diff --git a/DependencyInjection/BMBackupManagerExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/BMBackupManagerExtension.php
index 1bd467b..965a7ed 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/BMBackupManagerExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/BMBackupManagerExtension.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use League\Flysystem\Adapter\Local;
 use League\Flysystem\AwsS3v3\AwsS3Adapter;
 use League\Flysystem\Dropbox\DropboxAdapter;
+use Nyholm\DSN;
 use Srmklive\Dropbox\Adapter\DropboxAdapter as Dropbox2Adapter;
 use League\Flysystem\Rackspace\RackspaceAdapter;
 use League\Flysystem\Sftp\SftpAdapter;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         $config['storage'] = isset($config['storage']) ? $config['storage'] : [];
         $config['database'] = isset($config['database']) ? $config['database'] : [];
         $this->validateStorage($config['storage']);
+        $config['database'] = $this->parseDsn($config['database']);
 
         $managerIdMap = [
             'Local' => 'backup_manager.filesystems.local_filesystem',
@@ -74,11 +76,35 @@ private function validateStorage(array $config)
             'Sftp' => ['package'=>'league/flysystem-sftp:^1.0', 'test'=>SftpAdapter::class],
         ];
 
-        foreach ($config as $key=>$storageConfig) {
+        foreach ($config as $key => $storageConfig) {
             $type = $storageConfig['type'];
             if (!class_exists($requirements[$type]['test'])) {
                 throw new \LogicException(sprintf('To use the configuration key "%s" in "bm_backup_manager.stroage.%s.type" you need to install "%s"', $type, $key, $requirements[$type]['package']));
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * If a DSN is configured, then let it override other database storages.
+     * @param array $config
+     *
+     * @param array
+     */
+    private function parseDsn(array $config)
+    {
+        foreach ($config as $key => $databaseConfig) {
+            if (isset($databaseConfig['dsn'])) {
+                $dsn = new DSN($databaseConfig['dsn']);
+                $config[$key]['type'] = $dsn->getProtocol();
+                $config[$key]['host'] = $dsn->getFirstHost();
+                $config[$key]['port'] = $dsn->getFirstPort();
+                $config[$key]['user'] = $dsn->getUsername();
+                $config[$key]['pass'] = $dsn->getPassword();
+                $config[$key]['database'] = $dsn->getDatabase();
+                unset($config[$key]['dsn']);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $config;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index b4ee4a6..0d6997a 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
                             ->scalarNode('user')->end()
                             ->scalarNode('pass')->end()
                             ->scalarNode('database')->end()
+                            ->scalarNode('dsn')->end()
                             ->booleanNode('singleTransaction')->end()
                             ->booleanNode('ssl')->end()
                             ->arrayNode('ignoreTables')
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d0fce1..18275b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ bm_backup_manager:
             pass: password
             database: test
             ignoreTables: ['foo', 'bar']
+            
+            # If DSN is specified, it will override other values
+            dsn: 'mysql://root:root_pass@127.0.0.1:3306/test_db'
         production:
             type: postgresql
             host: localhost
@@ -78,6 +81,9 @@ bm_backup_manager:
             user: postgres
             pass: password
             database: test
+            
+            # If DSN is specified, it will override other values
+            dsn: 'pgsql://root:root_pass@127.0.0.1:5432/test_db'
     storage:
         local:
             type: Local
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/BMBackupManagerExtensionTest.php b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/BMBackupManagerExtensionTest.php
index 6076366..2f3f1b9 100644
--- a/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/BMBackupManagerExtensionTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/BMBackupManagerExtensionTest.php
@@ -33,6 +33,39 @@ public function testReplacementOfConfig()
         $this->assertContainerBuilderHasServiceDefinitionWithArgument('backup_manager.config_database', 0, $dbConfig);
     }
 
+
+    public function testDsn()
+    {
+        $storageConfig = ['local'=>['type'=>'Local', 'root'=>'/foo']];
+        $dbConfig = ['dev'=>[
+            'type'=>'mysql',
+            'host'=>'host.com',
+            'port'=>'3306',
+            'user'=>'user',
+            'pass'=>'pass',
+            'database'=>'db',
+            // The DSN should override them all.
+            'dsn'=>'pgsql://root:root_pass@127.0.0.1:5432/test_db',
+        ]];
+
+        $this->load([
+            'storage' => $storageConfig,
+            'database' => $dbConfig,
+        ]);
+
+        $parsedConfig = ['dev'=>[
+            'type'=>'pgsql',
+            'host'=>'127.0.0.1',
+            'port'=>'5432',
+            'user'=>'root',
+            'pass'=>'root_pass',
+            'database'=>'test_db',
+        ]];
+
+        $this->assertContainerBuilderHasServiceDefinitionWithArgument('backup_manager.config_storage', 0, $storageConfig);
+        $this->assertContainerBuilderHasServiceDefinitionWithArgument('backup_manager.config_database', 0, $parsedConfig);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Make sure we can have multiple storage names with the same type
      */
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6ab89d2..4659b92 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^5.5 || ^7.0",
         "backup-manager/backup-manager": "^1.2",
+        "nyholm/dsn": "^0.1",
         "symfony/config": "^2.7 || ^3.1 || ^4.0",
         "symfony/console": "^2.7 || ^3.1 || ^4.0",
         "symfony/dependency-injection": "^2.7 || ^3.1 || ^4.0",