diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d89930c..c8ae14b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -205,16 +205,9 @@ impl Connection {
     }
 
     fn executescript(self_: PyRef<'_, Self>, script: String) -> PyResult<()> {
-        let statements = script.split(';');
-        for statement in statements {
-            let statement = statement.trim();
-            if !statement.is_empty() {
-                let cursor = Connection::cursor(&self_)?;
-                self_
-                    .rt
-                    .block_on(async { execute(&cursor, statement.to_string(), None).await })?;
-            }
-        }
+        let _ = self_.rt.block_on(async {
+            self_.conn.execute_batch(&script).await
+        }).map_err(to_py_err);
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -272,6 +265,16 @@ impl Cursor {
         Ok(self_)
     }
 
+    fn executescript<'a>(self_: PyRef<'a, Self>, script: String) -> PyResult<pyo3::PyRef<'a, Self>> {
+        self_
+            .rt
+            .block_on(async {
+                self_.conn.execute_batch(&script).await
+            })
+            .map_err(to_py_err)?;
+        Ok(self_)
+    }
+
     #[getter]
     fn description(self_: PyRef<'_, Self>) -> PyResult<Option<&PyTuple>> {
         let stmt = self_.stmt.borrow();
diff --git a/tests/test_suite.py b/tests/test_suite.py
index 67f47b5..2b11d5c 100644
--- a/tests/test_suite.py
+++ b/tests/test_suite.py
@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ def test_cursor_executemany(provider):
     res = cur.execute("SELECT * FROM users")
     assert [(1, 'alice@example.com'), (2, 'bob@example.com')] == res.fetchall()
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", ["libsql", "sqlite"])
+def test_cursor_executescript(provider):
+    conn = connect(provider, ":memory:")
+    cur = conn.cursor()
+    cur.executescript("""
+    CREATE TABLE users (id INTEGER, email TEXT);
+    INSERT INTO users VALUES (1, 'alice@example.org');
+    INSERT INTO users VALUES (2, 'bob@example.org');
+    """)
+    res = cur.execute("SELECT * FROM users")
+    assert (1, 'alice@example.org') == res.fetchone()
+    assert (2, 'bob@example.org') == res.fetchone()
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", ["libsql", "sqlite"])
 def test_lastrowid(provider):
     conn = connect(provider, ":memory:")