diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Connection.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Connection.php
index fd46438..829b4fb 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Connection.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Connection.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public static function open(array &$connection_options = array()) {
       // change. This matches common behavior among other database systems.
       \PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_FOUND_ROWS => TRUE,
       // Because MySQL's prepared statements skip the query cache, because it's dumb.
-      \PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => TRUE,
+      \PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => FALSE,
     );
     if (defined('\PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_MULTI_STATEMENTS')) {
       // An added connection option in PHP 5.5.21 to optionally limit SQL to a