diff --git a/src/Database/index.js b/src/Database/index.js
index 52fe9f76..196e798c 100644
--- a/src/Database/index.js
+++ b/src/Database/index.js
@@ -162,6 +162,19 @@ class Database {
     })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Run a callback inside a transaction
+   *
+   * @param {Function} callback
+   *
+   * @method transaction
+   *
+   * @returns Object
+   */
+  transaction (callback) {
+    return this.knex.transaction(callback)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Starts a global transaction, where all query builder
    * methods will be part of transaction automatically.
diff --git a/test/unit/database.spec.js b/test/unit/database.spec.js
index 1523600d..0426db70 100644
--- a/test/unit/database.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/database.spec.js
@@ -184,6 +184,15 @@ test.group('Database | QueryBuilder', (group) => {
     const fn = () => this.database.foo()
     assert.throw(fn, 'Database.foo is not a function')
   })
+
+  test('database.transaction should work', async (assert) => {
+    await this.database.transaction(function (trx) {
+      return trx.table('users').insert({ username: 'virk' })
+    })
+    const firstUser = await this.database.table('users').first()
+    assert.equal(firstUser.username, 'virk')
+    await this.database.truncate('users')
+  })
 })
 
 test.group('Database | Manager', () => {