diff --git a/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-taco/pom.xml b/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-taco/pom.xml
index 240e525..552e444 100644
--- a/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-taco/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-taco/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     <taco.plugin.database.default>Default</taco.plugin.database.default>
     <taco.plugin.table.label>Dataset</taco.plugin.table.label>
     <taco.plugin.jdbc.scheme>jdbc:asterixdb://</taco.plugin.jdbc.scheme>
+    <taco.plugin.jdbc.properties.aux> </taco.plugin.jdbc.properties.aux>
     <taco.plugin.auth.none><![CDATA[<option value="auth-none" label="No Authentication"/>]]></taco.plugin.auth.none>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-taco/src/main/taco/plugins/asterixdb_jdbc/connectionProperties.js b/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-taco/src/main/taco/plugins/asterixdb_jdbc/connectionProperties.js
index 92058c7..42265f7 100644
--- a/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-taco/src/main/taco/plugins/asterixdb_jdbc/connectionProperties.js
+++ b/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-taco/src/main/taco/plugins/asterixdb_jdbc/connectionProperties.js
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
     var props = {};
     props["user"] = attr[connectionHelper.attributeUsername];
     props["password"] = attr[connectionHelper.attributePassword];
+    ${taco.plugin.jdbc.properties.aux}
     return props;
 })