diff --git a/src/util/batchInsert.js b/src/util/batchInsert.js
index b20352e0b..bf8c1fa59 100644
--- a/src/util/batchInsert.js
+++ b/src/util/batchInsert.js
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ export default class BatchInsert {
     this._returning = void 0;
     this._transaction = null;
     this._autoTransaction = true;
+
+    if (client.transacting) {
+      this.transacting(client);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/integration/builder/inserts.js b/test/integration/builder/inserts.js
index e09f55814..84d11c1dd 100644
--- a/test/integration/builder/inserts.js
+++ b/test/integration/builder/inserts.js
@@ -702,6 +702,15 @@ module.exports = function(knex) {
         })
       });
 
+      it('transaction.batchInsert using specified transaction', function() {
+        return knex.transaction(function(tr) {
+          tr.batchInsert('BatchInsert', items, 30)
+          .returning(['Col1', 'Col2'])
+          .then(tr.commit)
+          .catch(tr.rollback);
+        })
+      });
+
     });
 
     it('should validate batchInsert batchSize parameter', function() {