diff --git a/framework/db/Command.php b/framework/db/Command.php
index 0fb099a..3531fa7 100644
--- a/framework/db/Command.php
+++ b/framework/db/Command.php
@@ -485,16 +485,41 @@ class Command extends \yii\base\Component
 	 *
 	 * @param string $table the table that new rows will be inserted into.
 	 * @param array $columns the column data (name=>value) to be inserted into the table.
-	 * @param array $params the parameters to be bound to the command
 	 * @return Command the command object itself
 	 */
-	public function insert($table, $columns, $params = array())
+	public function insert($table, $columns)
 	{
+		$params = array();
 		$sql = $this->db->getQueryBuilder()->insert($table, $columns, $params);
 		return $this->setSql($sql)->bindValues($params);
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Creates a batch INSERT command.
+	 * For example,
+	 *
+	 * ~~~
+	 * $connection->createCommand()->batchInsert('tbl_user', array('name', 'age'), array(
+	 *     array('Tom', 30),
+	 *     array('Jane', 20),
+	 *     array('Linda', 25),
+	 * ))->execute();
+	 * ~~~
+	 *
+	 * Not that the values in each row must match the corresponding column names.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $table the table that new rows will be inserted into.
+	 * @param array $columns the column names
+	 * @param array $rows the rows to be batch inserted into the table
+	 * @return Command the command object itself
+	 */
+	public function batchInsert($table, $columns, $rows)
+	{
+		$sql = $this->db->getQueryBuilder()->batchInsert($table, $columns, $rows);
+		return $this->setSql($sql);
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Creates an UPDATE command.
 	 * For example,
 	 *
diff --git a/framework/db/QueryBuilder.php b/framework/db/QueryBuilder.php
index d40da91..35bfcb3 100644
--- a/framework/db/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/framework/db/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -115,6 +115,33 @@ class QueryBuilder extends \yii\base\Object
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Generates a batch INSERT SQL statement.
+	 * For example,
+	 *
+	 * ~~~
+	 * $connection->createCommand()->batchInsert('tbl_user', array('name', 'age'), array(
+	 *     array('Tom', 30),
+	 *     array('Jane', 20),
+	 *     array('Linda', 25),
+	 * ))->execute();
+	 * ~~~
+	 *
+	 * Not that the values in each row must match the corresponding column names.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $table the table that new rows will be inserted into.
+	 * @param array $columns the column names
+	 * @param array $rows the rows to be batch inserted into the table
+	 * @param array $params the parameters to be bound to the command
+	 * @return string the batch INSERT SQL statement
+	 * @throws NotSupportedException if this is not supported by the underlying DBMS
+	 */
+	public function batchInsert($table, $columns, $rows, $params = array())
+	{
+		throw new NotSupportedException($this->db->getDriverName() . ' does not support batch insert.');
+
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Creates an UPDATE SQL statement.
 	 * For example,
 	 *
diff --git a/framework/db/mysql/QueryBuilder.php b/framework/db/mysql/QueryBuilder.php
index 73986af..6168409 100644
--- a/framework/db/mysql/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/framework/db/mysql/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -129,4 +129,39 @@ class QueryBuilder extends \yii\db\QueryBuilder
 	{
 		return 'SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=' . ($check ? 1 : 0);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates a batch INSERT SQL statement.
+	 * For example,
+	 *
+	 * ~~~
+	 * $connection->createCommand()->batchInsert('tbl_user', array('name', 'age'), array(
+	 *     array('Tom', 30),
+	 *     array('Jane', 20),
+	 *     array('Linda', 25),
+	 * ))->execute();
+	 * ~~~
+	 *
+	 * Not that the values in each row must match the corresponding column names.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $table the table that new rows will be inserted into.
+	 * @param array $columns the column names
+	 * @param array $rows the rows to be batch inserted into the table
+	 * @return string the batch INSERT SQL statement
+	 */
+	public function batchInsert($table, $columns, $rows)
+	{
+		$values = array();
+		foreach ($rows as $row) {
+			$vs = array();
+			foreach ($row as $value) {
+				$vs[] = is_string($value) ? $this->db->quoteValue($value) : $value;
+			}
+			$values[] = $vs;
+		}
+
+		return 'INSERT INTO ' . $this->db->quoteTableName($table)
+			. ' (' . implode(', ', $columns) . ') VALUES ('
+			. implode(', ', $values) . ')';
+	}
 }