diff --git a/mssql_python/connection.py b/mssql_python/connection.py
index 6ed9f1f9e..10aec7103 100644
--- a/mssql_python/connection.py
+++ b/mssql_python/connection.py
@@ -1880,6 +1880,7 @@ def getinfo(self, info_type: int) -> Union[str, int, bool, None]:
             # String types - these return strings in pyodbc
             string_type_constants = {
                 GetInfoConstants.SQL_DATA_SOURCE_NAME.value,
+                GetInfoConstants.SQL_DATABASE_NAME.value,
                 GetInfoConstants.SQL_DRIVER_NAME.value,
                 GetInfoConstants.SQL_DRIVER_VER.value,
                 GetInfoConstants.SQL_SERVER_NAME.value,
diff --git a/tests/test_003_connection.py b/tests/test_003_connection.py
index 0058d4d10..e92d82ba7 100644
--- a/tests/test_003_connection.py
+++ b/tests/test_003_connection.py
@@ -2882,6 +2882,7 @@ def test_getinfo_string_encoding_utf16(db_connection):
         ("SQL_DRIVER_VER", sql_const.SQL_DRIVER_VER.value),
         ("SQL_DRIVER_NAME", sql_const.SQL_DRIVER_NAME.value),
         ("SQL_DRIVER_ODBC_VER", sql_const.SQL_DRIVER_ODBC_VER.value),
+        ("SQL_DATABASE_NAME", sql_const.SQL_DATABASE_NAME.value),
         ("SQL_SERVER_NAME", sql_const.SQL_SERVER_NAME.value),
     ]