diff --git a/persistence/play-jdbc/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/persistence/play-jdbc/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 6c3d8e06ef3..cc2dbdee115 100644
--- a/persistence/play-jdbc/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/persistence/play-jdbc/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ play {
         # If non null, sets the transaction isolation level
         transactionIsolation = null
 
+        # The user-supplied SQLExceptionOverride class name.
+        exceptionOverrideClassName = null
+
         # The validation timeout to use
         validationTimeout = 5 seconds
 
diff --git a/persistence/play-jdbc/src/main/scala/play/api/db/HikariCPModule.scala b/persistence/play-jdbc/src/main/scala/play/api/db/HikariCPModule.scala
index e7b35a55fc4..2f70d17c9db 100644
--- a/persistence/play-jdbc/src/main/scala/play/api/db/HikariCPModule.scala
+++ b/persistence/play-jdbc/src/main/scala/play/api/db/HikariCPModule.scala
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ private[db] class HikariCPConfig private (
     config.get[Option[String]]("connectionInitSql").foreach(hikariConfig.setConnectionInitSql)
     config.get[Option[String]]("catalog").foreach(hikariConfig.setCatalog)
     config.get[Option[String]]("transactionIsolation").foreach(hikariConfig.setTransactionIsolation)
+    config.get[Option[String]]("exceptionOverrideClassName").foreach(hikariConfig.setExceptionOverrideClassName)
     hikariConfig.setValidationTimeout(config.get[FiniteDuration]("validationTimeout").toMillis)
     hikariConfig.setLeakDetectionThreshold(toMillis(config.get[Duration]("leakDetectionThreshold")))
 
diff --git a/persistence/play-jdbc/src/test/scala/play/api/db/HikariCPConfigSpec.scala b/persistence/play-jdbc/src/test/scala/play/api/db/HikariCPConfigSpec.scala
index 359abcc8caf..96c8780bb6d 100644
--- a/persistence/play-jdbc/src/test/scala/play/api/db/HikariCPConfigSpec.scala
+++ b/persistence/play-jdbc/src/test/scala/play/api/db/HikariCPConfigSpec.scala
@@ -177,10 +177,21 @@ class HikariCPConfigSpec extends Specification {
         val config = from("hikaricp.leakDetectionThreshold" -> "3 seconds")
         new HikariCPConfig("foo", dbConfig, config).toHikariConfig.getLeakDetectionThreshold must beEqualTo(3000L)
       }
+
+      "exceptionOverrideClassName" in new Configs {
+        val className = classOf[MyTestExceptionOverride].getName
+
+        val config = from("hikaricp.exceptionOverrideClassName" -> className)
+        new HikariCPConfig("foo", dbConfig, config).toHikariConfig.getExceptionOverrideClassName must beEqualTo(
+          className
+        )
+      }
     }
   }
 }
 
+class MyTestExceptionOverride extends com.zaxxer.hikari.SQLExceptionOverride {}
+
 trait Configs extends Scope {
   val dbConfig: DatabaseConfig       = DatabaseConfig(Some("org.h2.Driver"), Some("jdbc:h2:mem:"), None, None, None)
   val reference: Configuration       = Configuration.reference.get[Configuration]("play.db.prototype")