diff --git a/db-config.php b/db-config.php
index 365abb2b8c5f013eefd946d7f6c017d98aa9f121..338e0d4005491a9fb3cb87da7bd8fff497f507d0 100644
--- a/db-config.php
+++ b/db-config.php
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 $wpdb->persistent = true;
 $wpdb->max_connections = 30;
 
+/* Disable responsiveness check, is not needed in our configuration and is causing 
+ connection errors for the wrong implementation */
+$wpdb->check_tcp_responsiveness = false;
+
 include_once('r2db/db-hash.php');
 include_once('r2db/db-backends.php');