diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/util/Sequence.java b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/util/Sequence.java
index 29a07549..34152559 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/util/Sequence.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/util/Sequence.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package com.zaxxer.hikari.util;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.LongAdder;
 
@@ -44,21 +47,22 @@ public interface Sequence
    /**
     * Factory class used to create a platform-specific ClockSource. 
     */
-   class Factory
+   final class Factory
    {
       @SuppressWarnings("serial")
       public static Sequence create()
       {
-         class Java7Sequence extends AtomicLong implements Sequence {
+         final class Java7Sequence extends AtomicLong implements Sequence {
             Java7Sequence() {
             }
 
+            @Override
             public void increment() {
                this.incrementAndGet();
             }
          }
 
-         class Java8Sequence extends LongAdder implements Sequence {
+         final class Java8Sequence extends LongAdder implements Sequence {
             public Java8Sequence() {
             }
 
@@ -68,16 +72,59 @@ public interface Sequence
             }
          }
 
-         Sequence sequence = null;
+         final class DropwizardSequence implements Sequence {
+            private final Object longAdder;
+            private final Method increment;
+            private final Method sum;
+
+            public DropwizardSequence(Class<?> longAdderClass) throws Exception {
+               Constructor<?> constructor = longAdderClass.getDeclaredConstructors()[0];
+               constructor.setAccessible(true);
+               increment = longAdderClass.getMethod("increment");
+               increment.setAccessible(true);
+               sum = longAdderClass.getMethod("sum");
+               sum.setAccessible(true);
+               longAdder = constructor.newInstance();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void increment()
+            {
+               try {
+                  increment.invoke(longAdder);
+               }
+               catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+                  throw new RuntimeException(e);
+               }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public long get()
+            {
+               try {
+                  return (Long) sum.invoke(longAdder);
+               }
+               catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+                  throw new RuntimeException(e);
+               }
+            }
+         }
+
          try {
             if (Sequence.class.getClassLoader().loadClass("java.util.concurrent.atomic.LongAdder") != null) {
-               sequence = new Java8Sequence();
+               return new Java8Sequence();
             }
          }
          catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            try {
+               Class<?> longAdderClass = Sequence.class.getClassLoader().loadClass("com.codahale.metrics.LongAdder");
+               return new DropwizardSequence(longAdderClass);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e2) {
+            }
          }
 
-         return sequence != null ? sequence : new Java7Sequence();
+         return new Java7Sequence();
       }
    }
 }