diff --git a/postgres-tokio/src/lib.rs b/postgres-tokio/src/lib.rs
index 80091b2b..29c1e835 100644
--- a/postgres-tokio/src/lib.rs
+++ b/postgres-tokio/src/lib.rs
@@ -638,6 +638,12 @@ impl Connection {
             .boxed()
     }
 
+    pub fn transaction(self) -> BoxFuture<Transaction, Error> {
+        self.simple_query("BEGIN")
+            .map(|(_, c)| Transaction(c))
+            .boxed()
+    }
+
     pub fn close(self) -> BoxFuture<(), Error> {
         let mut terminate = vec![];
         frontend::terminate(&mut terminate);
@@ -720,6 +726,24 @@ impl Row {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct Transaction(Connection);
+
+impl Transaction {
+    pub fn commit(self) -> BoxFuture<Connection, Error> {
+        self.finish("COMMIT")
+    }
+
+    pub fn rollback(self) -> BoxFuture<Connection, Error> {
+        self.finish("ROLLBACK")
+    }
+
+    fn finish(self, query: &str) -> BoxFuture<Connection, Error> {
+        self.0.simple_query(query)
+            .map(|(_, c)| c)
+            .boxed()
+    }
+}
+
 fn connect_err(fields: &mut ErrorFields) -> ConnectError {
     match DbError::new(fields) {
         Ok(err) => ConnectError::Db(Box::new(err)),