diff --git a/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteConnectionOptions.ts b/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteConnectionOptions.ts
index 9155047e4f..8e092b9c69 100644
--- a/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteConnectionOptions.ts
+++ b/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteConnectionOptions.ts
@@ -20,4 +20,24 @@ export interface SqliteConnectionOptions extends BaseConnectionOptions {
      */
     readonly key?: string;
 
-}
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+    /**
+     * In your SQLite application when you perform parallel writes its common to face SQLITE_BUSY error.
+     * This error indicates that SQLite failed to write to the database file since someone else already writes into it.
+     * Since SQLite cannot handle parallel saves this error cannot be avoided.
+     *
+     * To simplify life's of those who have this error this particular option sets a timeout within which ORM will try
+     * to perform requested write operation again and again until it receives SQLITE_BUSY error.
+     *
+     * Enabling WAL can improve your app performance and face less SQLITE_BUSY issues.
+     * Time in milliseconds.
+     */
+    readonly busyErrorRetry?: number;
+
+    /**
+     * Enables WAL mode. By default its disabled.
+     *
+     * @see https://www.sqlite.org/wal.html
+     */
+    readonly enableWAL?: boolean;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteDriver.ts b/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteDriver.ts
index fd271d72f2..aa27e36544 100644
--- a/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteDriver.ts
+++ b/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteDriver.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ export class SqliteDriver extends AbstractSqliteDriver {
             });
         }
 
+        if (this.options.enableWAL) {
+            await run(`PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;`);
+        }
+
         // we need to enable foreign keys in sqlite to make sure all foreign key related features
         // working properly. this also makes onDelete to work with sqlite.
         await run(`PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;`);
diff --git a/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteQueryRunner.ts b/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteQueryRunner.ts
index 6e5a55d885..308bb72855 100644
--- a/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteQueryRunner.ts
+++ b/src/driver/sqlite/SqliteQueryRunner.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {QueryRunnerAlreadyReleasedError} from "../../error/QueryRunnerAlreadyReleasedError";
 import {QueryFailedError} from "../../error/QueryFailedError";
 import {AbstractSqliteQueryRunner} from "../sqlite-abstract/AbstractSqliteQueryRunner";
+import {SqliteConnectionOptions} from "./SqliteConnectionOptions";
 import {SqliteDriver} from "./SqliteDriver";
 import {Broadcaster} from "../../subscriber/Broadcaster";
 
@@ -36,10 +37,30 @@ export class SqliteQueryRunner extends AbstractSqliteQueryRunner {
             throw new QueryRunnerAlreadyReleasedError();
 
         const connection = this.driver.connection;
+        const options = connection.options as SqliteConnectionOptions;
 
         return new Promise<any[]>(async (ok, fail) => {
 
+            const databaseConnection = await this.connect();
+            this.driver.connection.logger.logQuery(query, parameters, this);
+            const queryStartTime = +new Date();
+            const isInsertQuery = query.substr(0, 11) === "INSERT INTO";
+
+            const execute = async () => {
+                if (isInsertQuery) {
+                    databaseConnection.run(query, parameters, handler);
+                } else {
+                    databaseConnection.all(query, parameters, handler);
+                }
+            };
+
             const handler = function (err: any, result: any) {
+                if (err && err.toString().indexOf("SQLITE_BUSY:") !== -1) {
+                    if (typeof options.busyErrorRetry === "number" && options.busyErrorRetry > 0) {
+                        setTimeout(execute, options.busyErrorRetry);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
 
                 // log slow queries if maxQueryExecution time is set
                 const maxQueryExecutionTime = connection.options.maxQueryExecutionTime;
@@ -56,15 +77,7 @@ export class SqliteQueryRunner extends AbstractSqliteQueryRunner {
                 }
             };
 
-            const databaseConnection = await this.connect();
-            this.driver.connection.logger.logQuery(query, parameters, this);
-            const queryStartTime = +new Date();
-            const isInsertQuery = query.substr(0, 11) === "INSERT INTO";
-            if (isInsertQuery) {
-                databaseConnection.run(query, parameters, handler);
-            } else {
-                databaseConnection.all(query, parameters, handler);
-            }
+            await execute();
         });
     }
-}
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+}
diff --git a/test/functional/sqlite/enable-wal.ts b/test/functional/sqlite/enable-wal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1af701ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/sqlite/enable-wal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import "reflect-metadata";
+import {expect} from "chai";
+import {Connection} from "../../../src/connection/Connection";
+import {closeTestingConnections, createTestingConnections, reloadTestingDatabases} from "../../utils/test-utils";
+
+describe("sqlite driver > enable wal", () => {
+    let connections: Connection[];
+    before(async () => connections = await createTestingConnections({
+        entities: [],
+        enabledDrivers: ["sqlite"],
+        driverSpecific: {
+            enableWAL: true
+        }
+    }));
+    beforeEach(() => reloadTestingDatabases(connections));
+    after(() => closeTestingConnections(connections));
+
+    it("should set the journal mode as expected", () => Promise.all(connections.map(async connection => {
+        // if we come this far, test was successful as a connection was established
+        const result = await connection.query('PRAGMA journal_mode');
+
+        expect(result).to.eql([{ journal_mode: 'wal'}]);
+    })));
+});