-        }
-
-        return new Connection($params['pdo']);
-    }
+    use ConnectsToDatabase;
 }