diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 54c66b89..d17b01bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Unreleased
+
+* Conn.Begin and Conn.BeginTx return a Tx interface instead of the internal dbTx struct. This is necessary for the Conn.Begin method to signature as other methods that begin a transaction. This is technically a breaking change but practically is just a bug fix that is extremely unlikely to break any existing code.
+
 # 4.0.1 (September 19, 2019)
 
 * Fix statement cache cleanup.
diff --git a/tx.go b/tx.go
index 600983d4..5822e9f5 100644
--- a/tx.go
+++ b/tx.go
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ var ErrTxCommitRollback = errors.New("commit unexpectedly resulted in rollback")
 
 // Begin starts a transaction. Unlike database/sql, the context only affects the begin command. i.e. there is no
 // auto-rollback on context cancellation.
-func (c *Conn) Begin(ctx context.Context) (*dbTx, error) {
+func (c *Conn) Begin(ctx context.Context) (Tx, error) {
 	return c.BeginTx(ctx, TxOptions{})
 }
 
 // BeginTx starts a transaction with txOptions determining the transaction mode. Unlike database/sql, the context only
 // affects the begin command. i.e. there is no auto-rollback on context cancellation.
-func (c *Conn) BeginTx(ctx context.Context, txOptions TxOptions) (*dbTx, error) {
+func (c *Conn) BeginTx(ctx context.Context, txOptions TxOptions) (Tx, error) {
 	_, err := c.Exec(ctx, txOptions.beginSQL())
 	if err != nil {
 		// begin should never fail unless there is an underlying connection issue or