diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 4569008f08..e3f760bd96 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #17434: Fix regular expression illegal character; Repeated fix for Internet Explorer 11 AJAX redirect bug in case of 301 and 302 response codes (`XMLHttpRequest: Network Error 0x800c0008`) (kamarton)
 - Bug #16855: Ignore console commands that have no actions (alexeevdv)
 - Enh #16826: `appendTimestamp` support was added to `View` methods `registerCssFile()` and `registerJsFile()` (onmotion)
+- Bug #16671: Logging in `Connection::open()` was not respecting `Connection::$enableLogging` (samdark)
 
 2.0.26 September 03, 2019
 -------------------------
diff --git a/framework/db/Connection.php b/framework/db/Connection.php
index 56103277b0..9a7340c6f3 100644
--- a/framework/db/Connection.php
+++ b/framework/db/Connection.php
@@ -613,7 +613,10 @@ class Connection extends Component
         $token = 'Opening DB connection: ' . $this->dsn;
         $enableProfiling = $this->enableProfiling;
         try {
-            Yii::info($token, __METHOD__);
+            if ($this->enableLogging) {
+                Yii::info($token, __METHOD__);
+            }
+
             if ($enableProfiling) {
                 Yii::beginProfile($token, __METHOD__);
             }