diff --git a/couchdb/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ogm/datastore/couchdb/impl/CouchDBDatastoreProvider.java b/couchdb/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ogm/datastore/couchdb/impl/CouchDBDatastoreProvider.java
index 57e6986910..d5f28a581e 100644
--- a/couchdb/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ogm/datastore/couchdb/impl/CouchDBDatastoreProvider.java
+++ b/couchdb/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ogm/datastore/couchdb/impl/CouchDBDatastoreProvider.java
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ public Class<? extends SchemaDefiner> getSchemaDefinerType() {
 		return CouchDBSchemaSchemaDefiner.class;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean allowsTransactionEmulation() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Provides an instance of CouchDBDatastore
 	 *