diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/Transaction.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/Transaction.java
index 560a7278b..c05434b5c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/Transaction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/Transaction.java
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ public interface Transaction extends Closeable {
    */
   void setRollbackOnly();
 
+  /**
+   * Return true if the transaction is marked as rollback only.
+   */
+  boolean isRollbackOnly();
+
   /**
    * If the transaction is active then perform rollback. Otherwise do nothing.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/ScopedTransaction.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/ScopedTransaction.java
index 0d29f3aaf..2aa97a8ad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/ScopedTransaction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/ScopedTransaction.java
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ public class ScopedTransaction implements SpiTransaction {
     scopeTrans.setRollbackOnly();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isRollbackOnly() {
+    return transaction.isRollbackOnly();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void end() throws PersistenceException {
     try {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JdbcTransaction.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JdbcTransaction.java
index 80f2ef1d9..3185b4bfc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JdbcTransaction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JdbcTransaction.java
@@ -965,6 +965,14 @@ public class JdbcTransaction implements SpiTransaction {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return true if the transaction is marked as rollback only.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isRollbackOnly() {
+    return rollbackOnly;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Mark the transaction as rollback only.
    */
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/transaction/TestTransactionRollbackOnly.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/transaction/TestTransactionRollbackOnly.java
index 5b536718c..5cfd3806d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/transaction/TestTransactionRollbackOnly.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/transaction/TestTransactionRollbackOnly.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import com.avaje.tests.model.basic.EBasic;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.StrictAssertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class TestTransactionRollbackOnly {
 
@@ -30,7 +32,10 @@ public class TestTransactionRollbackOnly {
     Ebean.save(one);
 
     Transaction transaction = Ebean.currentTransaction();
+    assertFalse(transaction.isRollbackOnly());
+
     transaction.setRollbackOnly();
+    assertTrue(transaction.isRollbackOnly());
   }
 
   @Test