diff --git a/dataset/persistence/table.py b/dataset/persistence/table.py
index d0fa460..d8dafe7 100644
--- a/dataset/persistence/table.py
+++ b/dataset/persistence/table.py
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ class Table(object):
         self._check_dropped()
         if ensure:
             self._ensure_columns(row, types=types)
-        self.database.engine.execute(self.table.insert(row))
+        res = self.database.engine.execute(self.table.insert(row))
+        return res.lastrowid
 
     def insert_many(self, rows, chunk_size=1000, ensure=True, types={}):
         """
diff --git a/test/test_persistence.py b/test/test_persistence.py
index b70f527..3bc48f8 100644
--- a/test/test_persistence.py
+++ b/test/test_persistence.py
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ class TableTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_insert(self):
         assert len(self.tbl) == len(TEST_DATA), len(self.tbl)
-        self.tbl.insert({
+        last_id = self.tbl.insert({
             'date': datetime(2011, 01, 02),
             'temperature': -10,
             'place': 'Berlin'}
         )
         assert len(self.tbl) == len(TEST_DATA)+1, len(self.tbl)
+        assert self.tbl.find_one(id=last_id)['place'] == 'Berlin'
 
     def test_upsert(self):
         self.tbl.upsert({