diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/Install.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/Install.php
index e07726088f..49691cf9f4 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/Install.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/Install.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Setup;
 
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Command;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Thesaurus/Thesaurus.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Thesaurus/Thesaurus.php
index 62677bb1eb..5d3b15670f 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Thesaurus/Thesaurus.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Thesaurus/Thesaurus.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Controller\Thesaurus;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 use Silex\Application;
 use Silex\ControllerProviderInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Connection/ConnectionProvider.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Connection/ConnectionProvider.php
index b236201fc2..07000ea6f2 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Connection/ConnectionProvider.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Connection/ConnectionProvider.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Connection;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Configuration;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 
 class ConnectionProvider
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ class ConnectionProvider
             return $this->connections[$key];
         }
 
-        return $this->connections[$key] = DriverManager::getConnection($params, $this->config, $this->eventManager);;
+        return $this->connections[$key] = new ReconnectableConnection(DriverManager::getConnection($params, $this->config, $this->eventManager));
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Connection/ReconnectableConnection.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Connection/ReconnectableConnection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..185a3ad900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Connection/ReconnectableConnection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Connection;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection as ConnectionInterface;
+
+class ReconnectableConnection implements ConnectionInterface
+{
+    const MYSQL_CONNECTION_TIMED_WAIT_CODE = 2006;
+
+    /** @var Connection */
+    private $connection;
+
+    public function __construct(ConnectionInterface $connection)
+    {
+        $this->connection = $connection;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function prepare($prepareString)
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function query()
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function quote($input, $type=\PDO::PARAM_STR)
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function exec($statement)
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function lastInsertId($name = null)
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function beginTransaction()
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function commit()
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function rollBack()
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function errorCode()
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function errorInfo()
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function __call($method, $args)
+    {
+        return $this->tryMethod($method, $args);
+    }
+
+    private function tryMethod($method, $args)
+    {
+        try {
+            set_error_handler(function ($errno, $errstr) { throw new \Exception($errstr, $errno); });
+            $ret = call_user_func_array([$this->connection, $method], $args);
+            restore_error_handler();
+
+            return $ret;
+        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+            restore_error_handler();
+            $e = $exception;
+            while ($e->getPrevious() && !$e instanceof \PDOException) {
+                $e = $e->getPrevious();
+            }
+            if ($e instanceof \PDOException && $e->errorInfo[1] == self::MYSQL_CONNECTION_TIMED_WAIT_CODE) {
+                $this->connection->close();
+                $this->connection->connect();
+
+                return call_user_func_array([$this->connection, $method], $args);
+            }
+            if ((false !== strpos($exception->getMessage(), 'MySQL server has gone away')) || (false !== strpos($exception->getMessage(), 'errno=32 Broken pipe'))) {
+                $this->connection->close();
+                $this->connection->connect();
+
+                return call_user_func_array([$this->connection, $method], $args);
+            }
+
+            throw $e;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Model/Manager/UserManager.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Model/Manager/UserManager.php
index 6d99f8893a..ea83c62d67 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Model/Manager/UserManager.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Model/Manager/UserManager.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Manager;
 use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectManager;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Entities\User;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Entities\UserSetting;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 use Doctrine\ORM\UnitOfWork AS UOW;
 
 class UserManager
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Setup/Installer.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Setup/Installer.php
index 6b2d6ccb02..40b7600337 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Setup/Installer.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Setup/Installer.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Setup;
 
