diff --git a/src/Phpmig/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php b/src/Phpmig/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php
index c5fc79e..b7a68e3 100644
--- a/src/Phpmig/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php
+++ b/src/Phpmig/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ public function hasSchema();
      * @return AdapterInterface
      */
     public function createSchema();
+    
+    /**
+     * Is the adapter still connected?
+     * 
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isConnected();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Phpmig/Adapter/PDO/Sql.php b/src/Phpmig/Adapter/PDO/Sql.php
index d3cccd4..628a02b 100644
--- a/src/Phpmig/Adapter/PDO/Sql.php
+++ b/src/Phpmig/Adapter/PDO/Sql.php
@@ -221,5 +221,25 @@ protected function getQuery($type)
 
         return $queries[$type];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Is the adapter still connected?
+     * 
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isConnected()
+    {
+        try {
+            $this->connection->query('SELECT 1');
+        } catch (\PDOException $pdoE) {
+            if (stristr($pdoE->getMessage(), 'MySQL server has gone away') !== false) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            throw $e;
+        }
+        
+        return true;
+    }
+
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Phpmig/Console/Command/AbstractCommand.php b/src/Phpmig/Console/Command/AbstractCommand.php
index 646c766..cafd1fe 100644
--- a/src/Phpmig/Console/Command/AbstractCommand.php
+++ b/src/Phpmig/Console/Command/AbstractCommand.php
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ protected function bootstrapAdapter(InputInterface $input)
             $adapter = $container['phpmig.sets'][$set]['adapter'];
         }
         if (isset($container['phpmig.adapter'])) {
-            $adapter = $container['phpmig.adapter'];
+            if (is_callable($container['phpmig.adapter'])) {
+                $adapter = $container['phpmig.adapter']();
+            } else {
+                $adapter = $container['phpmig.adapter'];
+            }
         }
 
         if (!($adapter instanceof AdapterInterface)) {
diff --git a/src/Phpmig/Migration/Migrator.php b/src/Phpmig/Migration/Migrator.php
index 1b4cb32..fbd358b 100644
--- a/src/Phpmig/Migration/Migrator.php
+++ b/src/Phpmig/Migration/Migrator.php
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ public function setContainer(\ArrayAccess $container)
      */
     public function getAdapter()
     {
+        if (!$this->adapter->isConnected()) {
+            if (is_callable($this->container['phpmig.adapter'])) {
+                $this->adapter = $this->container['phpmig.adapter']();
+            }
+        }
         return $this->adapter;
     }