diff -r -u DBD-Oracle-1.66/lib/DBD/Oracle.pm DBD-Oracle-1.66.withSYSBACKUP/lib/DBD/Oracle.pm
--- DBD-Oracle-1.66/lib/DBD/Oracle.pm	2013-08-23 18:59:32.000000000 +0200
+++ DBD-Oracle-1.66.withSYSBACKUP/lib/DBD/Oracle.pm	2013-10-24 06:56:21.034115585 +0200
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	    ORA_CLOB ORA_BLOB ORA_RSET ORA_VARCHAR2_TABLE ORA_NUMBER_TABLE
 	    SQLT_INT SQLT_FLT ORA_OCI SQLT_CHR SQLT_BIN
 	) ],
-        ora_session_modes => [ qw( ORA_SYSDBA ORA_SYSOPER ORA_SYSASM) ],
+        ora_session_modes => [ qw( ORA_SYSDBA ORA_SYSOPER ORA_SYSASM ORA_SYSBACKUP ORA_SYSDG ORA_SYSKM) ],
         ora_fetch_orient  => [ qw( OCI_FETCH_NEXT OCI_FETCH_CURRENT OCI_FETCH_FIRST
         			   OCI_FETCH_LAST OCI_FETCH_PRIOR OCI_FETCH_ABSOLUTE
         			   OCI_FETCH_RELATIVE)],
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@
 
 =item :ora_session_modes
 
-ORA_SYSDBA ORA_SYSOPER ORA_SYSASM
+ORA_SYSDBA ORA_SYSOPER ORA_SYSASM ORA_SYSBACKUP ORA_SYSDG ORA_SYSKM
 
 =item :ora_types
 
@@ -1577,8 +1577,9 @@
 =head4 ora_session_mode
 
 The ora_session_mode attribute can be used to connect with SYSDBA,
-SYSOPER and ORA_SYSASM authorization.
-The ORA_SYSDBA, ORA_SYSOPER and ORA_SYSASM constants can be imported using
+SYSOPER, ORA_SYSASM, ORA_SYSBACKUP, ORA_SYSKM and ORA_SYSDG authorization.
+The ORA_SYSDBA, ORA_SYSOPER, ORA_SYSASM, ORA_SYSBACKUP, ORA_SYSKM 
+and ORA_SYSDG constants can be imported using
 
   use DBD::Oracle qw(:ora_session_modes);
 
diff -r -u DBD-Oracle-1.66/Oracle.xs DBD-Oracle-1.66.withSYSBACKUP/Oracle.xs
--- DBD-Oracle-1.66/Oracle.xs	2013-08-23 18:59:32.000000000 +0200
+++ DBD-Oracle-1.66.withSYSBACKUP/Oracle.xs	2013-10-24 07:01:51.157341144 +0200
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 	ORA_SYSDBA	 		= 0x0002
 	ORA_SYSOPER	 		= 0x0004
 	ORA_SYSASM	 		= 0x8000
+	ORA_SYSBACKUP	 		= 0x00020000
+	ORA_SYSDG	 		= 0x00040000
+	ORA_SYSKM	 		= 0x00080000
 	SQLCS_IMPLICIT 		= SQLCS_IMPLICIT
 	SQLCS_NCHAR			= SQLCS_NCHAR
 	SQLT_INT	 		= SQLT_INT