diff --git a/lib/SP/Storage/MySQLHandler.php b/lib/SP/Storage/MySQLHandler.php
index cd30e561..7eff509f 100644
--- a/lib/SP/Storage/MySQLHandler.php
+++ b/lib/SP/Storage/MySQLHandler.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class MySQLHandler implements DBStorageInterface
     const STATUS_OK = 0;
     const STATUS_KO = 1;
     const PDO_OPTS = [
-        PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => true,
+        PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false,
         PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
         PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_FOUND_ROWS => true
     ];
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ class MySQLHandler implements DBStorageInterface
                     self::PDO_OPTS
                 );
 
+                // Set prepared statement emulation depending on server version
+                $serverVersion = $this->db->getAttribute(PDO::ATTR_SERVER_VERSION);
+                $this->db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, version_compare($serverVersion, '5.1.17', '<'));
+
                 $this->dbStatus = self::STATUS_OK;
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
                 throw new SPException(