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Application;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\SchemaTool;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Entities\User;
diff --git a/lib/classes/base.php b/lib/classes/base.php
index b75c35384e..4cd131c7f4 100644
--- a/lib/classes/base.php
+++ b/lib/classes/base.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use Alchemy\Phrasea\Application;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Version as PhraseaVersion;
 use vierbergenlars\SemVer\version;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Entities\User;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 
 abstract class base implements cache_cacheableInterface
 {
diff --git a/lib/classes/collection.php b/lib/classes/collection.php
index 30d3fa8083..0671c3c417 100644
--- a/lib/classes/collection.php
+++ b/lib/classes/collection.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Application;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Entities\User;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 
 class collection implements cache_cacheableInterface
 {
diff --git a/lib/classes/databox.php b/lib/classes/databox.php
index 253e7e4fae..8d30cb6ae1 100644
--- a/lib/classes/databox.php
+++ b/lib/classes/databox.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Application;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Entities\User;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
 use Symfony\Component\Translation\TranslatorInterface;
diff --git a/lib/classes/databox/field.php b/lib/classes/databox/field.php
index f06b546c25..f521ade653 100644
--- a/lib/classes/databox/field.php
+++ b/lib/classes/databox/field.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use Alchemy\Phrasea\Application;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Vocabulary;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Vocabulary\ControlProvider\ControlProviderInterface;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Metadata\Tag\Nosource;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 use PHPExiftool\Driver\TagInterface;
 use PHPExiftool\Driver\TagFactory;
 use PHPExiftool\Exception\TagUnknown;
diff --git a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/100.php b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/100.php
index cf622e9fd1..09934b8b35 100644
--- a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/100.php
+++ b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/100.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 
 class patchthesaurus_100 implements patchthesaurus_interface
 {
diff --git a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/200.php b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/200.php
index bf55ae546e..ca6b3817b9 100644
--- a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/200.php
+++ b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/200.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 
 class patchthesaurus_200 implements patchthesaurus_interface
 {
diff --git a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/201.php b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/201.php
index 33d73c8b7e..95eb641d1d 100644
--- a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/201.php
+++ b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/201.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 
 class patchthesaurus_201 implements patchthesaurus_interface
 {
diff --git a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/202.php b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/202.php
index 61d1d89803..50916c81c6 100644
--- a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/202.php
+++ b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/202.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 
 class patchthesaurus_202 implements patchthesaurus_interface
 {
diff --git a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/203.php b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/203.php
index 19b6573933..6d67ce10f2 100644
--- a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/203.php
+++ b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/203.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 
 class patchthesaurus_203 implements patchthesaurus_interface
 {
diff --git a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/204.php b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/204.php
index d512468d6d..b0a6d547f2 100644
--- a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/204.php
+++ b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/204.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 
 class patchthesaurus_204 implements patchthesaurus_interface
 {
diff --git a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/interface.php b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/interface.php
index e332c477cb..d642861151 100644
--- a/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/interface.php
+++ b/lib/classes/patchthesaurus/interface.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection;
 
 interface patchthesaurus_interface
 {
diff --git a/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Command/Setup/InstallTest.php b/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Command/Setup/InstallTest.php
index 8229480097..acd1900e56 100644
--- a/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Command/Setup/InstallTest.php
+++ b/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Command/Setup/InstallTest.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class InstallTest extends \PhraseanetTestCase
 
         self::$DI['cli']['phraseanet.installer']->expects($this->once())
             ->method('install')
-            ->with($email, $password, $this->isInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Connection'), $serverName, $dataPath, $this->isInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Connection'), $template, $this->anything());
+            ->with($email, $password, $this->isInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection'), $serverName, $dataPath, $this->isInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection'), $template, $this->anything());
 
         $command = new Install('system:check');
         $command->setHelperSet($helperSet);
diff --git a/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Core/Connection/ConnectionProviderTest.php b/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Core/Connection/ConnectionProviderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73634f5e89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Core/Connection/ConnectionProviderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Alchemy\Tests\Phrasea\Core\Connection;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Connection\ConnectionProvider;
+
+class ConnectionProviderTest extends \PhraseanetTestCase
+{
+    public function testMysqlTimeoutIsHandled()
+    {
+        $provider = new ConnectionProvider(self::$DI['app']['EM.config'], self::$DI['app']['EM.events-manager']);
+        $conn = $provider->get(self::$DI['app']['conf']->get(['main', 'database']));
+        $conn->exec('SET @@local.wait_timeout= 1');
+        usleep(1200000);
+        $conn->exec('SHOW DATABASES');
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/classes/collectionTest.php b/tests/classes/collectionTest.php
index 6f7c084618..01bf5b2c22 100644
--- a/tests/classes/collectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/classes/collectionTest.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class collectionTest extends \PhraseanetAuthenticatedTestCase
 
     public function testGet_connection()
     {
-        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Connection', self::$object->get_connection());
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection', self::$object->get_connection());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/classes/databox/fieldTest.php b/tests/classes/databox/fieldTest.php
index 09f8927f10..57aaf4294b 100644
--- a/tests/classes/databox/fieldTest.php
+++ b/tests/classes/databox/fieldTest.php
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ class databox_fieldTest extends \PhraseanetTestCase
 
     public function testGet_connection()
     {
-        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Connection', $this->object_mono->get_connection());
-        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Connection', $this->object_multi->get_connection());
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection', $this->object_mono->get_connection());
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection', $this->object_multi->get_connection());
     }
 
     public function testGet_databox()