diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/h2/H2JdbcSqlTemplate.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/h2/H2JdbcSqlTemplate.java
index 7034f7cdae..15c0cc165f 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/h2/H2JdbcSqlTemplate.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/h2/H2JdbcSqlTemplate.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import org.jumpmind.db.platform.DatabaseInfo;
+import org.jumpmind.db.sql.ISqlTransaction;
 import org.jumpmind.db.sql.JdbcSqlTemplate;
 import org.jumpmind.db.sql.SqlTemplateSettings;
 import org.jumpmind.db.sql.SymmetricLobHandler;
@@ -51,4 +52,14 @@ public String getSelectLastInsertIdSql(String sequenceName) {
         return "call IDENTITY()";
     }
     
+    @Override
+    public ISqlTransaction startSqlTransaction(boolean autoCommit) {
+        return new H2JdbcSqlTransaction(this, autoCommit);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ISqlTransaction startSqlTransaction() {
+        return new H2JdbcSqlTransaction(this);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/h2/H2JdbcSqlTransaction.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/h2/H2JdbcSqlTransaction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1bf633743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/h2/H2JdbcSqlTransaction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to JumpMind Inc under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed
+ * with this work for additional information regarding
+ * copyright ownership.  JumpMind Inc licenses this file
+ * to you under the GNU General Public License, version 3.0 (GPLv3)
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 3.0 (GPLv3) along with this library; if not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.jumpmind.db.platform.h2;
+
+import org.jumpmind.db.sql.JdbcSqlTemplate;
+import org.jumpmind.db.sql.JdbcSqlTransaction;
+
+public class H2JdbcSqlTransaction extends JdbcSqlTransaction {
+
+    public H2JdbcSqlTransaction(JdbcSqlTemplate jdbcSqlTemplate) {
+        this(jdbcSqlTemplate, false);
+    }
+    
+    public H2JdbcSqlTransaction(JdbcSqlTemplate jdbcSqlTemplate, boolean autoCommit) {
+        super(jdbcSqlTemplate, autoCommit);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void commit() {
+        super.commit();
+        execute("checkpoint sync");
+    }
+
+}