diff --git a/dataset/chunked.py b/dataset/chunked.py
index 312b045..a5ca158 100644
--- a/dataset/chunked.py
+++ b/dataset/chunked.py
@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
+import itertools
 
 
 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 `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, callback=None):
+class _Chunker(object):
+    def __init__(self, table, chunksize, callback):
         self.queue = []
-        self.fields = set()
         self.table = table
         self.chunksize = chunksize
         if callback and not callable(callback):
@@ -25,16 +15,9 @@ class ChunkedInsert(object):
         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 = []
+        self.queue.clear()
 
-    def insert(self, item):
-        self.fields.update(item.keys())
+    def _queue_add(self, item):
         self.queue.append(item)
         if len(self.queue) >= self.chunksize:
             self.flush()
@@ -44,3 +27,59 @@ class ChunkedInsert(object):
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         self.flush()
+
+
+class ChunkedInsert(_Chunker):
+    """Batch up insert operations
+    with ChunkedInsert(my_table) as inserter:
+        inserter(row)
+
+    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, callback=None):
+        self.fields = set()
+        super().__init__(table, chunksize, callback)
+
+    def insert(self, item):
+        self.fields.update(item.keys())
+        super()._queue_add(item)
+
+    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)
+        super().flush()
+
+
+class ChunkedUpdate(_Chunker):
+    """Batch up update operations
+    with ChunkedUpdate(my_table) as updater:
+        updater(row)
+
+    Rows will be updated in groups of `chunksize` (defaulting to 1000). An
+    optional callback can be provided that will be called before the update.
+    This callback takes one parameter which is the queue which is about to be
+    updated into the database
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, table, keys, chunksize=1000, callback=None):
+        self.keys = keys
+        super().__init__(table, chunksize, callback)
+
+    def update(self, item):
+        super()._queue_add(item)
+
+    def flush(self):
+        if self.callback is not None:
+            self.callback(self.queue)
+        self.queue.sort(key=dict.keys)
+        for fields, items in itertools.groupby(self.queue, key=dict.keys):
+            self.table.update_many(list(items), self.keys)
+        super().flush()
diff --git a/test/test_dataset.py b/test/test_dataset.py
index 8f24dd1..e5cecd6 100644
--- a/test/test_dataset.py
+++ b/test/test_dataset.py
@@ -426,6 +426,22 @@ class TableTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         # Ensure data has been updated.
         assert tbl.find_one(id=1)['temp'] == tbl.find_one(id=3)['temp']
 
+    def test_chunked_update(self):
+        tbl = self.db['update_many_test']
+        tbl.insert_many([
+            dict(temp=10, location='asdf'), dict(temp=20, location='qwer'), dict(temp=30, location='asdf')
+        ])
+
+        chunked_tbl = chunked.ChunkedUpdate(tbl, 'id')
+        chunked_tbl.update(dict(id=1, temp=50))
+        chunked_tbl.update(dict(id=2, location='asdf'))
+        chunked_tbl.update(dict(id=3, temp=50))
+        chunked_tbl.flush()
+
+        # Ensure data has been updated.
+        assert tbl.find_one(id=1)['temp'] == tbl.find_one(id=3)['temp'] == 50
+        assert tbl.find_one(id=2)['location'] == tbl.find_one(id=3)['location'] == 'asdf'
+
     def test_upsert_many(self):
         # Also tests updating on records with different attributes
         tbl = self.db['upsert_many_test']