diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 7ccb785..f430e6e 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ directives:
                              if they are not equal. Default: 'utf-8'
 ``MYSQL_SQL_MODE``           If present, the session SQL mode will be set to the given string.
 ``MYSQL_CURSORCLASS``        If present, the cursor class will be set to the given string.
+``MYSQL_AUTOCOMMIT``         If enabled, will use the autocommit feature of MySQL. Default: False
 ============================ ===================================================
 
 
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ History
 
 Changes:
 
+- 0.2.1: September 4, 2020
+  - Added option for autocommit.
+
 - 0.2.0: September 5, 2015
   - Added option to change the cursor. Thanks to `@Sp1tF1r3 <https://github.com/Sp1tF1r3>`_ on GitHub.
 
diff --git a/flask_mysqldb/__init__.py b/flask_mysqldb/__init__.py
index 7811761..9c3d157 100644
--- a/flask_mysqldb/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_mysqldb/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def init_app(self, app):
         app.config.setdefault('MYSQL_CHARSET', 'utf8')
         app.config.setdefault('MYSQL_SQL_MODE', None)
         app.config.setdefault('MYSQL_CURSORCLASS', None)
+        app.config.setdefault('MYSQL_AUTOCOMMIT', False)
 
         if hasattr(app, 'teardown_appcontext'):
             app.teardown_appcontext(self.teardown)
@@ -76,7 +77,11 @@ def connect(self):
             kwargs['sql_mode'] = current_app.config['MYSQL_SQL_MODE']
 
         if current_app.config['MYSQL_CURSORCLASS']:
-            kwargs['cursorclass'] = getattr(cursors, current_app.config['MYSQL_CURSORCLASS'])
+            kwargs['cursorclass'] = \
+                getattr(cursors, current_app.config['MYSQL_CURSORCLASS'])
+
+        if current_app.config['MYSQL_AUTOCOMMIT']:
+            kwargs['autocommit'] = current_app.config['MYSQL_AUTOCOMMIT']
 
         return MySQLdb.connect(**kwargs)