diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 57fae247..f6ac23be 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ type SpannerConn interface {
 	// RunBatch sends all batched DDL or DML statements to Spanner. This is a
 	// no-op if no statements have been batched or if there is no active batch.
 	RunBatch(ctx context.Context) error
+	// RunDmlBatch sends all batched DML statements to Spanner. This is a
+	// no-op if no statements have been batched or if there is no active DML batch.
+	RunDmlBatch(ctx context.Context) (SpannerResult, error)
 	// AbortBatch aborts the current DDL or DML batch and discards all batched
 	// statements.
 	AbortBatch() error
@@ -446,6 +449,18 @@ func (c *conn) RunBatch(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (c *conn) RunDmlBatch(ctx context.Context) (SpannerResult, error) {
+	res, err := c.runBatch(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	spannerRes, ok := res.(SpannerResult)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, spanner.ToSpannerError(status.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "not a DML batch"))
+	}
+	return spannerRes, nil
+}
+
 func (c *conn) AbortBatch() error {
 	_, err := c.abortBatch()
 	return err
diff --git a/conn_with_mockserver_test.go b/conn_with_mockserver_test.go
index cbdfa256..842855f3 100644
--- a/conn_with_mockserver_test.go
+++ b/conn_with_mockserver_test.go
@@ -369,3 +369,44 @@ func TestDDLUsingQueryContextInReadWriteTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("error mismatch\n Got: %v\nWant: %v", g, w)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRunDmlBatch(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db, _, teardown := setupTestDBConnection(t)
+	defer teardown()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	conn, err := db.Conn(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer silentClose(conn)
+	if err := conn.Raw(func(driverConn interface{}) error {
+		spannerConn, _ := driverConn.(SpannerConn)
+		return spannerConn.StartBatchDML()
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// Buffer two DML statements.
+	for range 2 {
+		if _, err := conn.ExecContext(ctx, testutil.UpdateBarSetFoo); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	var res SpannerResult
+	if err := conn.Raw(func(driverConn interface{}) (err error) {
+		spannerConn, _ := driverConn.(SpannerConn)
+		res, err = spannerConn.RunDmlBatch(ctx)
+		return err
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	affected, err := res.BatchRowsAffected()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if g, w := affected, []int64{testutil.UpdateBarSetFooRowCount, testutil.UpdateBarSetFooRowCount}; !reflect.DeepEqual(g, w) {
+		t.Fatalf("affected mismatch\n Got: %v\nWant: %v", g, w)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/examples/dml-batches/main.go b/examples/dml-batches/main.go
index f5eeaa51..4273f886 100644
--- a/examples/dml-batches/main.go
+++ b/examples/dml-batches/main.go
@@ -106,11 +106,17 @@ func dmlBatch(projectId, instanceId, databaseId string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to insert: %v", err)
 	}
 	// Run the batch. This will apply all the batched DML statements to the database in one atomic operation.
-	if err := conn.Raw(func(driverConn interface{}) error {
-		return driverConn.(spannerdriver.SpannerConn).RunBatch(ctx)
+	var res spannerdriver.SpannerResult
+	if err := conn.Raw(func(driverConn interface{}) (err error) {
+		res, err = driverConn.(spannerdriver.SpannerConn).RunDmlBatch(ctx)
+		return err
 	}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to run DML batch: %v", err)
 	}
+	// BatchRowsAffected returns a slice with the affected rows per DML statement in the batch.
+	affected, _ := res.BatchRowsAffected()
+	fmt.Printf("Affected rows: %v\n", affected)
+
 	if err := db.QueryRowContext(ctx, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Singers").Scan(&c); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get singers count: %v", err)
 	}