diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder.java
index 9d56869b1..463da9165 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Glenn Renfro
  * @author Drummond Dawson
  * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ * @author Ankur Trapasiya
  * @since 4.0
  */
 public class JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder<T> {
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ public class JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder<T> {
 
 	private int currentItemCount;
 
+	private boolean connectionAutoCommit;
+
 	/**
 	 * Configure if the state of the {@link org.springframework.batch.item.ItemStreamSupport}
 	 * should be persisted within the {@link org.springframework.batch.item.ExecutionContext}
@@ -321,6 +324,20 @@ public class JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder<T> {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set whether "autoCommit" should be overridden for the connection used by the cursor.
+	 * If not set, defaults to Connection / Datasource default configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param connectionAutoCommit value to set on underlying JDBC connection
+	 * @return this instance for method chaining
+	 * @see JdbcCursorItemReader#setConnectionAutoCommit(boolean)
+	 */
+	public JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder<T> connectionAutoCommit(boolean connectionAutoCommit) {
+		this.connectionAutoCommit = connectionAutoCommit;
+
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Validates configuration and builds a new reader instance.
 	 *
@@ -356,6 +373,7 @@ public class JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder<T> {
 		reader.setQueryTimeout(this.queryTimeout);
 		reader.setUseSharedExtendedConnection(this.useSharedExtendedConnection);
 		reader.setVerifyCursorPosition(this.verifyCursorPosition);
+		reader.setConnectionAutoCommit(this.connectionAutoCommit);
 
 		return reader;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilderTests.java
index 24a0452db..521ee3849 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 /**
  * @author Michael Minella
  * @author Drummond Dawson
+ * @author Ankur Trapasiya
  */
 public class JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilderTests {
 
@@ -302,6 +303,7 @@ public class JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilderTests {
 				.ignoreWarnings(true)
 				.driverSupportsAbsolute(true)
 				.useSharedExtendedConnection(true)
+				.connectionAutoCommit(true)
 				.beanRowMapper(Foo.class)
 				.build();
 
@@ -309,6 +311,7 @@ public class JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilderTests {
 		assertEquals(2, ReflectionTestUtils.getField(reader, "queryTimeout"));
 		assertTrue((boolean) ReflectionTestUtils.getField(reader, "ignoreWarnings"));
 		assertTrue((boolean) ReflectionTestUtils.getField(reader, "driverSupportsAbsolute"));
+		assertTrue((boolean) ReflectionTestUtils.getField(reader, "connectionAutoCommit"));
 	}
 
 	@Test