diff --git a/lib/private/db/connectionfactory.php b/lib/private/db/connectionfactory.php
index 8f852cf7127287f4e164f8eaee229bc54b3080e3..033065bcb77cab1c08c19c38f807357743f191af 100644
--- a/lib/private/db/connectionfactory.php
+++ b/lib/private/db/connectionfactory.php
@@ -60,7 +60,15 @@ class ConnectionFactory {
 		if (!isset($this->defaultConnectionParams[$normalizedType])) {
 			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Unsupported type: $type");
 		}
-		return $this->defaultConnectionParams[$normalizedType];
+		$result = $this->defaultConnectionParams[$normalizedType];
+		// \PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_FOUND_ROWS may not be defined, e.g. when the MySQL
+		// driver is missing. In this case, we won't be able to connect anyway.
+		if ($normalizedType === 'mysql' && defined('\PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_FOUND_ROWS')) {
+			$result['driverOptions'] = array(
+				\PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_FOUND_ROWS => true,
+			);
+		}
+		return $result;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/lib/db.php b/tests/lib/db.php
index 2fca67b56383bd84d28f1ed4107e9872b8d760d4..4b1a474c4efa5ab7d1d1c205b150b8c51af36e71 100644
--- a/tests/lib/db.php
+++ b/tests/lib/db.php
@@ -200,4 +200,45 @@ class Test_DB extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public function testUpdateAffectedRowsNoMatch() {
+		$this->insertCardData('fullname1', 'uri1');
+		// The WHERE clause does not match any rows
+		$this->assertSame(0, $this->updateCardData('fullname3', 'uri2'));
+	}
+
+	public function testUpdateAffectedRowsDifferent() {
+		$this->insertCardData('fullname1', 'uri1');
+		// The WHERE clause matches a single row and the value we are updating
+		// is different from the one already present.
+		$this->assertSame(1, $this->updateCardData('fullname1', 'uri2'));
+	}
+
+	public function testUpdateAffectedRowsSame() {
+		$this->insertCardData('fullname1', 'uri1');
+		// The WHERE clause matches a single row and the value we are updating
+		// to is the same as the one already present. MySQL reports 0 here when
+		// the PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_FOUND_ROWS flag is not specified.
+		$this->assertSame(1, $this->updateCardData('fullname1', 'uri1'));
+	}
+
+	public function testUpdateAffectedRowsMultiple() {
+		$this->insertCardData('fullname1', 'uri1');
+		$this->insertCardData('fullname2', 'uri2');
+		// The WHERE clause matches two rows. One row contains a value that
+		// needs to be updated, the other one already contains the value we are
+		// updating to. MySQL reports 1 here when the PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_FOUND_ROWS
+		// flag is not specified.
+		$query = OC_DB::prepare("UPDATE `*PREFIX*{$this->table2}` SET `uri` = ?");
+		$this->assertSame(2, $query->execute(array('uri1')));
+	}
+
+	protected function insertCardData($fullname, $uri) {
+		$query = OC_DB::prepare("INSERT INTO `*PREFIX*{$this->table2}` (`fullname`, `uri`, `carddata`) VALUES (?, ?, ?)");
+		$this->assertSame(1, $query->execute(array($fullname, $uri, uniqid())));
+	}
+
+	protected function updateCardData($fullname, $uri) {
+		$query = OC_DB::prepare("UPDATE `*PREFIX*{$this->table2}` SET `uri` = ? WHERE `fullname` = ?");
+		return $query->execute(array($uri, $fullname));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/ocs/privatedata.php b/tests/lib/ocs/privatedata.php
index 498ab718621acc019a4128005d43f033df3bfccd..530750fabeae7f92251bb71a756721ca3ed36448 100644
--- a/tests/lib/ocs/privatedata.php
+++ b/tests/lib/ocs/privatedata.php
@@ -79,6 +79,31 @@ class Test_OC_OCS_Privatedata extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 		$this->assertEquals('updated', $data['value']);
 	}
 
+	public function testSetSameValue() {
+		$_POST = array('value' => 123456789);
+		$params = array('app' => $this->appKey, 'key' => 'k-10');
+		$result = OC_OCS_Privatedata::set($params);
+		$this->assertEquals(100, $result->getStatusCode());
+
+		$result = OC_OCS_Privatedata::get($params);
+		$this->assertOcsResult(1, $result);
+		$data = $result->getData();
+		$data = $data[0];
+		$this->assertEquals('123456789', $data['value']);
+
+		// set the same value again
+		$_POST = array('value' => 123456789);
+		$params = array('app' => $this->appKey, 'key' => 'k-10');
+		$result = OC_OCS_Privatedata::set($params);
+		$this->assertEquals(100, $result->getStatusCode());
+
+		$result = OC_OCS_Privatedata::get($params);
+		$this->assertOcsResult(1, $result);
+		$data = $result->getData();
+		$data = $data[0];
+		$this->assertEquals('123456789', $data['value']);
+	}
+
 	public function testSetMany() {
 		$_POST = array('value' => 123456789);