diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d6e7274af..b49927135 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -982,11 +982,33 @@
                 </configuration>
 
                 <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>${jdbcDriver.groupId}</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>${jdbcDriver.artifactId}</artifactId>
-                        <version>${jdbcDriver.version}</version>
-                    </dependency>
+                  <dependency>
+                    <groupId>${jdbcDriver.groupId}</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>${jdbcDriver.artifactId}</artifactId>
+                    <version>${jdbcDriver.version}</version>
+                  </dependency>
+                  <!-- connection pooling -->
+                  <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.jolbox</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bonecp</artifactId>
+                    <version>0.7.1.RELEASE</version>
+                  </dependency>
+                  <!-- connection pooling dependencies -->
+                  <dependency>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.5.5</version>
+                  </dependency>
+                  <dependency>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.5.5</version>
+                  </dependency>
+                  <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                    <version>14.0.1</version>
+                  </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/src/main/jetty/jetty-env.xml b/src/main/jetty/jetty-env.xml
index 9371c774c..4a3d6ca71 100644
--- a/src/main/jetty/jetty-env.xml
+++ b/src/main/jetty/jetty-env.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,17 @@
     <New id="libreplan-ds" class="org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Resource">
         <Arg>${dataSource.jndiName}</Arg>
         <Arg>
-            <New class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
-                <Set name="driverClassName">${jdbcDriver.className}</Set>
-                <Set name="url">${dataSource.url}</Set>
+            <New class="com.jolbox.bonecp.BoneCPDataSource">
+                <Set name="driverClass">${jdbcDriver.className}</Set>
+                <Set name="jdbcUrl">${dataSource.url}</Set>
                 <Set name="username">${dataSource.user}</Set>
                 <Set name="password">${dataSource.password}</Set>
+
+                <Set name="partitionCount">3</Set>
+                <Set name="minConnectionsPerPartition">5</Set>
+                <Set name="maxConnectionsPerPartition">100</Set>
+                <Set name="acquireIncrement">5</Set>
+                <Set name="idleConnectionTestPeriod">30</Set>
             </New>
         </Arg>
    </New>