diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/ExplicitTransactionManager.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/ExplicitTransactionManager.java
index 52b416617..a607ffb40 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/ExplicitTransactionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/ExplicitTransactionManager.java
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.transaction;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.BackgroundExecutor;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
+import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
 import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.api.SpiTransaction;
 import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.cluster.ClusterManager;
 import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.BootupClasses;
 import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanDescriptorManager;
 
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 
 /**
@@ -29,4 +31,23 @@ public class ExplicitTransactionManager extends TransactionManager {
     return new ExplicitJdbcTransaction(prefix + id, explicit, c, this);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Override the initalise of OnQueryOnly with the intention not to use CLOSE with ExplicitJdbcTransaction.
+   */
+  @Override
+  protected DatabasePlatform.OnQueryOnly initOnQueryOnly(DatabasePlatform.OnQueryOnly dbPlatformOnQueryOnly, DataSource ds) {
+
+    // first check for a system property 'override'
+    String systemPropertyValue = System.getProperty("ebean.transaction.onqueryonly");
+    if (systemPropertyValue != null) {
+      return DatabasePlatform.OnQueryOnly.valueOf(systemPropertyValue.trim().toUpperCase());
+    }
+
+    if (DatabasePlatform.OnQueryOnly.CLOSE.equals(dbPlatformOnQueryOnly)) {
+      // Not using OnQueryOnly.CLOSE with ExplicitJdbcTransaction
+      return DatabasePlatform.OnQueryOnly.ROLLBACK;
+    }
+    // default to rollback if not defined on the platform
+    return dbPlatformOnQueryOnly == null ? DatabasePlatform.OnQueryOnly.ROLLBACK : dbPlatformOnQueryOnly;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java
index c382b4003..b7e7e3b50 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class TransactionManager {
    * just for queries do need to be committed or rollback after the query.
    * </p>
    */
-  private OnQueryOnly initOnQueryOnly(OnQueryOnly dbPlatformOnQueryOnly, DataSource ds) {
+  protected OnQueryOnly initOnQueryOnly(OnQueryOnly dbPlatformOnQueryOnly, DataSource ds) {
 
     // first check for a system property 'override'
     String systemPropertyValue = System.getProperty("ebean.transaction.onqueryonly");
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class TransactionManager {
   /**
    * Return true if the isolation level is read committed.
    */
-  private boolean isReadCommittedIsolation(DataSource ds) {
+  protected boolean isReadCommittedIsolation(DataSource ds) {
 
     if (DbOffline.isSet()) {
       return true;