diff --git a/models/BaseEntity.cfc b/models/BaseEntity.cfc
index 8900ec48..22c75983 100644
--- a/models/BaseEntity.cfc
+++ b/models/BaseEntity.cfc
@@ -1292,6 +1292,7 @@ component accessors="true" {
 						} ),
 					arguments.options
 				);
+			refreshAttributesOnSave();
 			assignOriginalAttributes( retrieveAttributesData() );
 			markLoaded();
 			fireEvent(
@@ -1326,8 +1327,9 @@ component accessors="true" {
 				result.result[ getParentDefinition().joincolumn ] = variables._data[ getParentDefinition().joinColumn ];
 			}
 			retrieveKeyType().postInsert( this, result );
-			assignOriginalAttributes( retrieveAttributesData() );
 			markLoaded();
+			refreshAttributesOnSave();
+			assignOriginalAttributes( retrieveAttributesData() );
 			fireEvent(
 				"postInsert",
 				{
@@ -1359,6 +1361,46 @@ component accessors="true" {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Refreshes attributes whose values are generated or changed by the database
+	 * during persistence.
+	 */
+	private void function refreshAttributesOnSave() {
+		var attributesToRefresh = {};
+		for ( var name in variables._attributes ) {
+			if ( variables._attributes[ name ].refreshOnSave ) {
+				attributesToRefresh[ name ] = variables._attributes[ name ];
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ( attributesToRefresh.isEmpty() ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		var refreshQuery = newQuery().withoutGlobalScope();
+		var entityKeys   = keyNames();
+		var entityValues = keyValues();
+		for ( var i = 1; i <= entityKeys.len(); i++ ) {
+			refreshQuery.where( entityKeys[ i ], entityValues[ i ] );
+		}
+		var refreshedEntity = refreshQuery.first();
+		if ( isNull( refreshedEntity ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		var refreshedData = refreshedEntity.retrieveAttributesData( withNulls = true );
+		for ( var name in attributesToRefresh ) {
+			var attribute = attributesToRefresh[ name ];
+			if ( isNull( refreshedData[ attribute.column ] ) ) {
+				variables._data[ attribute.column ] = javacast( "null", "" );
+				variables[ attribute.name ]         = javacast( "null", "" );
+			} else {
+				variables._data[ attribute.column ] = refreshedData[ attribute.column ];
+				variables[ attribute.name ]         = refreshedData[ attribute.column ];
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Deletes the entity from the database.
 	 * This function can only be called on loaded entities.
@@ -3411,6 +3453,7 @@ component accessors="true" {
 		param attr.sqltype        = "";
 		param attr.insert         = true;
 		param attr.update         = true;
+		param attr.refreshOnSave  = false;
 		param attr.virtual        = false;
 		param attr.exclude        = false;
 		param attr.isParentColumn = false;
@@ -3420,6 +3463,9 @@ component accessors="true" {
 		if ( !isBoolean( attr.fillable ) ) {
 			attr.fillable = lCase( trim( attr.fillable & "" ) ) == "true";
 		}
+		if ( !isBoolean( attr.refreshOnSave ) ) {
+			attr.refreshOnSave = lCase( trim( attr.refreshOnSave & "" ) ) == "true";
+		}
 		variables._nullValues[ attr.name ] = attr.nullValue;
 		return arguments.attr;
 	}
diff --git a/tests/resources/app/models/DatabaseGeneratedUser.cfc b/tests/resources/app/models/DatabaseGeneratedUser.cfc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df746bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/app/models/DatabaseGeneratedUser.cfc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+component
+	extends  ="quick.models.BaseEntity"
+	accessors="true"
+	table    ="users"
+{
+
+	property name="id";
+	property name="username";
+	property name="firstName" column="first_name";
+	property name="lastName"  column="last_name";
+	property
+		name         ="createdDate"
+		column       ="created_date"
+		refreshOnSave="true";
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/SaveSpec.cfc b/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/SaveSpec.cfc
index a3b99ef1..5e2eba00 100644
--- a/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/SaveSpec.cfc
+++ b/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/SaveSpec.cfc
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ component extends="tests.resources.ModuleIntegrationSpec" {
 				expect( newUser.retrieveAttributesData() ).toHaveKey( "id" );
 			} );
 
+			it( "retrieves database-generated attributes marked to refresh on save", function() {
+				var newUser = getInstance( "DatabaseGeneratedUser" )
+					.setUsername( "database-timestamp-user" )
+					.setFirstName( "Database" )
+					.setLastName( "Timestamp" )
+					.save();
+
+				expect( newUser.getCreatedDate() ).notToBe( "" );
+				expect( newUser.getCreatedDate() ).toBeDate();
+				expect( newUser.isDirty( "createdDate" ) ).toBeFalse();
+			} );
+
 			it( "a saved entity is not dirty", function() {
 				var newUser = getInstance( "User" );
 				newUser.setUsername( "new_user" );