diff --git a/frappe/database.py b/frappe/database.py
index 4c0538a261..33c3aa8a44 100644
--- a/frappe/database.py
+++ b/frappe/database.py
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ class Database:
 				'key':frappe.conf.db_ssl_key
 			}
 		if usessl:
-			self._conn = MySQLdb.connect(user=self.user, host=self.host, passwd=self.password,
+			self._conn = MySQLdb.connect(self.host, self.user or '', self.password or '',
 				use_unicode=True, charset='utf8mb4', ssl=self.ssl)
 		else:
-			self._conn = MySQLdb.connect(user=self.user, host=self.host, passwd=self.password,
+			self._conn = MySQLdb.connect(self.host, self.user or '', self.password or '',
 				use_unicode=True, charset='utf8mb4')
 		self._conn.converter[246]=float
 		self._conn.converter[12]=get_datetime