diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48e2261..9090b4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,31 @@ $resolver = new Illuminate\CodeIgniter\CodeIgniterConnectionResolver($ci);
 Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::setConnectionResolver($resolver);
 ```
 
+To enable events dispatcher support:
+
+```php
+// use our mock PDO class if PDO is not enabled on this server
+if (!class_exists('PDO')) {
+    class_alias('Illuminate\CodeIgniter\FakePDO', 'PDO');
+}
+
+// pass all Laravel database queries through to CodeIgniter
+$ci = get_instance();
+$resolver = new Illuminate\CodeIgniter\CodeIgniterConnectionResolver($ci);
+
+// create a new event dispatcher instance
+$event_dispatcher = new Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher();
+//create a new database manager instance
+$database_manager = new Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager();
+// attach the evebt dispatcher instance to the manager instance
+$database_manager->setEventDispatcher($event_dispatcher);
+// attach the event dispatcher to the eloquent
+$database_manager->bootEloquent();
+
+Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::setConnectionResolver($resolver);
+```
+
+
 ## License
 
 [MIT License](https://github.com/expressodev/laravel-codeigniter-db/blob/master/LICENSE)
diff --git a/src/CodeIgniterConnection.php b/src/CodeIgniterConnection.php
index 53fc6c2..63eb86d 100644
--- a/src/CodeIgniterConnection.php
+++ b/src/CodeIgniterConnection.php
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ public function __construct($ci)
         $this->tablePrefix = $this->ci->db->dbprefix;
         $this->useDefaultQueryGrammar();
         $this->useDefaultPostProcessor();
+        try {
+            $this->pdo = new PDO("{$this->ci->db->dbdriver}:host={$this->ci->db->hostname};dbname={$this->ci->db->database};charset={$this->ci->db->char_set}", $this->ci->db->username, $this->ci->db->password);
+        } catch(Exception $e) {
+            if ($this->ci->db->dbdriver == "mysqli") {
+                $this->pdo = new PDO("mysql:host={$this->ci->db->hostname};dbname={$this->ci->db->database};charset={$this->ci->db->char_set}", $this->ci->db->username, $this->ci->db->password);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ protected function getDefaultPostProcessor()
      */
     public function getPdo()
     {
-        throw new \BadMethodCallException('PDO is not supported by CodeIgniter database driver');
+        return $this->pdo;
     }
 
     /**