diff --git a/lib/transaction.js b/lib/transaction.js
index dfb9926..f01b406 100644
--- a/lib/transaction.js
+++ b/lib/transaction.js
@@ -85,7 +85,13 @@ Transaction.begin = function(connector, options, cb) {
       return cb(err);
     }
     var tx = connection;
-    if (!(connection instanceof Transaction)) {
+
+    // When the connector and juggler node module have different version of this module as a dependency,
+    // the transaction is not an instanceof Transaction.
+    // i.e. (connection instanceof Transaction) == false
+    // Check for existence of required functions and properties, instead of prototype inheritance.
+    if (connection.connector == undefined || connection.connection == undefined ||
+      connection.commit == undefined || connection.rollback == undefined) {
       tx = new Transaction(connector, connection);
     }
     cb(err, tx);
diff --git a/test/transaction.test.js b/test/transaction.test.js
index ef53528..f586c35 100644
--- a/test/transaction.test.js
+++ b/test/transaction.test.js
@@ -194,4 +194,45 @@ describe('transactions', function() {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('transaction instance', function() {
+    function TestTransaction(connector, connection) {
+      this.connector = connector;
+      this.connection = connection;
+    }
+    Object.assign(TestTransaction.prototype, Transaction.prototype);
+    TestTransaction.prototype.foo = true;
+    function beginTransaction(isolationLevel, cb) {
+      return cb(null, new TestTransaction(testConnector, {}));
+    };
+
+    it('should do nothing when transaction is like a Transaction', function(done) {
+      testConnector.initialize(db, function(err, resultConnector) {
+        resultConnector.beginTransaction = beginTransaction;
+        Transaction.begin(resultConnector, Transaction.READ_COMMITTED,
+          function(err, result) {
+            if (err) done(err);
+            expect(result).to.be.instanceof(TestTransaction);
+            expect(result.foo).to.equal(true);
+            done();
+          });
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should create new instance when transaction is not like a Transaction',
+      function(done) {
+        testConnector.initialize(db, function(err, resultConnector) {
+          resultConnector.beginTransaction = beginTransaction;
+          delete TestTransaction.prototype.commit;
+          Transaction.begin(resultConnector, Transaction.READ_COMMITTED,
+            function(err, result) {
+              if (err) done(err);
+              expect(result).to.not.be.instanceof(TestTransaction);
+              expect(result).to.be.instanceof(Transaction);
+              expect(result.foo).to.equal(undefined);
+              done();
+            });
+        });
+      });
+  });
 });