diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DB2Dialect.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DB2Dialect.java
index c8f623e0d3..acdc2bb514 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DB2Dialect.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DB2Dialect.java
@@ -393,4 +393,8 @@ public class DB2Dialect extends Dialect {
 	public boolean supportsLobValueChangePropogation() {
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	public boolean doesReadCommittedCauseWritersToBlockReaders() {
+		return true;
+	}
 }