diff --git a/lib/Standard_ProxySQL_Admin.cpp b/lib/Standard_ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
index 15f3f34a7..e969eb3a2 100644
--- a/lib/Standard_ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
+++ b/lib/Standard_ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
@@ -965,6 +965,13 @@ void admin_session_handler(MySQL_Session *sess, ProxySQL_Admin *pa, PtrSize_t *p
 		goto __run_query;
 	}
 
+	if (query_no_space_length==strlen("SHOW DATABASES") && !strncasecmp("SHOW DATABASES",query_no_space, query_no_space_length)) {
+		l_free(query_length,query);
+		query=l_strdup("PRAGMA DATABASE_LIST");
+		query_length=strlen(query)+1;
+		goto __run_query;
+	}
+
 	if (sess->stats==true) {
 		if (
 			(strncasecmp("PRAGMA",query_no_space,6)==0)