diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServer.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServer.java
index b7b74ae9e..9f9ee078f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServer.java
@@ -1832,6 +1832,19 @@ public interface EbeanServer {
    */
   <T> T publish(Class<T> beanType, Object id, Transaction transaction);
 
+  /**
+   * Publish a single bean given its type and id returning the resulting live bean.
+   * This will use the current transaction or create one if required.
+   * <p>
+   * The values are published from the draft to the live bean.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param <T>         the type of the entity bean
+   * @param beanType    the type of the entity bean
+   * @param id          the id of the entity bean
+   */
+  <T> T publish(Class<T> beanType, Object id);
+
   /**
    * Publish the beans that match the query returning the resulting published beans.
    * <p>
@@ -1844,4 +1857,16 @@ public interface EbeanServer {
    */
   <T> List<T> publish(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
 
+  /**
+   * Publish the beans that match the query returning the resulting published beans.
+   * This will use the current transaction or create one if required.
+   * <p>
+   * The values are published from the draft beans to the live beans.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param <T>         the type of the entity bean
+   * @param query       the query used to select the draft beans to publish
+   */
+  <T> List<T> publish(Query<T> query);
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
index 076dbf6db..4a152b885 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
@@ -1641,6 +1641,16 @@ public final class DefaultServer implements SpiServer, SpiEbeanServer {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public <T> T publish(Class<T> beanType, Object id) {
+    return publish(beanType, id, null);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public <T> List<T> publish(Query<T> query) {
+    return publish(query, null);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public <T> T publish(Class<T> beanType, Object id, Transaction transaction) {
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java
index 4d9041c4b..51c3a878a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java
@@ -347,6 +347,16 @@ public class TDSpiEbeanServer implements SpiEbeanServer {
 
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public <T> T publish(Class<T> beanType, Object id) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public <T> List<T> publish(Query<T> query) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public <T> T publish(Class<T> beanType, Object id, Transaction transaction) {
     return null;