diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/ISQLServerConnection.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/ISQLServerConnection.java
index 24dbae335..7ab7772d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/ISQLServerConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/ISQLServerConnection.java
@@ -497,4 +497,19 @@ CallableStatement prepareCall(String sql, int nType, int nConcur, int nHold,
      *        A boolean that indicates if the driver should calculate precision from inputted big decimal values.
      */
     void setCalcBigDecimalPrecision(boolean calcBigDecimalPrecision);
+
+     /**
+     * Specifies the flag for using Bulk Copy API for batch insert operations.
+     * 
+     * @param useBulkCopyForBatchInsert
+     *        boolean value for useBulkCopyForBatchInsert.
+     */
+    void setUseBulkCopyForBatchInsert(boolean useBulkCopyForBatchInsert) ;
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns the useBulkCopyForBatchInsert value.
+     * 
+     * @return flag for using Bulk Copy API for batch insert operations.
+     */
+    boolean getUseBulkCopyForBatchInsert();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnection.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnection.java
index 80310b188..31b1d4c14 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnection.java
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ final int getSocketTimeoutMilliseconds() {
      * 
      * @return flag for using Bulk Copy API for batch insert operations.
      */
+    @Override
     public boolean getUseBulkCopyForBatchInsert() {
         return useBulkCopyForBatchInsert;
     }
@@ -798,6 +799,7 @@ public boolean getUseBulkCopyForBatchInsert() {
      * @param useBulkCopyForBatchInsert
      *        boolean value for useBulkCopyForBatchInsert.
      */
+    @Override
     public void setUseBulkCopyForBatchInsert(boolean useBulkCopyForBatchInsert) {
         this.useBulkCopyForBatchInsert = useBulkCopyForBatchInsert;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnectionPoolProxy.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnectionPoolProxy.java
index 33b8b7cf8..4c40b01c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnectionPoolProxy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnectionPoolProxy.java
@@ -712,4 +712,24 @@ public boolean getCalcBigDecimalPrecision() {
     public void setCalcBigDecimalPrecision(boolean calcBigDecimalPrecision) {
         wrappedConnection.setCalcBigDecimalPrecision(calcBigDecimalPrecision);
     }
+    /**
+     * Returns the useBulkCopyForBatchInsert value.
+     * 
+     * @return flag for using Bulk Copy API for batch insert operations.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean getUseBulkCopyForBatchInsert() {
+    		return wrappedConnection.getUseBulkCopyForBatchInsert();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the flag for using Bulk Copy API for batch insert operations.
+     * 
+     * @param useBulkCopyForBatchInsert
+     *        boolean value for useBulkCopyForBatchInsert.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setUseBulkCopyForBatchInsert(boolean useBulkCopyForBatchInsert) {
+    		wrappedConnection.setUseBulkCopyForBatchInsert(useBulkCopyForBatchInsert);
+    }
 }