diff --git a/models/BaseEntity.cfc b/models/BaseEntity.cfc
index 043ae6b9..8900ec48 100644
--- a/models/BaseEntity.cfc
+++ b/models/BaseEntity.cfc
@@ -439,6 +439,15 @@ component accessors="true" {
 		return arrayWrap( variables._key );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the timestamp fields updated by `touch`.
+	 *
+	 * @return  [String]
+	 */
+	public array function timestampFields() {
+		return [ "createdDate", "modifiedDate" ];
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the column name for the primary key.
 	 *
@@ -1414,6 +1423,44 @@ component accessors="true" {
 		return save();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Updates the configured timestamp fields using a new query without changing
+	 * the current entity state.
+	 *
+	 * @options Any options to pass to `queryExecute`. Default: {}.
+	 *
+	 * @return    quick.models.BaseEntity
+	 */
+	public any function touch( struct options = {} ) {
+		guardAgainstNotLoaded( "This instance is not loaded so it cannot be touched." );
+		guardReadOnly();
+		var timestamp           = now();
+		var timestampAttributes = timestampFields().reduce( function( attributes, field ) {
+			arguments.attributes[ arguments.field ] = timestamp;
+			return arguments.attributes;
+		}, {} );
+		guardAgainstReadOnlyAttributes( timestampAttributes );
+
+		var builder = newQuery().where( function( q ) {
+			keyNames().each( function( keyName ) {
+				q.where(
+					arguments.keyName,
+					variables._originalAttributes[ retrieveColumnForAlias( arguments.keyName ) ]
+				);
+			} );
+		} );
+		builder
+			.getQB()
+			.update(
+				timestampAttributes.map( function( field, value ) {
+					return builder.generateQueryParamStruct( field, value );
+				} ),
+				arguments.options
+			);
+
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new entity with the given attributes and then saves the entity.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/resources/app/models/CustomTimestampUser.cfc b/tests/resources/app/models/CustomTimestampUser.cfc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c3866d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/app/models/CustomTimestampUser.cfc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+component
+	extends  ="quick.models.BaseEntity"
+	accessors="true"
+	table    ="users"
+{
+
+	property name="id";
+	property name="createdDate"  column="created_date";
+	property name="modifiedDate" column="modified_date";
+
+	public array function timestampFields() {
+		return [ "createdDate" ];
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/SaveSpec.cfc b/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/SaveSpec.cfc
index 9ffc5f6d..a3b99ef1 100644
--- a/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/SaveSpec.cfc
+++ b/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/SaveSpec.cfc
@@ -76,6 +76,48 @@ component extends="tests.resources.ModuleIntegrationSpec" {
 				expect( userRowsPostSave ).toHaveLength( 5 );
 			} );
 
+			it( "can touch an entity timestamp", function() {
+				var user              = getInstance( "User" ).findOrFail( 1 );
+				var originalCreated   = user.getCreatedDate();
+				var originalModified  = user.getModifiedDate();
+				var originalFirstName = user.getFirstName();
+				var originalId        = user.getId();
+				var dirtyFirstName    = "This must not be persisted";
+				var dirtyId           = 9999;
+
+				user.setFirstName( dirtyFirstName );
+				user.setId( dirtyId );
+
+				user.touch();
+
+				expect( dateCompare( user.getCreatedDate(), originalCreated ) ).toBe( 0 );
+				expect( dateCompare( user.getModifiedDate(), originalModified ) ).toBe( 0 );
+				expect( user.getFirstName() ).toBe( dirtyFirstName );
+				expect( user.getId() ).toBe( dirtyId );
+				expect( user.isDirty( "firstName" ) ).toBeTrue();
+				expect( user.isDirty( "id" ) ).toBeTrue();
+				expect( user.isDirty( "createdDate" ) ).toBeFalse();
+				expect( user.isDirty( "modifiedDate" ) ).toBeFalse();
+				var freshUser = getInstance( "User" ).findOrFail( originalId );
+				expect( dateCompare( freshUser.getCreatedDate(), originalCreated ) ).toBe( 1 );
+				expect( dateCompare( freshUser.getModifiedDate(), originalModified ) ).toBe( 1 );
+				expect( freshUser.getFirstName() ).toBe( originalFirstName );
+			} );
+
+			it( "can override the timestamp fields used by touch", function() {
+				var user             = getInstance( "CustomTimestampUser" ).findOrFail( 1 );
+				var originalCreated  = user.getCreatedDate();
+				var originalModified = user.getModifiedDate();
+
+				user.touch();
+
+				expect( dateCompare( user.getCreatedDate(), originalCreated ) ).toBe( 0 );
+				expect( dateCompare( user.getModifiedDate(), originalModified ) ).toBe( 0 );
+				var freshUser = user.fresh();
+				expect( dateCompare( freshUser.getCreatedDate(), originalCreated ) ).toBe( 1 );
+				expect( dateCompare( freshUser.getModifiedDate(), originalModified ) ).toBe( 0 );
+			} );
+
 			it( "does not allow updating of column where update=false in property", function() {
 				var existingUser = getInstance( "User" ).find( 1 );
 				existingUser.setEmail( "test2@test.com" );