diff --git a/lib/modules/firestore/Transaction.js b/lib/modules/firestore/Transaction.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21f7699d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/modules/firestore/Transaction.js
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/**
+ * @flow
+ * Firestore Transaction representation wrapper
+ */
+import { mergeFieldPathData } from './utils';
+import { buildNativeMap } from './utils/serialize';
+
+import type Firestore from './';
+import type { TransactionMeta } from './TransactionHandler';
+import type DocumentReference from './DocumentReference';
+import type DocumentSnapshot from './DocumentSnapshot';
+import { isObject, isString } from '../../utils';
+import FieldPath from './FieldPath';
+import { getNativeModule } from '../../utils/native';
+
+type Command = {
+  type: 'set' | 'update' | 'delete',
+  path: string,
+  data: ?{ [string]: any },
+  options: ?{ merge: boolean },
+};
+
+type SetOptions = {
+  merge: boolean,
+};
+
+/**
+ * @class Transaction
+ */
+export default class Transaction {
+  _pendingResult: ?any;
+  _firestore: Firestore;
+  _meta: TransactionMeta;
+  _commandBuffer: Array<Command>;
+
+  constructor(firestore: Firestore, meta: TransactionMeta) {
+    this._meta = meta;
+    this._commandBuffer = [];
+    this._firestore = firestore;
+    this._pendingResult = undefined;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * -------------
+   * INTERNAL API
+   * -------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Clears the command buffer and any pending result in prep for
+   * the next transaction iteration attempt.
+   *
+   * @private
+   */
+  _prepare() {
+    this._commandBuffer = [];
+    this._pendingResult = undefined;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * -------------
+   *  PUBLIC API
+   * -------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Reads the document referenced by the provided DocumentReference.
+   *
+   * @param documentRef DocumentReference A reference to the document to be retrieved. Value must not be null.
+   *
+   * @returns Promise<DocumentSnapshot>
+   */
+  get(documentRef: DocumentReference): Promise<DocumentSnapshot> {
+    // todo validate doc ref
+    return getNativeModule(this._firestore).transactionGetDocument(
+      this._meta.id,
+      documentRef.path
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Writes to the document referred to by the provided DocumentReference.
+   * If the document does not exist yet, it will be created. If you pass options,
+   * the provided data can be merged into the existing document.
+   *
+   * @param documentRef DocumentReference A reference to the document to be created. Value must not be null.
+   * @param data Object An object of the fields and values for the document.
+   * @param options SetOptions An object to configure the set behavior.
+   *        Pass {merge: true} to only replace the values specified in the data argument.
+   *        Fields omitted will remain untouched.
+   *
+   * @returns {Transaction}
+   */
+  set(
+    documentRef: DocumentReference,
+    data: Object,
+    options?: SetOptions
+  ): Transaction {
+    // todo validate doc ref
+    // todo validate data is object
+    this._commandBuffer.push({
+      type: 'set',
+      path: documentRef.path,
+      data: buildNativeMap(data),
+      options,
+    });
+
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Updates fields in the document referred to by this DocumentReference.
+   * The update will fail if applied to a document that does not exist. Nested
+   * fields can be updated by providing dot-separated field path strings or by providing FieldPath objects.
+   *
+   * @param documentRef DocumentReference A reference to the document to be updated. Value must not be null.
+   * @param args any Either an object containing all of the fields and values to update,
+   *        or a series of arguments alternating between fields (as string or FieldPath
+   *        objects) and values.
+   *
+   * @returns {Transaction}
+   */
+  update(documentRef: DocumentReference, ...args: Array<any>): Transaction {
+    // todo validate doc ref
+    let data = {};
+    if (args.length === 1) {
+      if (!isObject(args[0])) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Transaction.update failed: If using a single data argument, it must be an object.'
+        );
+      }
+
+      [data] = args;
+    } else if (args.length % 2 === 1) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'Transaction.update failed: Must have either a single object data argument, or equal numbers of data key/value pairs.'
+      );
+    } else {
+      for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i += 2) {
+        const key = args[i];
+        const value = args[i + 1];
+        if (isString(key)) {
+          data[key] = value;
+        } else if (key instanceof FieldPath) {
+          data = mergeFieldPathData(data, key._segments, value);
+        } else {
+          throw new Error(
+            `Transaction.update failed: Argument at index ${i} must be a string or FieldPath`
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    this._commandBuffer.push({
+      type: 'update',
+      path: documentRef.path,
+      data: buildNativeMap(data),
+    });
+
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Deletes the document referred to by the provided DocumentReference.
+   *
+   * @param documentRef DocumentReference A reference to the document to be deleted. Value must not be null.
+   *
+   * @returns {Transaction}
+   */
+  delete(documentRef: DocumentReference): Transaction {
+    // todo validate doc ref
+    this._commandBuffer.push({
+      type: 'delete',
+      path: documentRef.path,
+    });
+
+    return this;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/modules/firestore/TransactionHandler.js b/lib/modules/firestore/TransactionHandler.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e51c1fcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/modules/firestore/TransactionHandler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+/**
+ * @flow
+ * Firestore Transaction representation wrapper
+ */
+import { getAppEventName, SharedEventEmitter } from '../../utils/events';
+import { getLogger } from '../../utils/log';
+import { getNativeModule } from '../../utils/native';
+import Transaction from './Transaction';
+import type Firestore from './';
+
+let transactionId = 0;
+
+/**
+ * Uses the push id generator to create a transaction id
