diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb
index 5b0d7dd96f100..f0eeeb2948867 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb
@@ -444,9 +444,10 @@ def #{column_type}(*args)
 
       # Appends <tt>:datetime</tt> columns <tt>:created_at</tt> and
       # <tt>:updated_at</tt> to the table.
-      def timestamps
-        column(:created_at, :datetime)
-        column(:updated_at, :datetime)
+      def timestamps(*args)
+        options = args.extract_options!
+        column(:created_at, :datetime, options)
+        column(:updated_at, :datetime, options)
       end
 
       def references(*args)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
index 7ecf755ef8e15..a0d6ea72e1bbe 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
@@ -237,6 +237,39 @@ def test_create_table_with_force_true_does_not_drop_nonexisting_table
       end
     end
 
+    def test_create_table_with_timestamps_should_create_datetime_columns
+      table_name = :testings
+
+      Person.connection.create_table table_name do |t|
+        t.timestamps
+      end
+      created_columns = Person.connection.columns(table_name)
+
+      created_at_column = created_columns.detect {|c| c.name == 'created_at' }
+      updated_at_column = created_columns.detect {|c| c.name == 'updated_at' }
+
+      assert created_at_column.null
+      assert updated_at_column.null
+    ensure
+      Person.connection.drop_table table_name rescue nil
+    end
+
+    def test_create_table_with_timestamps_should_create_datetime_columns_with_options
+      table_name = :testings
+
+      Person.connection.create_table table_name do |t|
+        t.timestamps :null => false
+      end
+      created_columns = Person.connection.columns(table_name)
+
+      created_at_column = created_columns.detect {|c| c.name == 'created_at' }
+      updated_at_column = created_columns.detect {|c| c.name == 'updated_at' }
+
+      assert !created_at_column.null
+      assert !updated_at_column.null
+    ensure
+      Person.connection.drop_table table_name rescue nil
+    end
 
     # SQL Server, Sybase, and SQLite3 will not allow you to add a NOT NULL
     # column to a table without a default value.
@@ -1172,8 +1205,8 @@ def test_belongs_to_works_like_references
 
       def test_timestamps_creates_updated_at_and_created_at
         with_new_table do |t|
-          t.expects(:column).with(:created_at, :datetime)
-          t.expects(:column).with(:updated_at, :datetime)
+          t.expects(:column).with(:created_at, :datetime, kind_of(Hash))
+          t.expects(:column).with(:updated_at, :datetime, kind_of(Hash))
           t.timestamps
         end
       end