diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index 5ae1d6e5..86e0b8e1 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -1973,6 +1973,8 @@ module.exports.CreateDB = function (parent, func) {
         if (props.host) { cmd += ' -h ' + props.host; }
         if (props.port) { cmd += ' -P ' + props.port; }
 
+        if (props.awsrds) { cmd += ' --single-transaction'; }
+
         // SSL options different on mariadb/mysql
         var sslOptions = '';
         if (obj.databaseType == 4) {
diff --git a/meshcentral-config-schema.json b/meshcentral-config-schema.json
index bd44e2d5..750754a2 100644
--- a/meshcentral-config-schema.json
+++ b/meshcentral-config-schema.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
             "password": { "type": "string", "description": "MariaDB password" },
             "connectionLimit": { "type": "number", "description": "MariaDB connection limit" },
             "database": { "type": "string", "default": "meshcentral", "description": "Name of MariaDB database used" },
+            "awsrds": { "type": "boolean", "default": false, "description": "Set true to resolve LOCK TABLE permissions on AWS RDS." },
             "ssl": { 
               "type": "object",
               "description": "SSL Options. Set to true (boolean) for default options.",
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
             "user": { "type": "string", "description": "MySQL username" },
             "password": { "type": "string", "description": "MySQL password" },
             "database": { "type": "string", "default": "meshcentral", "description": "Name of MySQL database used" },
+            "awsrds": { "type": "boolean", "default": false, "description": "Set true to resolve LOCK TABLE permissions on AWS RDS." },
             "ssl": { 
               "type": "object",
               "description": "SSL Options. Set to true (boolean) for default options.",