diff --git a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/qc_sqlite.c b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/qc_sqlite.c
index 7d5d8b44b..22c9cfca4 100644
--- a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/qc_sqlite.c
+++ b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/qc_sqlite.c
@@ -1536,15 +1536,18 @@ void mxs_sqlite3Analyze(Parse* pParse, SrcList* pSrcList)
     exposed_sqlite3SrcListDelete(pParse->db, pSrcList);
 }
 
-void mxs_sqlite3BeginTransaction(Parse* pParse, int type)
+void mxs_sqlite3BeginTransaction(Parse* pParse, int token, int type)
 {
     QC_TRACE();
 
     QC_SQLITE_INFO* info = this_thread.info;
     ss_dassert(info);
 
-    info->status = QC_QUERY_PARSED;
-    info->type_mask = QUERY_TYPE_BEGIN_TRX | type;
+    if ((this_unit.sql_mode != QC_SQL_MODE_ORACLE) || (token == TK_START))
+    {
+        info->status = QC_QUERY_PARSED;
+        info->type_mask = QUERY_TYPE_BEGIN_TRX | type;
+    }
 }
 
 void mxs_sqlite3BeginTrigger(Parse *pParse,      /* The parse context of the CREATE TRIGGER statement */
@@ -2465,10 +2468,19 @@ void maxscaleLock(Parse* pParse, mxs_lock_t type, SrcList* pTables)
     }
 }
 
-void maxscaleKeyword(int token)
+/**
+ * Register the tokenization of a keyword.
+ *
+ * @param token A keyword code (check generated parse.h)
+ *
+ * @return Non-zero if all input should be consumed, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int maxscaleKeyword(int token)
 {
     QC_TRACE();
 
+    int rv = 0;
+
     QC_SQLITE_INFO* info = this_thread.info;
     ss_dassert(info);
 
@@ -2493,6 +2505,18 @@ void maxscaleKeyword(int token)
             info->operation = QUERY_OP_ALTER;
             break;
 
+        case TK_BEGIN:
+            if (this_unit.sql_mode == QC_SQL_MODE_ORACLE)
+            {
+                // The beginning of a BLOCK. We'll assume it is in a single
+                // COM_QUERY packet and hence one GWBUF.
+                info->status = QC_QUERY_TOKENIZED;
+                info->type_mask = QUERY_TYPE_WRITE;
+                // Return non-0 to cause the entire input to be consumed.
+                rv = 1;
+            }
+            break;
+
         case TK_CALL:
             info->status = QC_QUERY_TOKENIZED;
             info->type_mask = QUERY_TYPE_WRITE;
@@ -2683,6 +2707,8 @@ void maxscaleKeyword(int token)
             }
         }
     }
+
+    return rv;
 }
 
 void maxscaleRenameTable(Parse* pParse, SrcList* pTables)
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 2555ab7bd..79b819be4 100644
--- a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/parse.y
+++ b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/parse.y
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ typedef enum qc_field_usage
 extern void mxs_sqlite3AlterFinishAddColumn(Parse *, Token *);
 extern void mxs_sqlite3AlterBeginAddColumn(Parse *, SrcList *);
 extern void mxs_sqlite3Analyze(Parse *, SrcList *);
-extern void mxs_sqlite3BeginTransaction(Parse*, int);
+extern void mxs_sqlite3BeginTransaction(Parse*, int token, int type);
 extern void mxs_sqlite3CommitTransaction(Parse*);
 extern void mxs_sqlite3CreateIndex(Parse*,Token*,Token*,SrcList*,ExprList*,int,Token*,
                                    Expr*, int, int);
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ cmdx ::= cmd.           { sqlite3FinishCoding(pParse); }
 %ifdef MAXSCALE
 work_opt ::= WORK.
 work_opt ::= .
-cmd ::= BEGIN work_opt. {mxs_sqlite3BeginTransaction(pParse, 0);} // BEGIN [WORK]
+cmd ::= BEGIN work_opt. {mxs_sqlite3BeginTransaction(pParse, TK_BEGIN, 0);} // BEGIN [WORK]
 %endif
 %ifndef MAXSCALE
 cmd ::= BEGIN transtype(Y) trans_opt.  {sqlite3BeginTransaction(pParse, Y);}
@@ -3256,7 +3256,7 @@ start_transaction_characteristics(A) ::=
 }
 
 cmd ::= START TRANSACTION start_transaction_characteristics(X). {
-  mxs_sqlite3BeginTransaction(pParse, X);
+  mxs_sqlite3BeginTransaction(pParse, TK_START, X);
 }
 
 //////////////////////// The TRUNCATE statement ////////////////////////////////////
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 b358ae234..e0b171a5f 100644
--- a/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/tokenize.c
+++ b/query_classifier/qc_sqlite/sqlite-src-3110100/src/tokenize.c
@@ -568,8 +568,14 @@ int sqlite3GetToken(const unsigned char *z, int *tokenType){
         }
 
         if (*tokenType != TK_ID) {
-          extern void maxscaleKeyword(int);
-          maxscaleKeyword(*tokenType);
+          extern int maxscaleKeyword(int);
+          if (maxscaleKeyword(*tokenType) != 0)
+          {
+            /* Consume the entire string. */
+            while ( z[i] ) {
+              ++i;
+            }
+          }
         }
       }
       return i;