diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fba081a9..f2ca5fd2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ This release drops support for Ruby 2.7. [#453] @flavorjones
 - `Database#columns` returns a list of internal frozen strings. [#155, #474, #486] @tenderlove
 - Freeze results that come from the database. [#480] @tenderlove
 - The encoding of a Database is no longer cached. [#485] @tenderlove
+- `Database#transaction` returns the result of the block when used with a block. @alexcwatt
 
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/lib/sqlite3/database.rb b/lib/sqlite3/database.rb
index e72c0ef1..b7f78016 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3/database.rb
+++ b/lib/sqlite3/database.rb
@@ -651,9 +651,9 @@ def transaction(mode = nil)
         ensure
           abort and rollback or commit
         end
+      else
+        true
       end
-
-      true
     end
 
     # Commits the current transaction. If there is no current transaction,
diff --git a/test/test_database.rb b/test/test_database.rb
index 5c902eed..14a2b653 100644
--- a/test/test_database.rb
+++ b/test/test_database.rb
@@ -686,5 +686,14 @@ def test_default_transaction_mode
     ensure
       tf&.unlink
     end
+
+    def test_transaction_returns_true_without_block
+      assert @db.transaction
+    end
+
+    def test_transaction_returns_block_result
+      result = @db.transaction { :foo }
+      assert_equal :foo, result
+    end
   end
 end