diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/TxScope.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/TxScope.java
index bebe6a31d..b7b02d0c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/TxScope.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/TxScope.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public final class TxScope {
    */
   private boolean flushOnQuery = true;
 
+  private boolean skipCache;
+
+  private String label;
+
   private ArrayList<Class<? extends Throwable>> rollbackFor;
 
   private ArrayList<Class<? extends Throwable>> noRollbackFor;
@@ -202,6 +206,36 @@ public final class TxScope {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return true if the L2 cache should be skipped for this transaction.
+   */
+  public boolean isSkipCache() {
+    return skipCache;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set to true if the transaction should skip L2 cache access.
+   */
+  public TxScope setSkipCache(boolean skipCache) {
+    this.skipCache = skipCache;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the label for the transaction.
+   */
+  public String getLabel() {
+    return label;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set a label for the transaction.
+   */
+  public TxScope setLabel(String label) {
+    this.label = label;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the batch mode.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
index 13558b0d6..5e2bcc8e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
@@ -849,6 +849,13 @@ public final class DefaultServer implements SpiServer, SpiEbeanServer {
 
   private void initNewTransaction(SpiTransaction transaction, TxScope txScope) {
 
+    if (txScope.isSkipCache()) {
+      transaction.setSkipCache(true);
+    }
+    String label = txScope.getLabel();
+    if (label != null) {
+      transaction.setLabel(label);
+    }
     ProfileLocation profileLocation = txScope.getProfileLocation();
     if (profileLocation != null) {
       transaction.setProfileLocation(profileLocation);