diff --git a/mdbx.h b/mdbx.h
index fa81d503..999016b5 100644
--- a/mdbx.h
+++ b/mdbx.h
@@ -2771,6 +2771,19 @@ LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_commit(MDBX_txn *txn);
  * \retval MDBX_EINVAL           Transaction handle is NULL. */
 LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_abort(MDBX_txn *txn);
 
+/** Marks transaction as broken.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ *
+ * Function keeps the transaction handle and corresponding locks, but it
+ * is not possible to perform any operations in a broken transaction.
+ * Broken transaction must then be aborted explicitly later.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ *
+ * \see mdbx_txn_abort() \see mdbx_txn_reset() \see mdbx_txn_commit()
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_break(MDBX_txn *txn);
+
 /** Reset a read-only transaction.
  * \ingroup c_transactions
  *
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index 75cb913a..8ce829d2 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -6850,6 +6850,19 @@ int mdbx_txn_reset(MDBX_txn *txn) {
   return rc;
 }
 
+int mdbx_txn_break(MDBX_txn *txn) {
+  do {
+    int rc = check_txn(txn, 0);
+    if (unlikely(rc != MDBX_SUCCESS))
+      return rc;
+    txn->mt_flags |= MDBX_TXN_ERROR;
+    if (txn->mt_flags & MDBX_TXN_RDONLY)
+      break;
+    txn = txn->mt_child;
+  } while (txn);
+  return MDBX_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 int mdbx_txn_abort(MDBX_txn *txn) {
   int rc = check_txn(txn, 0);
   if (unlikely(rc != MDBX_SUCCESS))