diff --git a/example/extension/extension.go b/example/extension/extension.go
index 3ec145a..95f2f70 100644
--- a/example/extension/extension.go
+++ b/example/extension/extension.go
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
-	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+	"github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"log"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	sql.Register("sqlite3_with_extensions", &sqlite3.SQLiteDriver{true, nil})
+
 	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3_with_extensions", ":memory:")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/sqlite3.go b/sqlite3.go
index 0aba2db..43e255b 100644
--- a/sqlite3.go
+++ b/sqlite3.go
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ var SQLiteTimestampFormats = []string{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	sql.Register("sqlite3", &SQLiteDriver{false})
-	sql.Register("sqlite3_with_extensions", &SQLiteDriver{true})
+	sql.Register("sqlite3", &SQLiteDriver{false, nil})
 }
 
 // Driver struct.
 type SQLiteDriver struct {
-	enableLoadExtentions bool
+	EnableLoadExtentions bool
+	ConnectHook func(*SQLiteConn)
 }
 
 // Conn struct.
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (d *SQLiteDriver) Open(dsn string) (driver.Conn, error) {
 	}
 
 	enableLoadExtentions := 0
-	if d.enableLoadExtentions {
+	if d.EnableLoadExtentions {
 		enableLoadExtentions = 1
 	}
 	rv = C.sqlite3_enable_load_extension(db, C.int(enableLoadExtentions))
@@ -187,7 +187,13 @@ func (d *SQLiteDriver) Open(dsn string) (driver.Conn, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New(C.GoString(C.sqlite3_errmsg(db)))
 	}
 
-	return &SQLiteConn{db}, nil
+	conn := &SQLiteConn{db}
+
+	if d.ConnectHook != nil {
+		d.ConnectHook(conn)
+	}
+
+	return conn, nil
 }
 
 // Close the connection.