MySQL python DBAPI. How to get a dictionary instead of a tuple?

Python DB API returns a list of tuples when fetchall is invoked on an executed cursor. If you work with the _mysql module, fet开发者_开发知识库ch_row has a how parameter that allows to get a dictionary instead of a tuple. How can I achieve the same with the cursor ?

Quoting from the documentation

DictCursor
    Like Cursor except it returns rows as dictionaries.