diff --git a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/qc_sqlite.cc b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/qc_sqlite.cc
index bfc5c524a..0ae6e2023 100644
--- a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/qc_sqlite.cc
+++ b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/qc_sqlite.cc
@@ -1575,18 +1575,16 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
-    void mxs_sqlite3BeginTrigger(Parse* pParse,         /* The parse context of the CREATE TRIGGER statement
-                                                         * */
-                                 Token* pName1,         /* The name of the trigger */
-                                 Token* pName2,         /* The name of the trigger */
-                                 int tr_tm,             /* One of TK_BEFORE, TK_AFTER, TK_INSTEAD */
-                                 int op,                /* One of TK_INSERT, TK_UPDATE, TK_DELETE */
-                                 IdList* pColumns,      /* column list if this is an UPDATE OF trigger */
-                                 SrcList* pTableName,   /* The name of the table/view the trigger applies to
-                                                         * */
-                                 Expr* pWhen,           /* WHEN clause */
-                                 int   isTemp,          /* True if the TEMPORARY keyword is present */
-                                 int   noErr)           /* Suppress errors if the trigger already exists */
+    void mxs_sqlite3BeginTrigger(Parse* pParse,       /* The parse context of the CREATE TRIGGER statement */
+                                 Token* pName1,       /* The name of the trigger */
+                                 Token* pName2,       /* The name of the trigger */
+                                 int tr_tm,           /* One of TK_BEFORE, TK_AFTER, TK_INSTEAD */
+                                 int op,              /* One of TK_INSERT, TK_UPDATE, TK_DELETE */
+                                 IdList* pColumns,    /* column list if this is an UPDATE OF trigger */
+                                 SrcList* pTableName, /* The name of the table/view the trigger applies to */
+                                 Expr* pWhen,         /* WHEN clause */
+                                 int   isTemp,        /* True if the TEMPORARY keyword is present */
+                                 int   noErr)         /* Suppress errors if the trigger already exists */
     {
         mxb_assert(this_thread.initialized);
 
@@ -2632,6 +2630,11 @@ public:
                 m_type_mask = (QUERY_TYPE_WRITE | QUERY_TYPE_COMMIT);
                 break;
 
+            case TK_XA:
+                m_status = QC_QUERY_TOKENIZED;
+                m_type_mask = QUERY_TYPE_WRITE;
+                break;
+
             default:
                 ;
             }
diff --git a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/parse.y b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/parse.y
index 67088e537..917b68f68 100644
--- a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/parse.y
+++ b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/parse.y
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ columnid(A) ::= nm(X). {
   VALUE VIEW /*VIRTUAL*/
   /*WITH*/
   WORK
+  XA
 %endif
   .
 %wildcard ANY.
diff --git a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/tokenize.c b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/tokenize.c
index 84e4a4538..a698d29ba 100644
--- a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/tokenize.c
+++ b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/tokenize.c
@@ -626,6 +626,22 @@ int sqlite3GetToken(const unsigned char *z, int *tokenType){
       /* If it is not a BLOB literal, then it must be an ID, since no
       ** SQL keywords start with the letter 'x'.  Fall through */
     }
+#endif
+#ifdef MAXSCALE
+    // It may be the "XA" keyword.
+    // If the next character is 'a' or 'A', followed by whitespace or a
+    // comment, then we are indeed dealing with the "XA" keyword.
+    if (( z[1]=='a' || z[1]=='A' ) &&
+        (sqlite3Isspace(z[2]) ||                              // Whitespace
+         (z[2]=='/' && z[3]=='*') ||                          // Beginning of /* comment
+         (z[2]=='#') ||                                       // # eol comment
+         (z[2]=='-' && z[3]=='-' && sqlite3Isspace(z[4])))) { // --  eol comment
+      extern int maxscaleKeyword(int);
+
+      *tokenType = TK_XA;
+      maxscaleKeyword(*tokenType);
+      return 2;
+    }
 #endif
     case CC_ID: {
       i = 1;
diff --git a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/tool/mkkeywordhash.c b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/tool/mkkeywordhash.c
index 675c543c4..a8746a7df 100644
--- a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/tool/mkkeywordhash.c
+++ b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/tool/mkkeywordhash.c
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ static Keyword aKeywordTable[] = {
 #ifdef MAXSCALE
   { "WORK",             "TK_WORK",         ALWAYS                 },
   { "WRITE",            "TK_WRITE",        ALWAYS                 },
+  { "XA",               "TK_XA",           ALWAYS                 },
 #endif
   { "ZEROFILL",         "TK_ZEROFILL",     ALWAYS                 },
 };