diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac993c675..54321c66a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
   <artifactId>ebean</artifactId>
-  <version>11.9.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>11.10.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>ebean</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiEbeanServer.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiEbeanServer.java
index a1a5c812e..423c37792 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiEbeanServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiEbeanServer.java
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ public interface SpiEbeanServer extends EbeanServer, BeanLoader, BeanCollectionL
    */
   void clearQueryStatistics();
 
+  /**
+   * Return the transaction manager.
+   */
+  SpiTransactionManager getTransactionManager();
+
   /**
    * Return all the descriptors.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiTransactionManager.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiTransactionManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e914d200e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiTransactionManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.api;
+
+import io.ebean.TxScope;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+/**
+ * Service provider interface for the transaction manager.
+ */
+public interface SpiTransactionManager {
+
+  /**
+   * Return the main DataSource.
+   */
+  DataSource getDataSource();
+
+  /**
+   * Return the read only DataSource (if defined).
+   */
+  DataSource getReadOnlyDataSource();
+
+  /**
+   * Return the currently active transaction (can be null).
+   */
+  SpiTransaction get();
+
+  /**
+   * Push an externally managed transaction into scope (e.g. Spring managed transaction).
+   */
+  ScopedTransaction externalBeginTransaction(SpiTransaction transaction, TxScope txScope);
+
+  /**
+   * Called when an externally managed transaction has completed.
+   */
+  void externalRemoveTransaction();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
index bd5c42eab..b9267a91b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiJsonContext;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiQuery;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiQuery.Type;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiTransaction;
+import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiTransactionManager;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.TransactionEventTable;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.DdlGenerator;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlHandler;
@@ -1879,6 +1880,14 @@ public final class DefaultServer implements SpiServer, SpiEbeanServer {
     return beanDescriptorManager.getBeanDescriptorList();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the transaction manager.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public SpiTransactionManager getTransactionManager() {
+    return transactionManager;
+  }
+
   public void register(BeanPersistController c) {
     List<BeanDescriptor<?>> list = beanDescriptorManager.getBeanDescriptorList();
     for (BeanDescriptor<?> aList : list) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java
index 54d847089..3b880777a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import io.ebeaninternal.api.ScopeTrans;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.ScopedTransaction;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiProfileHandler;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiTransaction;
+import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiTransactionManager;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.TransactionEvent;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.TransactionEventTable;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.TransactionEventTable.TableIUD;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
  * Keeps the Cache and Cluster in synch when transactions are committed.
  * </p>
  */
-public class TransactionManager {
+public class TransactionManager implements SpiTransactionManager {
 
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TransactionManager.class);
 
@@ -558,6 +559,23 @@ public class TransactionManager {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void externalRemoveTransaction() {
+    scopeManager.replace(null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Push an externally created transaction into scope. This transaction is usually managed externally
+   * (e.g. Spring managed transaction).
+   */
+  @Override
+  public ScopedTransaction externalBeginTransaction(SpiTransaction transaction, TxScope txScope) {
+    ScopedTransaction scopedTxn = new ScopedTransaction(scopeManager);
+    scopedTxn.push(new ScopeTrans(rollbackOnChecked, false, transaction, txScope));
+    scopeManager.set(scopedTxn);
+    return scopedTxn;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Begin a scoped transaction.
    */
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java b/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java
index a880c246e..cd689fd65 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.api;
 
-import io.ebean.*;
+import io.ebean.AutoTune;
+import io.ebean.BackgroundExecutor;
+import io.ebean.BeanState;
+import io.ebean.CallableSql;
+import io.ebean.DocumentStore;
+import io.ebean.ExpressionFactory;
+import io.ebean.Filter;
+import io.ebean.FutureIds;
+import io.ebean.FutureList;
+import io.ebean.FutureRowCount;
+import io.ebean.PagedList;
+import io.ebean.PersistenceContextScope;
+import io.ebean.Query;
+import io.ebean.QueryIterator;
+import io.ebean.SqlQuery;
+import io.ebean.SqlRow;
+import io.ebean.SqlUpdate;
+import io.ebean.Transaction;
+import io.ebean.TransactionCallback;
+import io.ebean.TxScope;
+import io.ebean.Update;
+import io.ebean.UpdateQuery;
+import io.ebean.ValuePair;
+import io.ebean.Version;
 import io.ebean.annotation.TxIsolation;
 import io.ebean.bean.BeanCollection;
 import io.ebean.bean.CallStack;
@@ -138,6 +161,11 @@ public class TDSpiEbeanServer implements SpiEbeanServer {
     return null;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public SpiTransactionManager getTransactionManager() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public List<BeanDescriptor<?>> getBeanDescriptors() {
     return null;
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManagerTest.java b/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManagerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b851c56d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManagerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.server.transaction;
+
+import io.ebean.BaseTestCase;
+import io.ebean.Ebean;
+import io.ebean.Transaction;
+import io.ebean.TxScope;
+import io.ebeaninternal.api.ScopedTransaction;
+import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiEbeanServer;
+import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiTransaction;
+import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiTransactionManager;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.tests.model.basic.Customer;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class TransactionManagerTest extends BaseTestCase {
+
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TransactionManagerTest.class);
+
+  @Test
+  public void beginExternalTransaction() throws SQLException {
+
+    SpiEbeanServer server = spiEbeanServer();
+
+    SpiTransactionManager transactionManager = server.getTransactionManager();
+
+    DataSource dataSource = transactionManager.getDataSource();
+    Connection connection = dataSource.getConnection();
+
+    SpiTransaction externalTxn = new ExternalJdbcTransaction("external0", true, connection, null);
+
+    // push an externally managed transaction onto scope
+    ScopedTransaction scopedTransaction = transactionManager.externalBeginTransaction(externalTxn, TxScope.required());
+
+    Transaction current = Transaction.current();
+    assertThat(current).as("external transaction is in scope").isSameAs(scopedTransaction);
+
+    Customer.find.byName("In external");
+
+    log.info("inner begin");
+    Transaction inner = Ebean.beginTransaction();
+    try {
+
+      current = Transaction.current();
+      assertThat(current).as("still using external transaction, nested transaction pushed").isSameAs(scopedTransaction);
+
+      Customer.find.byName("In inner");
+      log.info("inner commit");
+      inner.commit();
+    } finally {
+      log.info("inner end");
+      inner.end();
+    }
+
+    current = Transaction.current();
+    assertThat(current).as("external transaction still in scope").isSameAs(scopedTransaction);
+
+    Customer.find.byName("external still active");
+
+
+    log.info("external transaction ends with commit and remove");
+    connection.commit();
+    // remove externally managed transaction out of scope
+    transactionManager.externalRemoveTransaction();
+
+
+    current = Transaction.current();
+    assertThat(current).as("external transaction out of scope").isNull();
+
+    Customer.find.byNameStatus("New implicit transaction", Customer.Status.ACTIVE);
+  }
+}