diff --git a/appengine-java8/cloudsql/pom.xml b/appengine-java8/cloudsql/pom.xml
index 99ce2bcba72..e42471787da 100644
--- a/appengine-java8/cloudsql/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine-java8/cloudsql/pom.xml
@@ -39,12 +39,11 @@
     <password>myPassword</password>
     <database>sqldemo</database>
 
-<!-- [START_EXCLUDE] -->
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-<!-- [END_EXCLUDE] -->
   </properties>
 <!-- [END properties] -->
+
   <dependencies>
     <!-- Parent POM defines ${appengine.sdk.version} (updates frequently). -->
     <dependency>
@@ -68,7 +67,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- [START dependencies] -->
-    <dependency>
+    <!-- Driver injected at runtime by the use of <use-google-connector-j> in appengine-web.xml -->
+    <dependency> <!-- Only used locally -->
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
       <version>5.1.42</version>  <!-- v5.x.x is for production, v6.x.x EAP X DevAPI -->
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-socket-factory</artifactId> <!-- mysql-socket-factory-connector-j-6 -->
+      <artifactId>mysql-socket-factory</artifactId>
       <version>1.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END dependencies] -->
diff --git a/appengine-java8/cloudsql/src/main/java/com/example/appengine/cloudsql/CloudSqlServlet.java b/appengine-java8/cloudsql/src/main/java/com/example/appengine/cloudsql/CloudSqlServlet.java
index 6647b269589..cd198495215 100644
--- a/appengine-java8/cloudsql/src/main/java/com/example/appengine/cloudsql/CloudSqlServlet.java
+++ b/appengine-java8/cloudsql/src/main/java/com/example/appengine/cloudsql/CloudSqlServlet.java
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 
 package com.example.appengine.cloudsql;
 
+import com.google.apphosting.api.ApiProxy;
 import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
 
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.Inet4Address;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
@@ -100,15 +103,17 @@ public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOExc
   @Override
   public void init() throws ServletException {
     try {
-      String url = System.getProperty("cloudsql");
+      ApiProxy.Environment env = ApiProxy.getCurrentEnvironment();
+      Map<String,Object> attr = env.getAttributes();
+      String hostname = (String) attr.get("com.google.appengine.runtime.default_version_hostname");
+
+      String url = hostname.contains("localhost:")
+          ? System.getProperty("cloudsql-local") : System.getProperty("cloudsql");
       log("connecting to: " + url);
       try {
-        Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
         conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
-      } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-        throw new ServletException("Error loading JDBC Driver", e);
       } catch (SQLException e) {
-        throw new ServletException("Unable to connect to PostGre", e);
+        throw new ServletException("Unable to connect to Cloud SQL", e);
       }
 
     } finally {
diff --git a/appengine-java8/cloudsql/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml b/appengine-java8/cloudsql/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml
index bd7a30632f4..5cc46f47ba9 100644
--- a/appengine-java8/cloudsql/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml
+++ b/appengine-java8/cloudsql/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@
 <appengine-web-app xmlns="http://appengine.google.com/ns/1.0">
   <threadsafe>true</threadsafe>
   <runtime>java8</runtime>
+  <use-google-connector-j>true</use-google-connector-j>
+
+  <service>cloudsql</service>
 
   <system-properties>
-    <property name="cloudsql" value="jdbc:mysql://google/${database}?useSSL=false&amp;cloudSqlInstance=${INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME}&amp;socketFactory=com.google.cloud.sql.mysql.SocketFactory&amp;user=${user}&amp;password=${password}" />
+    <property name="cloudsql" value="jdbc:google:mysql://${INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME}/${database}?user=${user}&amp;password=${password}" />
+    <property name="cloudsql-local" value="jdbc:mysql://google/${database}?useSSL=false&amp;cloudSqlInstance=${INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME}&amp;socketFactory=com.google.cloud.sql.mysql.SocketFactory&amp;user=${user}&amp;password=${password}" />
   </system-properties>
 </appengine-web-app>
 <!-- [END config] -->