diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sqlite/SQLiteConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/sqlite/SQLiteConfig.java
index 9498e96e4..1bd0f4353 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/sqlite/SQLiteConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sqlite/SQLiteConfig.java
@@ -534,6 +534,10 @@ public enum Pragma {
         PASSWORD("password", "Database password", null),
 
         // extensions: "fake" pragmas to allow conformance with JDBC
+        JDBC_AUTO_COMMIT(
+                "jdbc.auto_commit",
+                "Configure explicit read only transactions",
+                new String[] {"true", "false"}),
         JDBC_EXPLICIT_READONLY(
                 "jdbc.explicit_readonly", "Set explicit read only transactions", null);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sqlite/SQLiteConnectionConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/sqlite/SQLiteConnectionConfig.java
index 749efb203..9ace044a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sqlite/SQLiteConnectionConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sqlite/SQLiteConnectionConfig.java
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ public static SQLiteConnectionConfig fromPragmaTable(Properties pragmaTable) {
                         pragmaTable.getProperty(
                                 SQLiteConfig.Pragma.TRANSACTION_MODE.pragmaName,
                                 SQLiteConfig.TransactionMode.DEFERRED.name())),
-                true);
+                pragmaTable
+                        .getProperty(SQLiteConfig.Pragma.JDBC_AUTO_COMMIT.pragmaName, "true")
+                        .equals("true"));
     }
 
     public SQLiteConnectionConfig(