diff --git a/builtin/logical/database/dbs/connectionproducer.go b/builtin/logical/database/dbs/connectionproducer.go
index 5c606996d..e1a7ae9bb 100644
--- a/builtin/logical/database/dbs/connectionproducer.go
+++ b/builtin/logical/database/dbs/connectionproducer.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func (cp *sqlConnectionProducer) Connection() (interface{}, error) {
 	// since the request rate shouldn't be high.
 	cp.db.SetMaxOpenConns(cp.config.MaxOpenConnections)
 	cp.db.SetMaxIdleConns(cp.config.MaxIdleConnections)
+	cp.db.SetConnMaxLifetime(cp.config.MaxConnectionLifetime)
 
 	return cp.db, nil
 }
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ type cassandraConnectionDetails struct {
 	ProtocolVersion int    `json:"protocol_version" structs:"protocol_version" mapstructure:"protocol_version"`
 	ConnectTimeout  int    `json:"connect_timeout" structs:"connect_timeout" mapstructure:"connect_timeout"`
 	TLSMinVersion   string `json:"tls_min_version" structs:"tls_min_version" mapstructure:"tls_min_version"`
-	Consistancy     string `json:"tls_min_version" structs:"tls_min_version" mapstructure:"tls_min_version"`
+	Consistency     string `json:"consistency" structs:"consistency" mapstructure:"consistency"`
 }
 
 type cassandraConnectionProducer struct {
@@ -248,6 +249,16 @@ func (cp *cassandraConnectionProducer) createSession(cfg *cassandraConnectionDet
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error creating session: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	// Set consistency
+	if cfg.Consistency != "" {
+		consistencyValue, err := gocql.ParseConsistencyWrapper(cfg.Consistency)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		session.SetConsistency(consistencyValue)
+	}
+
 	// Verify the info
 	err = session.Query(`LIST USERS`).Exec()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/builtin/logical/database/dbs/db.go b/builtin/logical/database/dbs/db.go
index 9d261ff42..e901f69f8 100644
--- a/builtin/logical/database/dbs/db.go
+++ b/builtin/logical/database/dbs/db.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 )
@@ -75,10 +76,11 @@ type DatabaseType interface {
 }
 
 type DatabaseConfig struct {
-	DatabaseType       string                 `json:"type" structs:"type" mapstructure:"type"`
-	ConnectionDetails  map[string]interface{} `json:"connection_details" structs:"connection_details" mapstructure:"connection_details"`
-	MaxOpenConnections int                    `json:"max_open_connections" structs:"max_open_connections" mapstructure:"max_open_connections"`
-	MaxIdleConnections int                    `json:"max_idle_connections" structs:"max_idle_connections" mapstructure:"max_idle_connections"`
+	DatabaseType          string                 `json:"type" structs:"type" mapstructure:"type"`
+	ConnectionDetails     map[string]interface{} `json:"connection_details" structs:"connection_details" mapstructure:"connection_details"`
+	MaxOpenConnections    int                    `json:"max_open_connections" structs:"max_open_connections" mapstructure:"max_open_connections"`
+	MaxIdleConnections    int                    `json:"max_idle_connections" structs:"max_idle_connections" mapstructure:"max_idle_connections"`
+	MaxConnectionLifetime time.Duration          `json:"max_connection_lifetime" structs:"max_connection_lifetime" mapstructure:"max_connection_lifetime"`
 }
 
 // Query templates a query for us.
diff --git a/builtin/logical/database/path_config_connection.go b/builtin/logical/database/path_config_connection.go
index 90dfea4cd..06cf1dd4c 100644
--- a/builtin/logical/database/path_config_connection.go
+++ b/builtin/logical/database/path_config_connection.go
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ package database
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/structs"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/builtin/logical/database/dbs"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/logical"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/logical/framework"
-	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 )
 
 func pathConfigConnection(b *databaseBackend) *framework.Path {
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ func pathConfigConnection(b *databaseBackend) *framework.Path {
 				Description: "DB type (e.g. postgres)",
 			},
 
-			"connection_url": &framework.FieldSchema{
-				Type:        framework.TypeString,
-				Description: "DB connection string",
-			},
-
 			"connection_details": &framework.FieldSchema{
 				Type:        framework.TypeMap,
 				Description: "Connection details for specified connection type.",
@@ -55,6 +50,12 @@ and a negative value disables idle connections.
 If larger than max_open_connections it will be
 reduced to the same size.`,
 			},
+
+			"max_connection_lifetime": &framework.FieldSchema{
+				Type: framework.TypeInt,
+				Description: `Maximum amount of time a connection may be reused;
+				a zero or negative value reuses connections forever.`,
+			},
 		},
 
 		Callbacks: map[logical.Operation]framework.OperationFunc{
@@ -105,11 +106,19 @@ func (b *databaseBackend) pathConnectionWrite(req *logical.Request, data *framew
 		maxIdleConns = maxOpenConns
 	}
 
+	maxConnLifetimeRaw := data.Get("max_connection_lifetime").(string)
+	maxConnLifetime, err := time.ParseDuration(maxConnLifetimeRaw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return logical.ErrorResponse(fmt.Sprintf(
+			"Invalid max_connection_lifetime: %s", err)), nil
+	}
+
 	config := &dbs.DatabaseConfig{
-		DatabaseType:       connType,
-		ConnectionDetails:  connDetails,
-		MaxOpenConnections: maxOpenConns,
-		MaxIdleConnections: maxIdleConns,
+		DatabaseType:          connType,
+		ConnectionDetails:     connDetails,
+		MaxOpenConnections:    maxOpenConns,
+		MaxIdleConnections:    maxIdleConns,
+		MaxConnectionLifetime: maxConnLifetime,
 	}
 
 	name := data.Get("name").(string)
@@ -118,7 +127,6 @@ func (b *databaseBackend) pathConnectionWrite(req *logical.Request, data *framew
 	b.Lock()
 	defer b.Unlock()
 
-	var err error
 	var db dbs.DatabaseType
 	if _, ok := b.connections[name]; ok {