diff --git a/kong-0.7.0-0.rockspec b/kong-0.7.0-0.rockspec
index 89d08864525..98749125ca5 100644
--- a/kong-0.7.0-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-0.7.0-0.rockspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies = {
   "yaml ~> 1.1.2-1",
   "lapis ~> 1.3.1-1",
   "stringy ~> 0.4-1",
-  "lua-cassandra ~> 0.5.0",
+  "lua-cassandra ~> 0.5.1",
   "multipart ~> 0.2-1",
   "lua-path ~> 0.2.3-1",
   "lua-cjson ~> 2.1.0-1",
diff --git a/kong.yml b/kong.yml
index 7c5e6ddf7d6..2ff3fe6d010 100644
--- a/kong.yml
+++ b/kong.yml
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@
   # contact_points:
   #   - "127.0.0.1:9042"
 
+  # port: 9042
+
   ######
   ## Name of the keyspace used by Kong. Will be created if it does not exist.
   # keyspace: kong
diff --git a/kong/dao/cassandra/factory.lua b/kong/dao/cassandra/factory.lua
index 4fb81708830..e8c7f976fed 100644
--- a/kong/dao/cassandra/factory.lua
+++ b/kong/dao/cassandra/factory.lua
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ function CassandraFactory:get_session_options()
     prepared_shm = "cassandra_prepared",
     contact_points = self.properties.contact_points,
     keyspace = self.properties.keyspace,
+    protocol_options = {
+      default_port = self.properties.port
+    },
     query_options = {
       prepare = true
     },
diff --git a/kong/tools/config_defaults.lua b/kong/tools/config_defaults.lua
index 168fd9f72c3..37780c1a03b 100644
--- a/kong/tools/config_defaults.lua
+++ b/kong/tools/config_defaults.lua
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ return {
     type = "table",
     content = {
       ["contact_points"] = {type = "array", default = {"127.0.0.1:9042"}},
+      ["port"] = {type = "number", default = 9042},
       ["keyspace"] = {type = "string", default = "kong"},
       ["timeout"] = {type = "number", default = 5000},
       ["replication_strategy"] = {type = "string", default = "SimpleStrategy", enum = {"SimpleStrategy", "NetworkTopologyStrategy"}},