diff --git a/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy.rb b/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy.rb
index 418e8b04..45e2d025 100644
--- a/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy.rb
+++ b/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 class Trilogy
   def initialize(options = {})
+    options[:port] = options[:port].to_i if options.key?(:port)
     mysql_encoding = options[:encoding] || "utf8mb4"
     encoding = Trilogy::Encoding.find(mysql_encoding)
     charset = Trilogy::Encoding.charset(mysql_encoding)
diff --git a/contrib/ruby/test/client_test.rb b/contrib/ruby/test/client_test.rb
index 5c188cc6..fe585704 100644
--- a/contrib/ruby/test/client_test.rb
+++ b/contrib/ruby/test/client_test.rb
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ def test_trilogy_connect_with_native_password_auth_switch
     ensure_closed client
   end
 
-  def test_trilogy_connect_tcp_fixnum_port
-    assert_raises TypeError do
-      new_tcp_client port: "13306"
-    end
-  end
-
   def test_trilogy_connect_tcp_to_wrong_port
     e = assert_raises Trilogy::ConnectionError do
       new_tcp_client port: 13307
@@ -1057,4 +1051,17 @@ def test_character_encoding_handles_binary_queries
     assert_equal expected.dup.force_encoding(Encoding::Windows_31J), result
     assert_equal Encoding::Windows_31J, result.encoding
   end
+
+  def test_connection_options_casting
+    options = {
+      host: DEFAULT_HOST,
+      port: DEFAULT_PORT.to_s,
+      username: DEFAULT_USER,
+      password: DEFAULT_PASS,
+      ssl: "1",
+    }
+    client = new_tcp_client(**options)
+
+    assert client.query("SELECT 1")
+  end
 end