diff --git a/config/config.ini b/config/config.ini
index ab8df98..7d2b689 100644
--- a/config/config.ini
+++ b/config/config.ini
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ phpErrorLogFile = false
 ; browse section
 browseToUnitFolder = default
 
+; Whether bulk operations should generate a transaction notice on each
+; item, or only on the folder.  Default of "false" indicates that only
+; the folder transaction should occur.
+noisyBulkOperations = false
+
 [email]
 ; email settings
 emailServer = none
diff --git a/config/dmsDefaults.php b/config/dmsDefaults.php
index 3f30a3f..fb55333 100644
--- a/config/dmsDefaults.php
+++ b/config/dmsDefaults.php
@@ -403,10 +403,12 @@ class KTInit {
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("KnowledgeTree", "pathInfoSupport", false);
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("storage", "manager", 'KTOnDiskHashedStorageManager');
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("config", "useDatabaseConfiguration", false);
+            
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("tweaks", "browseToUnitFolder", false);
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("tweaks", "genericMetaDataRequired", true);
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("tweaks", "phpErrorLogFile", false);
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("tweaks", "developmentWindowLog", false);
+            $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("tweaks", "noisyBulkOperations", false);            
             
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("user_prefs", "passwordLength", 6);
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("user_prefs", "restrictAdminPasswords", false);
diff --git a/plugins/ktstandard/KTBulkExportPlugin.php b/plugins/ktstandard/KTBulkExportPlugin.php
index 63f7210..5e2adf2 100644
--- a/plugins/ktstandard/KTBulkExportPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/ktstandard/KTBulkExportPlugin.php
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/plugins/plugin.inc.php');
 require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/plugins/pluginregistry.inc.php');
 require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/browse/browseutil.inc.php');
 
+require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/config/config.inc.php');
+
 class KTBulkExportPlugin extends KTPlugin {
     var $sNamespace = "ktstandard.bulkexport.plugin";
 
@@ -60,6 +62,11 @@ class KTBulkExportAction extends KTFolderAction {
         $aQuery = $this->buildQuery();
         $this->oValidator->notError($aQuery);
         $aDocumentIds = DBUtil::getResultArrayKey($aQuery, 'id');
+        
+        $this->startTransaction();
+
+        $oKTConfig =& KTConfig::getSingleton();
+        $bNoisy = $oKTConfig->get("tweaks/noisyBulkOperations");
 
         if (empty($aDocumentIds)) {
             $this->addErrorMessage(_kt("No documents found to export"));
@@ -79,6 +86,12 @@ class KTBulkExportAction extends KTFolderAction {
         $aPaths = array();
         foreach ($aDocumentIds as $iId) {
             $oDocument = Document::get($iId);
+            
+            if ($bNoisy) {
+                $oDocumentTransaction = & new DocumentTransaction($oDocument, "Document part of bulk export", 'ktstandard.transactions.bulk_export', array());
+                $oDocumentTransaction->create();     
+            }
+            
             $sParentFolder = sprintf('%s/%s', $sTmpPath, $oDocument->getFullPath());
             $newDir = $this->sTmpPath;
             foreach (split('/', $oDocument->getFullPath()) as $dirPart) {
@@ -130,6 +143,14 @@ class KTBulkExportAction extends KTFolderAction {
         }
         pclose($fh);
 
+        $oTransaction = KTFolderTransaction::createFromArray(array(
+            'folderid' => $this->oFolder->getId(),
+            'comment' => "Bulk export",
+            'transactionNS' => 'ktstandard.transactions.bulk_export',
+            'userid' => $_SESSION['userID'],
+            'ip' => Session::getClientIP(),
+        ));
+
         $url = KTUtil::addQueryStringSelf(sprintf('action=downloadZipFile&fFolderId=%d&exportcode=%s', $this->oFolder->getId(), $sExportCode));
         printf(_kt('Go <a href="%s">here</a> to download the zip file if you are not automatically redirected there'), $url);
         printf("</div></div></body></html>\n");
@@ -140,6 +161,8 @@ class KTBulkExportAction extends KTFolderAction {
                 callLater(1, kt_bulkexport_redirect);
 
                 </script>', $url);
+                
+        $this->commitTransaction(); 
         exit(0);
     }