diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php
index 94b5b57d87e0..532b0f1facef 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\MySqlProcessor;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Grammars\MySqlGrammar as SchemaGrammar;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\MySqlBuilder;
+use LogicException;
 
 class MySqlConnection extends Connection
 {
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ protected function getDefaultPostProcessor()
      */
     protected function getDoctrineDriver()
     {
+        if (! class_exists(DoctrineDriver::class)) {
+            throw new LogicException(
+                'Laravel v6 is only compatible with doctrine/dbal 2, in order to use this feature you must require the package "doctrine/dbal:^2.6".'
+            );
+        }
+
         return new DoctrineDriver;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/PostgresConnection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/PostgresConnection.php
index 5555df1a2e32..8d207b3ed3c8 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/PostgresConnection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/PostgresConnection.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\PostgresProcessor;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Grammars\PostgresGrammar as SchemaGrammar;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\PostgresBuilder;
+use LogicException;
 
 class PostgresConnection extends Connection
 {
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ protected function getDefaultPostProcessor()
      */
     protected function getDoctrineDriver()
     {
+        if (! class_exists(DoctrineDriver::class)) {
+            throw new LogicException(
+                'Laravel v6 is only compatible with doctrine/dbal 2, in order to use this feature you must require the package "doctrine/dbal:^2.6".'
+            );
+        }
+
         return new DoctrineDriver;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php
index 4990fdd299a1..a622df325829 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\SQLiteProcessor;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Grammars\SQLiteGrammar as SchemaGrammar;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\SQLiteBuilder;
+use LogicException;
 
 class SQLiteConnection extends Connection
 {
@@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ protected function getDefaultPostProcessor()
      */
     protected function getDoctrineDriver()
     {
+        if (! class_exists(DoctrineDriver::class)) {
+            throw new LogicException(
+                'Laravel v6 is only compatible with doctrine/dbal 2, in order to use this feature you must require the package "doctrine/dbal:^2.6".'
+            );
+        }
+
         return new DoctrineDriver;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/SqlServerConnection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/SqlServerConnection.php
index 8a642572104f..ab523576e75e 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/SqlServerConnection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/SqlServerConnection.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\SqlServerProcessor;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Grammars\SqlServerGrammar as SchemaGrammar;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\SqlServerBuilder;
+use LogicException;
 use Throwable;
 
 class SqlServerConnection extends Connection
@@ -108,6 +109,12 @@ protected function getDefaultPostProcessor()
      */
     protected function getDoctrineDriver()
     {
+        if (! class_exists(DoctrineDriver::class)) {
+            throw new LogicException(
+                'Laravel v6 is only compatible with doctrine/dbal 2, in order to use this feature you must require the package "doctrine/dbal:^2.6".'
+            );
+        }
+
         return new DoctrineDriver;
     }
 }