diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolBase.java b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolBase.java
index 291da338..9f987c6f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolBase.java
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ abstract class PoolBase
       return lastConnectionFailure.getAndSet(null);
    }
 
+   boolean isAutoCommit()
+   {
+      return isAutoCommit;
+   }
+
    public DataSource getUnwrappedDataSource()
    {
       return dataSource;
@@ -171,6 +176,11 @@ abstract class PoolBase
       return new PoolEntry(newConnection(), this);
    }
 
+   public void initConnectionState(ProxyConnection proxyConnection)
+   {
+      proxyConnection.isAutoCommit = isAutoCommit;
+   }
+
    void resetConnectionState(final Connection connection, final ProxyConnection proxyConnection, final int dirtyBits) throws SQLException
    {
       int resetBits = 0;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolEntry.java b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolEntry.java
index cd3a905e..3dcaa419 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolEntry.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final class PoolEntry implements IConcurrentBagEntry
 
    Connection createProxyConnection(final ProxyLeakTask leakTask, final long now)
    {
-      return ProxyFactory.getProxyConnection(this, connection, openStatements, leakTask, now);
+      return ProxyFactory.getProxyConnection(this, connection, openStatements, leakTask, now, hikariPool.isAutoCommit());
    }
 
    void resetConnectionState(final ProxyConnection proxyConnection, final int dirtyBits) throws SQLException
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/ProxyConnection.java b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/ProxyConnection.java
index 74de3e24..24a435a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/ProxyConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/ProxyConnection.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public abstract class ProxyConnection implements Connection
    private long lastAccess;
    private boolean isCommitStateDirty;
 
-   private boolean isAutoCommit;
+   protected boolean isAutoCommit;
    private int networkTimeout;
    private int transactionIsolation;
    private String dbcatalog;
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@ public abstract class ProxyConnection implements Connection
       SQL_ERRORS.add("JZ0C1"); // Sybase disconnect error
    }
 
-   protected ProxyConnection(final PoolEntry poolEntry, final Connection connection, final FastList<Statement> openStatements, final ProxyLeakTask leakTask, final long now) {
+   protected ProxyConnection(final PoolEntry poolEntry, final Connection connection, final FastList<Statement> openStatements, final ProxyLeakTask leakTask, final long now, final boolean isAutoCommit) {
       this.poolEntry = poolEntry;
       this.delegate = connection;
       this.openStatements = openStatements;
       this.leakTask = leakTask;
       this.lastAccess = now;
+      this.isAutoCommit = isAutoCommit;
    }
 
    /** {@inheritDoc} */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/ProxyFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/ProxyFactory.java
index 181e07db..713ba7c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/ProxyFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/ProxyFactory.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public final class ProxyFactory
     * @param now current timestamp in milliseconds
     * @return a proxy that wraps the specified {@link Connection}
     */
-   static ProxyConnection getProxyConnection(final PoolEntry poolEntry, final Connection connection, final FastList<Statement> openStatements, final ProxyLeakTask leakTask, final long now)
+   static ProxyConnection getProxyConnection(final PoolEntry poolEntry, final Connection connection, final FastList<Statement> openStatements, final ProxyLeakTask leakTask, final long now, final boolean isAutoCommit)
    {
       // Body is replaced (injected) by JavassistProxyFactory
       throw new IllegalStateException("You need to run the CLI build and you need target/classes in your classpath to run.");