diff --git a/dataset/chunked.py b/dataset/chunked.py
index b6820ce..312b045 100644
--- a/dataset/chunked.py
+++ b/dataset/chunked.py
@@ -1,23 +1,35 @@
 
 
+class InvalidCallback(ValueError):
+    pass
+
+
 class ChunkedInsert(object):
     """Batch up insert operations
     with ChunkedStorer(my_table) as storer:
         table.insert(row)
 
-    Rows will be inserted in groups of 1000
+    Rows will be inserted in groups of `chunksize` (defaulting to 1000). An
+    optional callback can be provided that will be called before the insert.
+    This callback takes one parameter which is the queue which is about to be
+    inserted into the database
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, table, chunksize=1000):
+    def __init__(self, table, chunksize=1000, callback=None):
         self.queue = []
         self.fields = set()
         self.table = table
         self.chunksize = chunksize
+        if callback and not callable(callback):
+            raise InvalidCallback
+        self.callback = callback
 
     def flush(self):
         for item in self.queue:
             for field in self.fields:
                 item[field] = item.get(field)
+        if self.callback is not None:
+            self.callback(self.queue)
         self.table.insert_many(self.queue)
         self.queue = []
 
diff --git a/test/test_dataset.py b/test/test_dataset.py
index ec38e2e..9d5b46e 100644
--- a/test/test_dataset.py
+++ b/test/test_dataset.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from sqlalchemy import FLOAT, TEXT, BIGINT
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError, SQLAlchemyError, ArgumentError
 
-from dataset import connect
+from dataset import connect, chunked
 
 from .sample_data import TEST_DATA, TEST_CITY_1
 
@@ -394,6 +394,25 @@ class TableTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.tbl.insert_many(data, chunk_size=13)
         assert len(self.tbl) == len(data) + 6
 
+    def test_chunked_insert(self):
+        data = TEST_DATA * 100
+        with  chunked.ChunkedInsert(self.tbl) as chunk_tbl:
+            for item in data:
+                chunk_tbl.insert(item)
+        assert len(self.tbl) == len(data) + 6
+
+    def test_chunked_insert_callback(self):
+        data = TEST_DATA * 100
+        N = 0
+        def callback(queue):
+            nonlocal N
+            N += len(queue)
+        with  chunked.ChunkedInsert(self.tbl, callback=callback) as chunk_tbl:
+            for item in data:
+                chunk_tbl.insert(item)
+        assert len(data) == N
+        assert len(self.tbl) == len(data) + 6
+
     def test_update_many(self):
         tbl = self.db['update_many_test']
         tbl.insert_many([