diff --git a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapter.php b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapter.php
index 921933a50..009994fcb 100644
--- a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapter.php
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ public function connect()
                 $driverOptions[PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE] = constant('\PDO::FETCH_' . strtoupper($options['fetch_mode']));
             }
 
+            // pass \PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT to driver options instead of useless setting it after instantiation
+            if (isset($options['attr_persistent'])) {
+                $driverOptions[PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT] = $options['attr_persistent'];
+            }
+
             // support arbitrary \PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_* driver options and pass them to PDO
             // http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo-mysql.php#pdo-mysql.constants
             foreach ($options as $key => $option) {
diff --git a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PostgresAdapter.php b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PostgresAdapter.php
index f510ba97d..7dafad7a2 100644
--- a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PostgresAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PostgresAdapter.php
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ public function connect()
                 $driverOptions[PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE] = constant('\PDO::FETCH_' . strtoupper($options['fetch_mode']));
             }
 
+            // pass \PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT to driver options instead of useless setting it after instantiation
+            if (isset($options['attr_persistent'])) {
+                $driverOptions[PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT] = $options['attr_persistent'];
+            }
+
             $db = $this->createPdoConnection($dsn, $options['user'] ?? null, $options['pass'] ?? null, $driverOptions);
 
             try {
diff --git a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SQLiteAdapter.php b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SQLiteAdapter.php
index 55d3125b4..2d1e33e4f 100644
--- a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SQLiteAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SQLiteAdapter.php
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ public function connect()
                 $driverOptions[PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE] = constant('\PDO::FETCH_' . strtoupper($options['fetch_mode']));
             }
 
+            // pass \PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT to driver options instead of useless setting it after instantiation
+            if (isset($options['attr_persistent'])) {
+                $driverOptions[PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT] = $options['attr_persistent'];
+            }
+
             $db = $this->createPdoConnection($dsn, null, null, $driverOptions);
 
             $this->setConnection($db);
diff --git a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SqlServerAdapter.php b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SqlServerAdapter.php
index d9751087e..62b3d1ee9 100644
--- a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SqlServerAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SqlServerAdapter.php
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ public function connect()
                 $driverOptions[PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE] = constant('\PDO::FETCH_' . strtoupper($options['fetch_mode']));
             }
 
+            // Note, the PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT attribute is not supported for sqlsrv and will throw an error when used
+            // See https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/65
+
             // support arbitrary \PDO::SQLSRV_ATTR_* driver options and pass them to PDO
             // http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo-sqlsrv.php#pdo-sqlsrv.constants
             foreach ($options as $key => $option) {
diff --git a/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapterTest.php b/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapterTest.php
index 26d21df9d..4842760c3 100644
--- a/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapterTest.php
@@ -2214,4 +2214,16 @@ public function testGetPhinxTypeFromSQLDefinition(string $sqlDefinition, array $
         $this->assertSame($expectedResponse['name'], $result['name'], "Type mismatch - got '{$result['name']}' when expecting '{$expectedResponse['name']}'");
         $this->assertSame($expectedResponse['limit'], $result['limit'], "Field upper boundary mismatch - got '{$result['limit']}' when expecting '{$expectedResponse['limit']}'");
     }
+
+    public function testPdoPersistentConnection()
+    {
+        $adapter = new MysqlAdapter(MYSQL_DB_CONFIG + ['attr_persistent' => true]);
+        $this->assertTrue($adapter->getConnection()->getAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT));
+    }
+
+    public function testPdoNotPersistentConnection()
+    {
+        $adapter = new MysqlAdapter(MYSQL_DB_CONFIG);
+        $this->assertFalse($adapter->getConnection()->getAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PostgresAdapterTest.php b/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PostgresAdapterTest.php
index 47eded3cb..a8baa8c2c 100644
--- a/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PostgresAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PostgresAdapterTest.php
@@ -2310,4 +2310,16 @@ public function testInvalidPdoAttribute()
         $this->expectExceptionMessage('Invalid PDO attribute: attr_invalid (\PDO::ATTR_INVALID)');
         $adapter->connect();
     }
+
+    public function testPdoPersistentConnection()
+    {
+        $adapter = new PostgresAdapter(PGSQL_DB_CONFIG + ['attr_persistent' => true]);
+        $this->assertTrue($adapter->getConnection()->getAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT));
+    }
+
+    public function testPdoNotPersistentConnection()
+    {
+        $adapter = new PostgresAdapter(PGSQL_DB_CONFIG);
+        $this->assertFalse($adapter->getConnection()->getAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SQLiteAdapterTest.php b/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SQLiteAdapterTest.php
index 08c94bee3..b92e45878 100644
--- a/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SQLiteAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Phinx/Db/Adapter/SQLiteAdapterTest.php
@@ -2306,4 +2306,16 @@ public function testPdoExceptionUpdateNonExistingTable()
         $table = new \Phinx\Db\Table('non_existing_table', [], $this->adapter);
         $table->addColumn('column', 'string')->update();
     }
+
+    public function testPdoPersistentConnection()
+    {
+        $adapter = new SQLiteAdapter(SQLITE_DB_CONFIG + ['attr_persistent' => true]);
+        $this->assertTrue($adapter->getConnection()->getAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT));
+    }
+
+    public function testPdoNotPersistentConnection()
+    {
+        $adapter = new SQLiteAdapter(SQLITE_DB_CONFIG);
+        $this->assertFalse($adapter->getConnection()->getAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT));
+    }
 }