diff --git a/src/api-txn.c b/src/api-txn.c
index 5ad6f081..4a343d50 100644
--- a/src/api-txn.c
+++ b/src/api-txn.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ int mdbx_txn_commit_ex(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_commit_latency *latency) {
   if (likely(rc == MDBX_SUCCESS))
     goto done;
   if (rc == MDBX_RESULT_TRUE) {
-#if defined(MDBX_NOSUCCESS_EMPTY_COMMIT) && MDBX_NOSUCCESS_EMPTY_COMMIT
+#if MDBX_NOSUCCESS_PURE_COMMIT
     rc = txn_end(txn, end_mode);
     if (unlikely(rc != MDBX_SUCCESS))
       goto fail;
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ int mdbx_txn_commit_ex(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_commit_latency *latency) {
     goto provide_latency;
 #else
     goto done;
-#endif /* MDBX_NOSUCCESS_EMPTY_COMMIT */
+#endif /* MDBX_NOSUCCESS_PURE_COMMIT */
   }
 
 fail:
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index 1a80cd20..f641f827 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -257,6 +257,14 @@
 #error MDBX_HAVE_BUILTIN_CPU_SUPPORTS must be defined as 0 or 1
 #endif /* MDBX_HAVE_BUILTIN_CPU_SUPPORTS */
 
+/** if enabled then treats the commit of pure (nothing changes) transactions as special
+ * cases and return \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE instead of \ref MDBX_SUCCESS. */
+#ifndef MDBX_NOSUCCESS_PURE_COMMIT
+#define MDBX_NOSUCCESS_PURE_COMMIT 0
+#elif !(MDBX_NOSUCCESS_PURE_COMMIT == 0 || MDBX_NOSUCCESS_PURE_COMMIT == 1)
+#error MDBX_NOSUCCESS_PURE_COMMIT must be defined as 0 or 1
+#endif /* MDBX_NOSUCCESS_PURE_COMMIT */
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /** Win32 File Locking API for \ref MDBX_LOCKING */
diff --git a/src/txn.c b/src/txn.c
index b98eb685..7dc2aa78 100644
--- a/src/txn.c
+++ b/src/txn.c
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ int txn_basal_commit(MDBX_txn *txn, struct commit_timestamp *ts) {
       (txn->flags & (MDBX_TXN_DIRTY | MDBX_TXN_SPILLS)) == 0) {
     TXN_FOREACH_DBI_ALL(txn, i) { tASSERT(txn, !(txn->dbi_state[i] & DBI_DIRTY)); }
     /* fast completion of pure transaction */
-    return MDBX_RESULT_TRUE;
+    return MDBX_NOSUCCESS_PURE_COMMIT ? MDBX_RESULT_TRUE : MDBX_SUCCESS;
   }
 
   DEBUG("committing txn %" PRIaTXN " %p on env %p, root page %" PRIaPGNO "/%" PRIaPGNO, txn->txnid, (void *)txn,