diff --git a/src/Database/Connection.php b/src/Database/Connection.php
index 3d22980aa6e..7983bc891c1 100644
--- a/src/Database/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Database/Connection.php
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ public function __destruct()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the configuration data used to create the connection.
-     *
-     * @return array
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public function config()
     {
@@ -133,9 +131,7 @@ public function config()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the configuration name for this connection.
-     *
-     * @return string
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public function configName()
     {
@@ -533,13 +529,7 @@ public function enableForeignKeys()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Executes a callable function inside a transaction, if any exception occurs
-     * while executing the passed callable, the transaction will be rolled back
-     * If the result of the callable function is ``false``, the transaction will
-     * also be rolled back. Otherwise the transaction is committed after executing
-     * the callback.
-     *
-     * The callback will receive the connection instance as its first argument.
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      *
      * ### Example:
      *
@@ -548,11 +538,6 @@ public function enableForeignKeys()
      *   $connection->newQuery()->delete('users')->execute();
      * });
      * ```
-     *
-     * @param callable $callback the code to be executed inside a transaction
-     * @return mixed result from the $callback function
-     * @throws \Exception Will re-throw any exception raised in $callback after
-     *   rolling back the transaction.
      */
     public function transactional(callable $callback)
     {
@@ -574,6 +559,32 @@ public function transactional(callable $callback)
         return $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     *
+     * ### Example:
+     *
+     * ```
+     * $connection->disableConstraints(function ($connection) {
+     *   $connection->newQuery()->delete('users')->execute();
+     * });
+     * ```
+     */
+    public function disableConstraints(callable $callback)
+    {
+        $this->disableForeignKeys();
+
+        try {
+            $result = $callback($this);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            $this->enableForeignKeys();
+            throw $e;
+        }
+
+        $this->enableForeignKeys();
+        return $result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks if a transaction is running.
      *
@@ -619,21 +630,6 @@ public function quoteIdentifier($identifier)
         return $this->_driver->quoteIdentifier($identifier);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Enables or disables query logging for this connection.
-     *
-     * @param bool $enable whether to turn logging on or disable it.
-     *   Use null to read current value.
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function logQueries($enable = null)
-    {
-        if ($enable === null) {
-            return $this->_logQueries;
-        }
-        $this->_logQueries = $enable;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Enables or disables metadata caching for this connection
      *
@@ -650,11 +646,18 @@ public function cacheMetadata($cache)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the logger object instance. When called with no arguments
-     * it returns the currently setup logger instance.
-     *
-     * @param object $instance logger object instance
-     * @return object logger instance
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function logQueries($enable = null)
+    {
+        if ($enable === null) {
+            return $this->_logQueries;
+        }
+        $this->_logQueries = $enable;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public function logger($instance = null)
     {
diff --git a/src/Datasource/ConnectionInterface.php b/src/Datasource/ConnectionInterface.php
index 2a1cdf5b18f..624e40bf28f 100644
--- a/src/Datasource/ConnectionInterface.php
+++ b/src/Datasource/ConnectionInterface.php
@@ -20,5 +20,63 @@
  */
 interface ConnectionInterface
 {
+    /**
+     * Get the configuration name for this connection.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function configName();
 
+    /**
+     * Get the configuration data used to create the connection.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function config();
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a callable function inside a transaction, if any exception occurs
+     * while executing the passed callable, the transaction will be rolled back
+     * If the result of the callable function is ``false``, the transaction will
+     * also be rolled back. Otherwise the transaction is committed after executing
+     * the callback.
+     *
+     * The callback will receive the connection instance as its first argument.
+     *
+     * @param callable $callable The callback to execute within a transaction.
+     * @return mixed The return value of the callback.
+     * @throws \Exception Will re-throw any exception raised in $callback after
+     *   rolling back the transaction.
+     */
+    public function transactional(callable $transaction);
+
+    /**
+     * Run an operation with constraints disabled.
+     *
+     * Constraints should be re-enabled after the callback succeeds/fails.
+     *
+     * @param callable $callable The callback to execute within a transaction.
+     * @return mixed The return value of the callback.
+     * @throws \Exception Will re-throw any exception raised in $callback after
+     *   rolling back the transaction.
+     */
+    public function disableConstraints(callable $operation);
+
+    /**
+     * Enables or disables query logging for this connection.
+     *
+     * @param bool $enable whether to turn logging on or disable it.
+     *   Use null to read current value.
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function logQueries($enable = null);
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the logger object instance. When called with no arguments
+     * it returns the currently setup logger instance.
+     *
+     * @param object $instance logger object instance
+     * @return object logger instance
+     */
+    public function logger($instance = null);
 }
diff --git a/src/TestSuite/Fixture/FixtureManager.php b/src/TestSuite/Fixture/FixtureManager.php
index 8c34e35672a..d281d80b8bf 100644
--- a/src/TestSuite/Fixture/FixtureManager.php
+++ b/src/TestSuite/Fixture/FixtureManager.php
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ protected function _runOperation($fixtures, $operation)
                 $db->logQueries(false);
             }
             $db->transactional(function ($db) use ($fixtures, $operation) {
-                $db->disableForeignKeys();
-                $operation($db, $fixtures);
-                $db->enableForeignKeys();
+                $db->disableConstraints(function ($db) use ($fixtures, $operation) {
+                    $operation($db, $fixtures);
+                });
             });
             if ($logQueries) {
                 $db->logQueries(true);