diff --git a/connection_details.go b/connection_details.go
index 83895380..75a6996f 100644
--- a/connection_details.go
+++ b/connection_details.go
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ type ConnectionDetails struct {
 	RawOptions string
 	// TracerProvider is the OpenTelemetry tracer provider to use for tracing SQL calls.
 	TracerProvider trace.TracerProvider
+	// AllowMinPool enables min pool enforcement.
+	AllowMinPool bool
 }
 
 var dialectX = regexp.MustCompile(`\S+://`)
diff --git a/connection_instrumented.go b/connection_instrumented.go
index bc80a7df..dbe95fe3 100644
--- a/connection_instrumented.go
+++ b/connection_instrumented.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func openPotentiallyInstrumentedConnection(ctx context.Context, c dialect, dsn s
 		}
 	)
 	// If "pool_min_conns" is set in the DSN, it means that we use the pgx pool feature flag.
-	if strings.Contains(dsn, "pool_min_conns=") && (CanonicalDialect(driver) == nameCockroach || CanonicalDialect(driver) == namePostgreSQL) {
+	if c.Details().AllowMinPool && strings.Contains(dsn, "pool_min_conns=") && (CanonicalDialect(driver) == nameCockroach || CanonicalDialect(driver) == namePostgreSQL) {
 		pool, err := pgxpool.New(ctx, dsn)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err