diff --git a/lib/gitlab/database.rb b/lib/gitlab/database.rb
index 43a00d6cedb..cd7b4c043da 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/database.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/database.rb
@@ -108,20 +108,41 @@ module Gitlab
       end
     end
 
-    def self.bulk_insert(table, rows)
+    # Bulk inserts a number of rows into a table, optionally returning their
+    # IDs.
+    #
+    # table - The name of the table to insert the rows into.
+    # rows - An Array of Hash instances, each mapping the columns to their
+    #        values.
+    # return_ids - When set to true the return value will be an Array of IDs of
+    #              the inserted rows, this only works on PostgreSQL.
+    def self.bulk_insert(table, rows, return_ids: false)
       return if rows.empty?
 
       keys = rows.first.keys
       columns = keys.map { |key| connection.quote_column_name(key) }
+      return_ids = false if mysql?
 
       tuples = rows.map do |row|
         row.values_at(*keys).map { |value| connection.quote(value) }
       end
 
-      connection.execute <<-EOF
+      sql = <<-EOF
         INSERT INTO #{table} (#{columns.join(', ')})
         VALUES #{tuples.map { |tuple| "(#{tuple.join(', ')})" }.join(', ')}
       EOF
+
+      if return_ids
+        sql << 'RETURNING id'
+      end
+
+      result = connection.execute(sql)
+
+      if return_ids
+        result.values.map { |tuple| tuple[0].to_i }
+      else
+        []
+      end
     end
 
     def self.sanitize_timestamp(timestamp)
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/database_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/database_spec.rb
index 7aeb85b8f5a..fcddfad3f9f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/database_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/database_spec.rb
@@ -202,6 +202,26 @@ describe Gitlab::Database do
     it 'handles non-UTF-8 data' do
       expect { described_class.bulk_insert('test', [{ a: "\255" }]) }.not_to raise_error
     end
+
+    context 'when using PostgreSQL' do
+      before do
+        allow(described_class).to receive(:mysql?).and_return(false)
+      end
+
+      it 'allows the returning of the IDs of the inserted rows' do
+        result = double(:result, values: [['10']])
+
+        expect(connection)
+          .to receive(:execute)
+          .with(/RETURNING id/)
+          .and_return(result)
+
+        ids = described_class
+          .bulk_insert('test', [{ number: 10 }], return_ids: true)
+
+        expect(ids).to eq([10])
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '.create_connection_pool' do