diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Connection.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Connection.php
index 829b4fb..7a2176e 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Connection.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Connection.php
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ public static function open(array &$connection_options = array()) {
       // rows that actually didn't have to be updated because the values didn't
       // 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.
+      // Because prepared statements are more secure.
       \PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => FALSE,
+      \PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY => TRUE,
     );
     if (defined('\PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_MULTI_STATEMENTS')) {
       // An added connection option in PHP 5.5.21 to optionally limit SQL to a