diff --git a/postgres/__init__.py b/postgres/__init__.py
index 7c529bf..69b5a11 100644
--- a/postgres/__init__.py
+++ b/postgres/__init__.py
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
 from inspect import isclass
 from postgres.context_managers import (
     ConnectionContextManager, CursorContextManager, CursorSubcontextManager,
+    ConnectionCursorContextManager,
 )
 from postgres.cursors import (
     make_dict, make_namedtuple, return_tuple_as_is,
@@ -695,7 +696,14 @@ def cursor(self, back_as=None, **kw):
                 cursor.back_as = back_as
             return cursor
 
-        get_cursor = cursor
+        def get_cursor(self, cursor=None, **kw):
+            if cursor:
+                if cursor.connection is not self:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        "the provided cursor is from a different connection"
+                    )
+                return CursorSubcontextManager(cursor, **kw)
+            return ConnectionCursorContextManager(self, **kw)
 
     return Connection
 
diff --git a/postgres/context_managers.py b/postgres/context_managers.py
index e92af78..9ee6a3d 100644
--- a/postgres/context_managers.py
+++ b/postgres/context_managers.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 class CursorContextManager(object):
     """Instantiated once per :func:`~postgres.Postgres.get_cursor` call.
 
-    :param pool: see :mod:`psycopg2.pool`
+    :param pool: see :mod:`psycopg2_pool`
     :param bool autocommit: see :attr:`psycopg2:connection.autocommit`
     :param bool readonly: see :attr:`psycopg2:connection.readonly`
     :param \**cursor_kwargs: passed to :meth:`psycopg2:connection.cursor`
@@ -49,6 +49,48 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         self.pool.putconn(self.conn)
 
 
+class ConnectionCursorContextManager(object):
+    """Creates a cursor from the given connection, then wraps it in a context
+    manager that automatically commits or rolls back the changes on exit.
+
+    :param conn: a :class:`psycopg2:connection`
+    :param bool autocommit: see :attr:`psycopg2:connection.autocommit`
+    :param bool readonly: see :attr:`psycopg2:connection.readonly`
+    :param \**cursor_kwargs: passed to :meth:`psycopg2:connection.cursor`
+
+    During construction, the connection's :attr:`autocommit` and :attr:`readonly`
+    attributes are set, then :meth:`psycopg2:connection.cursor` is called with
+    `cursor_kwargs`.
+
+    Upon exit of the ``with`` block, the connection is rolled back if an
+    exception was raised, or committed otherwise. There are two exceptions to
+    this:
+
+    1. if :attr:`autocommit` is :obj:`True`, then the connection is neither
+       rolled back nor committed;
+    2. if :attr:`readonly` is :obj:`True`, then the connection is always rolled
+       back, never committed.
+
+    In all cases the cursor is closed.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ('conn', 'cursor')
+
+    def __init__(self, conn, autocommit=False, readonly=False, **cursor_kwargs):
+        conn.autocommit = autocommit
+        conn.readonly = readonly
+        self.conn = conn
+        self.cursor = conn.cursor(**cursor_kwargs)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self.cursor
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        self.cursor.close()
+        self.conn.__exit__(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb)
+
+
 class CursorSubcontextManager(object):
     """Wraps a cursor so that it can be used for a subtransaction.
 
@@ -78,7 +120,7 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
 class ConnectionContextManager(object):
     """Instantiated once per :func:`~postgres.Postgres.get_connection` call.
 
-    :param pool: see :mod:`psycopg2.pool`
+    :param pool: see :mod:`psycopg2_pool`
     :param bool autocommit: see :attr:`psycopg2:connection.autocommit`
     :param bool readonly: see :attr:`psycopg2:connection.readonly`
 
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index ee037ed..3a84362 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -315,11 +315,16 @@ def test_connection_has_get_cursor_method(self):
         with self.db.get_connection() as conn:
             with conn.get_cursor() as cursor:
                 cursor.execute("DELETE FROM foo WHERE bar = 'baz'")
-            with conn.get_cursor(cursor_factory=SimpleDictCursor) as cursor:
-                cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM foo ORDER BY bar")
-                actual = cursor.fetchall()
+        with self.db.get_cursor(cursor_factory=SimpleDictCursor) as cursor:
+            cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM foo ORDER BY bar")
+            actual = cursor.fetchall()
         assert actual == [{"bar": "buz"}]
 
+    def test_get_cursor_method_checks_cursor_argument(self):
+        with self.db.get_connection() as conn, self.db.get_cursor() as cursor:
+            with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                conn.get_cursor(cursor=cursor)
+
 
 # orm
 # ===