+ * @returns {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+const generateTransactionId = (): number => transactionId++;
+
+export type TransactionMeta = {
+  id: number,
+  stack: Array<string>,
+  reject: null | Function,
+  resolve: null | Function,
+  transaction: Transaction,
+  updateFunction: (transaction: Transaction) => Promise<any>,
+};
+
+type TransactionEvent = {
+  id: number,
+  type: 'update' | 'error' | 'complete',
+  error: ?{ code: string, message: string },
+};
+
+/**
+ * @class TransactionHandler
+ */
+export default class TransactionHandler {
+  _firestore: Firestore;
+  _transactionListener: Function;
+  _pending: { [number]: TransactionMeta };
+
+  constructor(firestore: Firestore) {
+    this._pending = {};
+    this._firestore = firestore;
+    this._transactionListener = SharedEventEmitter.addListener(
+      getAppEventName(this._firestore, 'firestore_transaction_event'),
+      this._handleTransactionEvent.bind(this)
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * -------------
+   * INTERNAL API
+   * -------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Add a new transaction and start it natively.
+   * @param updateFunction
+   */
+  _add(
+    updateFunction: (transaction: Transaction) => Promise<any>
+  ): Promise<any> {
+    const id = generateTransactionId();
+    const meta = {
+      id,
+      reject: null,
+      resolve: null,
+      updateFunction,
+      stack: new Error().stack.slice(1),
+    };
+
+    meta.transaction = new Transaction(this._firestore, meta);
+    this._pending[id] = meta;
+
+    // deferred promise
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      getNativeModule(this._firestore).transactionBegin(id);
+      meta.resolve = r => {
+        resolve(r);
+        this._remove(id);
+      };
+      meta.reject = e => {
+        reject(e);
+        this._remove(id);
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Destroys a local instance of a transaction meta
+   *
+   * @param id
+   * @param pendingAbort Notify native that there's still an transaction in
+   *        progress that needs aborting - this is to handle a JS side
+   *        exception
+   * @private
+   */
+  _remove(id, pendingAbort = false) {
+    // todo confirm pending arg no longer needed
+    getNativeModule(this._firestore).transactionDispose(id, pendingAbort);
+    // TODO may need delaying to next event loop
+    delete this._pending[id];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * -------------
+   *    EVENTS
+   * -------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Handles incoming native transaction events and distributes to correct
+   * internal handler by event.type
+   *
+   * @param event
+   * @returns {*}
+   * @private
+   */
+  _handleTransactionEvent(event: TransactionEvent) {
+    switch (event.type) {
+      case 'update':
+        return this._handleUpdate(event);
+      case 'error':
+        return this._handleError(event);
+      case 'complete':
+        return this._handleComplete(event);
+      default:
+        getLogger(this._firestore).warn(
+          `Unknown transaction event type: '${event.type}'`,
+          event
+        );
+        return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Handles incoming native transaction update events
+   *
+   * @param event
+   * @private
+   */
+  async _handleUpdate(event: TransactionEvent) {
+    const { id } = event;
+    // abort if no longer exists js side
+    if (!this._pending[id]) return this._remove(id);
+
+    const { updateFunction, transaction, reject } = this._pending[id];
+
+    // clear any saved state from previous transaction runs
+    transaction._prepare();
+
+    let finalError;
+    let updateFailed;
+    let pendingResult;
+
+    // run the users custom update functionality
+    try {
+      const possiblePromise = updateFunction(transaction);
+
+      // validate user has returned a promise in their update function
+      // TODO must it actually return a promise? Can't find any usages of it without one...
+      if (!possiblePromise || !possiblePromise.then) {
+        finalError = new Error(
+          'Update function for `firestore.runTransaction(updateFunction)` must return a Promise.'
+        );
+      } else {
+        pendingResult = await possiblePromise;
+      }
+    } catch (exception) {
+      updateFailed = true; // in case the user rejects with nothing
+      finalError = exception;
+    }
+
+    // reject the final promise and remove from native
+    if (updateFailed) {
+      return reject(finalError);
+    }
+
+    // capture the resolved result as we'll need this
+    // to resolve the runTransaction() promise when
+    // native emits that the transaction is final
+    transaction._pendingResult = pendingResult;
+
+    // send the buffered update/set/delete commands for native to process
+    return getNativeModule(this._firestore).transactionProcessUpdateResponse(
+      id,
+      transaction._commandBuffer
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Handles incoming native transaction error events
+   *
+   * @param event
+   * @private
+   */
+  _handleError(event: TransactionEvent) {
+    const { id, error } = event;
+    const meta = this._pending[id];
+
+    if (meta) {
+      const { code, message } = error;
+      // build a JS error and replace its stack
+      // with the captured one at start of transaction
+      // so it's actually relevant to the user
+      const errorWithStack = new Error(message);
+      errorWithStack.code = code;
+      errorWithStack.stack = meta.stack;
+
+      meta.reject(errorWithStack);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Handles incoming native transaction complete events
+   *
+   * @param event
+   * @private
+   */
+  _handleComplete(event: TransactionEvent) {
+    const { id } = event;
+    const meta = this._pending[id];
+
+    if (meta) {
+      const pendingResult = meta.transaction._pendingResult;
+      meta.resolve(pendingResult);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/modules/firestore/index.js b/lib/modules/firestore/index.js
index 7b5a185e..3e8d7ecd 100644
--- a/lib/modules/firestore/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/firestore/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import FieldValue from './FieldValue';
 import GeoPoint from './GeoPoint';
 import Path from './Path';
 import WriteBatch from './WriteBatch';
+import TransactionHandler from './TransactionHandler';
+import Transaction from './Transaction';
 import INTERNALS from '../../utils/internals';
 
