diff --git a/Command/AbstractCommand.php b/Command/AbstractCommand.php
index 7bb43dc..3df2948 100644
--- a/Command/AbstractCommand.php
+++ b/Command/AbstractCommand.php
@@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ abstract class AbstractCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
      */
     protected function parseDbName($dsn)
     {
-        preg_match('#dbname=([a-zA-Z0-9\_]+)#', $dsn, $matches);
+        preg_match('#(dbname|Database)=([a-zA-Z0-9\_]+)#', $dsn, $matches);
 
-        if (isset($matches[1])) {
-            return $matches[1];
+        if (isset($matches[2])) {
+            return $matches[2];
         }
 
         // e.g. SQLite
diff --git a/Command/DatabaseCreateCommand.php b/Command/DatabaseCreateCommand.php
index 6c9f2af..554c533 100644
--- a/Command/DatabaseCreateCommand.php
+++ b/Command/DatabaseCreateCommand.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class DatabaseCreateCommand extends AbstractCommand
         $dbName = $this->parseDbName($config['dsn']);
 
         $config['dsn'] = preg_replace(
-            '#;?dbname='.$dbName.'#',
+            '#;?(dbname|Database)='.$dbName.'#',
             '',
             $config['dsn']
         );
diff --git a/Command/DatabaseDropCommand.php b/Command/DatabaseDropCommand.php
index bf17075..7e0a91c 100644
--- a/Command/DatabaseDropCommand.php
+++ b/Command/DatabaseDropCommand.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use Propel\Runtime\Propel;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Propel\Runtime\Connection\ConnectionManagerSingle;
 
 /**
  * DatabaseDropCommand class.
@@ -79,9 +80,41 @@ EOT
             $query  = 'DROP DATABASE '. $dbName .';';
         }
 
+
+        $manager = new ConnectionManagerSingle();
+        $manager->setConfiguration($this->getTemporaryConfiguration($config));
+
+        $serviceContainer = Propel::getServiceContainer();
+        $serviceContainer->setAdapterClass($connectionName, $config['adapter']);
+        $serviceContainer->setConnectionManager($connectionName, $manager);
+
+        $connection = Propel::getConnection($connectionName);
+
         $statement = $connection->prepare($query);
         $statement->execute();
 
         $output->writeln(sprintf('<info>Database <comment>%s</comment> has been dropped.</info>', $dbName));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a temporary configuration to connect to the database in order
+     * to create a given database. This idea comes from Doctrine1.
+     *
+     * @see https://github.com/doctrine/doctrine1/blob/master/lib/Doctrine/Connection.php#L1491
+     *
+     * @param  array $config A Propel connection configuration.
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function getTemporaryConfiguration($config)
+    {
+        $dbName = $this->parseDbName($config['dsn']);
+
+        $config['dsn'] = preg_replace(
+            '#;?(dbname|Database)='.$dbName.'#',
+            '',
+            $config['dsn']
+        );
+
+        return $config;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 2e0e7dd..0d637b6 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class Configuration extends PropelConfiguration
                                     	->addDefaultsIfNotSet()
                                         ->children()
                                             ->booleanNode('ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES')->defaultFalse()->end()
+                                            ->scalarNode('SQLSRV_ATTR_ENCODING')->end()
                                         ->end()
                                     ->end()
                                     ->arrayNode('model_paths')