diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionOperations.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionOperations.java
index f8c8847af0..ffec5fb708 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionOperations.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionOperations.java
@@ -44,6 +44,28 @@ public interface TransactionOperations {
 	@Nullable
 	<T> T execute(TransactionCallback<T> action) throws TransactionException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Execute the action specified by the given {@link Runnable} within a transaction.
+	 * <p>If you need to return an object from the callback or access the
+	 * {@link org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus} from within the callback,
+	 * use {@link #execute(TransactionCallback)} instead.
+	 * <p>This variant is analogous to using a {@link TransactionCallbackWithoutResult}
+	 * but with a simplified signature for common cases - and conveniently usable with
+	 * Java 8 lambda expressions.
+	 * @param action the Runnable that specifies the transactional action
+	 * @throws TransactionException in case of initialization, rollback, or system errors
+	 * @throws RuntimeException if thrown by the Runnable
+	 * @since 5.2
+	 * @see #execute(TransactionCallback)
+	 * @see TransactionCallbackWithoutResult
+	 */
+	default void execute(Runnable action) throws TransactionException {
+		execute(status -> {
+			action.run();
+			return null;
+		});
+	}
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Return an implementation of the {@code TransactionOperations} interface which
diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/WithoutTransactionOperations.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/WithoutTransactionOperations.java
index 52a289ed5f..a106f0f250 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/WithoutTransactionOperations.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/WithoutTransactionOperations.java
@@ -31,13 +31,20 @@ final class WithoutTransactionOperations implements TransactionOperations {
 
 	static final WithoutTransactionOperations INSTANCE = new WithoutTransactionOperations();
 
+
 	private WithoutTransactionOperations() {
 	}
 
+
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public <T> T execute(TransactionCallback<T> action) throws TransactionException {
 		return action.doInTransaction(new SimpleTransactionStatus(false));
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void execute(Runnable action) throws TransactionException {
+		action.run();
+	}
+
 }