diff --git a/plugins/dbms/mysql/connector.py b/plugins/dbms/mysql/connector.py
index fd8406b36..70eb5366f 100644
--- a/plugins/dbms/mysql/connector.py
+++ b/plugins/dbms/mysql/connector.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 import logging
+import struct
 
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import logger
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class Connector(GenericConnector):
 
         try:
             self.connector = pymysql.connect(host=self.hostname, user=self.user, passwd=self.password, db=self.db, port=self.port, connect_timeout=conf.timeout, use_unicode=True)
-        except (pymysql.OperationalError, pymysql.InternalError), msg:
+        except (pymysql.OperationalError, pymysql.InternalError, struct.error), msg:
             raise SqlmapConnectionException(msg[1])
 
         self.initCursor()