diff --git a/symmetric-assemble/src/asciidoc/appendix/db2.ad b/symmetric-assemble/src/asciidoc/appendix/db2.ad
index 0d69ef0ac7..5a6b4a7a2c 100644
--- a/symmetric-assemble/src/asciidoc/appendix/db2.ad
+++ b/symmetric-assemble/src/asciidoc/appendix/db2.ad
@@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ CREATE SYSTEM TEMPORARY TABLESPACE tmp_tbsp
 |DecFloat|No
 |Binary, VarBinary|No
 |===    
-    
+  
+By default DB2 will not capture the transaction id associated with the captured data.   This can be turned on with the following parameter.
+
+----
+db2.capture.transaction.id=false
+----
+  
 === DB2 for IBM i
 The DB2 for IBM i dialect can connect to a database on IBM iSeries (AS/400) machines.  It was tested with the
 http://jt400.sourceforge.net/[jt400 JDBC driver], which is already included in the SymmetricDS download.
diff --git a/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties b/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
index 63b037dbfe..5c1d420bac 100644
--- a/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
+++ b/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
@@ -1418,6 +1418,11 @@ db2.zseries.version=DSN08015
 # Tags: AS400
 as400.cast.clob.to=DBCLOB
 
+# Turn on the capture of transaction id for DB2 systems that support it.
+# DatabaseOverridable: false
+# Tags: DB2
+db2.capture.transaction.id=false
+
 # Specify the type of line feed to use in JMX console methods.  Possible values are: text or html.
 # Tags: other
 jmx.line.feed=text