diff --git a/engine.go b/engine.go
index 4159a7b2..6c894e74 100644
--- a/engine.go
+++ b/engine.go
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ func NewEngine(driverName string, dataSourceName string) (*Engine, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	return newEngine(driverName, dataSourceName, dialect, db)
+}
+
+func newEngine(driverName, dataSourceName string, dialect dialects.Dialect, db *core.DB) (*Engine, error) {
 	cacherMgr := caches.NewManager()
 	mapper := names.NewCacheMapper(new(names.SnakeMapper))
 	tagParser := tags.NewParser("xorm", dialect, mapper, mapper, cacherMgr)
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ func NewEngine(driverName string, dataSourceName string) (*Engine, error) {
 	engine.SetLogger(log.NewLoggerAdapter(logger))
 
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(engine, func(engine *Engine) {
-		engine.Close()
+		_ = engine.Close()
 	})
 
 	return engine, nil
@@ -101,6 +105,14 @@ func NewEngineWithParams(driverName string, dataSourceName string, params map[st
 	return engine, err
 }
 
+// NewEngineWithDialectAndDB new a db manager according to the parameter.
+// If you do not want to use your own dialect or db, please use NewEngine.
+// For creating dialect, you can call dialects.OpenDialect. And, for creating db,
+// you can call core.Open or core.FromDB.
+func NewEngineWithDialectAndDB(driverName, dataSourceName string, dialect dialects.Dialect, db *core.DB) (*Engine, error) {
+	return newEngine(driverName, dataSourceName, dialect, db)
+}
+
 // EnableSessionID if enable session id
 func (engine *Engine) EnableSessionID(enable bool) {
 	engine.logSessionID = enable