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diff --git a/‎MySQLdb/connections.py
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+4-1Lines changed: 4 additions & 1 deletion b/‎MySQLdb/connections.py
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@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ class object, used to create cursors (keyword only)
         local_infile
           integer, non-zero enables LOAD LOCAL INFILE; zero disables
 
+        autocommit
+          If True, autocommit is enabled.
+
         There are a number of undocumented, non-standard methods. See the
         documentation for the MySQL C API for some hints on what they do.
 
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ def string_decoder(s):
         self.encoders[types.StringType] = string_literal
         self.encoders[types.UnicodeType] = unicode_literal
         self._transactional = self.server_capabilities & CLIENT.TRANSACTIONS
-        if self._transactional:
+        if self._transactional and not kwargs2.pop('autocommit', False):
             # PEP-249 requires autocommit to be initially off
             self.autocommit(False)
         self.messages = []