diff --git a/src/Pecee/Pixie/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilderHandler.php b/src/Pecee/Pixie/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilderHandler.php
index 29f1a1c..dc98350 100644
--- a/src/Pecee/Pixie/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilderHandler.php
+++ b/src/Pecee/Pixie/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilderHandler.php
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ public function __construct(Connection $connection = null) {
 		$this->adapterInstance = new $adapterClass($this->connection);
 
 		$this->pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
-
-		// PDO will parse parameter datatypes automatically
-		$this->pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, true);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -978,6 +975,26 @@ public function setFetchMode($parameters = null) {
 		return $this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Parse parameter type from value
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed $value
+	 *
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	protected function parseParameterType($value) {
+
+		if ($value === null) {
+			return \PDO::PARAM_NULL;
+		}
+
+		if (is_int($value) === true || is_bool($value) === true) {
+			return \PDO::PARAM_INT;
+		}
+
+		return \PDO::PARAM_STR;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Execute statement
 	 *
@@ -991,7 +1008,21 @@ public function statement($sql, array $bindings = []) {
 
 		$pdoStatement = $this->pdo->prepare($sql);
 
-		$pdoStatement->execute($bindings);
+		/**
+		 * NOTE:
+		 * PHP 5.6 & 7 bug: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=38546
+		 * \PDO::PARAM_BOOL is not supported, use \PDO::PARAM_INT instead
+		 */
+
+		foreach ($bindings as $key => $value) {
+			$pdoStatement->bindValue(
+				is_int($key) ? $key + 1 : $key,
+				$value,
+				$this->parseParameterType($value)
+			);
+		}
+
+		$pdoStatement->execute();
 
 		return [$pdoStatement, microtime(true) - $start];
 	}
diff --git a/tests/Pecee/Pixie/QueryBuilderTest.php b/tests/Pecee/Pixie/QueryBuilderTest.php
index 0e57744..cc340d4 100644
--- a/tests/Pecee/Pixie/QueryBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Pecee/Pixie/QueryBuilderTest.php
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ public function testRawQuery() {
 		$queryArr = $this->builder->query($query, $bindings)->get();
 
 		$this->assertEquals(
-			[
+			array(
 				$query,
-				[5, 'usman', null],
-			],
+				array(array(5, \PDO::PARAM_INT), array('usman', \PDO::PARAM_STR), array(null, \PDO::PARAM_NULL)),
+			),
 			$queryArr
 		);
 	}