diff --git a/Koha/Database.pm b/Koha/Database.pm
index 55baf80537..f000a78494 100644
--- a/Koha/Database.pm
+++ b/Koha/Database.pm
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ sub _new_schema {
             PrintError => 1,
             unsafe => !$RaiseError,
             quote_names => 1,
+            auto_savepoint => 1,
             on_connect_do => [
                 $encoding_query || (),
                 $tz_query || (),