diff --git a/sqlmodel/__init__.py b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
index bbe86ee2ae..835a952b19 100644
--- a/sqlmodel/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 # Extensions and modifications of SQLAlchemy in SQLModel
 from .engine.create import create_engine as create_engine
 from .orm.session import Session as Session
+from .orm.session import sessionmaker as sessionmaker
 from .sql.expression import select as select
 from .sql.expression import col as col
 from .sql.sqltypes import AutoString as AutoString
diff --git a/sqlmodel/orm/session.py b/sqlmodel/orm/session.py
index a5a63e2c69..b9e9933d5c 100644
--- a/sqlmodel/orm/session.py
+++ b/sqlmodel/orm/session.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy import util
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Query as _Query
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session as _Session
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker as _sessionmaker
 from sqlalchemy.sql.base import Executable as _Executable
 from sqlmodel.sql.expression import Select, SelectOfScalar
 from typing_extensions import Literal
@@ -137,3 +138,10 @@ def get(
             with_for_update=with_for_update,
             identity_token=identity_token,
         )
+
+
+class sessionmaker(_sessionmaker):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if 'class_' not in kwargs:
+            kwargs['class_'] = Session
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)