diff --git a/lib/dml/moodle_database.php b/lib/dml/moodle_database.php
index fee0eca..e2db859 100644
--- a/lib/dml/moodle_database.php
+++ b/lib/dml/moodle_database.php
@@ -1623,12 +1623,13 @@ abstract class moodle_database {
      *
      * @param string $table  The database table to be inserted into
      * @param array|Traversable $dataobjects list of objects to be inserted, must be compatible with foreach
+     * @param bool $customsequence True if 'id' included in $dataobjects
      * @return void does not return new record ids
      *
      * @throws coding_exception if data objects have different structure
      * @throws dml_exception A DML specific exception is thrown for any errors.
      */
-    public function insert_records($table, $dataobjects) {
+    public function insert_records($table, $dataobjects, $customsequence = false) {
         if (!is_array($dataobjects) and !($dataobjects instanceof Traversable)) {
             throw new coding_exception('insert_records() passed non-traversable object');
         }
@@ -1645,7 +1646,11 @@ abstract class moodle_database {
             } else if ($fields !== array_keys($dataobject)) {
                 throw new coding_exception('All dataobjects in insert_records() must have the same structure!');
             }
-            $this->insert_record($table, $dataobject, false);
+            if ($customsequence) {
+                $this->import_record($table, $dataobject);
+            } else {
+                $this->insert_record($table, $dataobject, false);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/dml/mysqli_native_moodle_database.php b/lib/dml/mysqli_native_moodle_database.php
index 1874481..765f3b7 100644
--- a/lib/dml/mysqli_native_moodle_database.php
+++ b/lib/dml/mysqli_native_moodle_database.php
@@ -1223,12 +1223,13 @@ class mysqli_native_moodle_database extends moodle_database {
      *
      * @param string $table  The database table to be inserted into
      * @param array|Traversable $dataobjects list of objects to be inserted, must be compatible with foreach
+     * @param bool $customsequence True if 'id' included in $dataobjects
      * @return void does not return new record ids
      *
      * @throws coding_exception if data objects have different structure
      * @throws dml_exception A DML specific exception is thrown for any errors.
      */
-    public function insert_records($table, $dataobjects) {
+    public function insert_records($table, $dataobjects, $customsequence = false) {
         if (!is_array($dataobjects) and !$dataobjects instanceof Traversable) {
             throw new coding_exception('insert_records() passed non-traversable object');
         }
@@ -1276,7 +1277,9 @@ class mysqli_native_moodle_database extends moodle_database {
             if ($fields === null) {
                 $fields = array_keys($dataobject);
                 $columns = array_intersect_key($columns, $dataobject);
-                unset($columns['id']);
+                if (!$customsequence) {
+                    unset($columns['id']);
+                }
             } else if ($fields !== array_keys($dataobject)) {
                 throw new coding_exception('All dataobjects in insert_records() must have the same structure!');
             }
diff --git a/lib/dml/pgsql_native_moodle_database.php b/lib/dml/pgsql_native_moodle_database.php
index e369d39..65e0599 100644
--- a/lib/dml/pgsql_native_moodle_database.php
+++ b/lib/dml/pgsql_native_moodle_database.php
@@ -954,12 +954,13 @@ class pgsql_native_moodle_database extends moodle_database {
      *
      * @param string $table  The database table to be inserted into
      * @param array|Traversable $dataobjects list of objects to be inserted, must be compatible with foreach
+     * @param bool $customsequence True if 'id' included in $dataobjects
      * @return void does not return new record ids
      *
      * @throws coding_exception if data objects have different structure
      * @throws dml_exception A DML specific exception is thrown for any errors.
      */
-    public function insert_records($table, $dataobjects) {
+    public function insert_records($table, $dataobjects, $customsequence = false) {
         if (!is_array($dataobjects) and !($dataobjects instanceof Traversable)) {
             throw new coding_exception('insert_records() passed non-traversable object');
         }
@@ -991,7 +992,9 @@ class pgsql_native_moodle_database extends moodle_database {
             if ($fields === null) {
                 $fields = array_keys($dataobject);
                 $columns = array_intersect_key($columns, $dataobject);
-                unset($columns['id']);
+                if (!$customsequence) {
+                    unset($columns['id']);
+                }
             } else if ($fields !== array_keys($dataobject)) {
                 throw new coding_exception('All dataobjects in insert_records() must have the same structure!');
             }