 import type DocumentSnapshot from './DocumentSnapshot';
@@ -36,8 +38,9 @@ type DocumentSyncEvent = {
 };
 
 const NATIVE_EVENTS = [
-  'firestore_collection_sync_event',
+  'firestore_transaction_event',
   'firestore_document_sync_event',
+  'firestore_collection_sync_event',
 ];
 
 export const MODULE_NAME = 'RNFirebaseFirestore';
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ export const NAMESPACE = 'firestore';
  */
 export default class Firestore extends ModuleBase {
   _referencePath: Path;
+  _transactionHandler: TransactionHandler;
 
   constructor(app: App) {
     super(app, {
@@ -56,7 +60,9 @@ export default class Firestore extends ModuleBase {
       multiApp: true,
       namespace: NAMESPACE,
     });
+
     this._referencePath = new Path([]);
+    this._transactionHandler = new TransactionHandler(this);
 
     SharedEventEmitter.addListener(
       // sub to internal native event - this fans out to
@@ -73,11 +79,23 @@ export default class Firestore extends ModuleBase {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * -------------
+   *  PUBLIC API
+   * -------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a write batch, used for performing multiple writes as a single atomic operation.
+   *
+   * @returns {WriteBatch}
+   */
   batch(): WriteBatch {
     return new WriteBatch(this);
   }
 
   /**
+   * Gets a CollectionReference instance that refers to the collection at the specified path.
    *
    * @param collectionPath
    * @returns {CollectionReference}
@@ -92,6 +110,7 @@ export default class Firestore extends ModuleBase {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Gets a DocumentReference instance that refers to the document at the specified path.
    *
    * @param documentPath
    * @returns {DocumentReference}
@@ -105,13 +124,27 @@ export default class Firestore extends ModuleBase {
     return new DocumentReference(this, path);
   }
 
-  enablePersistence(): Promise<void> {
-    throw new Error('Persistence is enabled by default on the Firestore SDKs');
+  /**
+   * Executes the given updateFunction and then attempts to commit the
+   * changes applied within the transaction. If any document read within
+   * the transaction has changed, Cloud Firestore retries the updateFunction.
+   *
+   * If it fails to commit after 5 attempts, the transaction fails.
+   *
+   * @param updateFunction
+   * @returns {void|Promise<any>}
+   */
+  runTransaction(
+    updateFunction: (transaction: Transaction) => Promise<any>
+  ): Promise<any> {
+    return this._transactionHandler._add(updateFunction);
   }
 
-  runTransaction(): Promise<any> {
-    throw new Error('firebase.firestore().runTransaction() coming soon');
-  }
+  /**
+   * -------------
+   *  UNSUPPORTED
+   * -------------
+   */
 
   setLogLevel(): void {
     throw new Error(
@@ -121,13 +154,45 @@ export default class Firestore extends ModuleBase {
       )
     );
   }
+  enableNetwork(): void {
+    throw new Error(
+      INTERNALS.STRINGS.ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_MODULE_METHOD(
+        'firestore',
+        'enableNetwork'
+      )
+    );
+  }
+  disableNetwork(): void {
+    throw new Error(
+      INTERNALS.STRINGS.ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_MODULE_METHOD(
+        'firestore',
+        'disableNetwork'
+      )
+    );
+  }
 
+  /**
+   * -------------
+   *     MISC
+   * -------------
+   */
+
+  enablePersistence(): Promise<void> {
+    throw new Error('Persistence is enabled by default on the Firestore SDKs');
+  }
   settings(): void {
     throw new Error('firebase.firestore().settings() coming soon');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * -------------
+   *   INTERNALS
+   * -------------
+   */
+
   /**
    * Internal collection sync listener
+   *
    * @param event
    * @private
    */
@@ -147,6 +212,7 @@ export default class Firestore extends ModuleBase {
 
   /**
    * Internal document sync listener
+   *
    * @param event
    * @private
    */