diff --git a/utils/make_db b/utils/make_db
index f141fee8172383b3e7647801cbe1bc68040dcad4..652b391c2506522c1f67413dc10950f9f37497b6 100755
--- a/utils/make_db
+++ b/utils/make_db
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ function restore_db() {
 }
 
 function test-connection() {
+    echo $MYSQL_CMD $(get_mysql_args_nodb) -e "select 0;"
     $MYSQL_CMD $(get_mysql_args_nodb) -e "select 0;"
 }