diff --git a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/attributes.rs b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/attributes.rs
index 9c0c24c4b..bf04c9771 100644
--- a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/attributes.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/attributes.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub mod derive_attr {
         pub column: Option<syn::Ident>,
         pub entity: Option<syn::Ident>,
         pub model: Option<syn::Ident>,
+        pub active_model: Option<syn::Ident>,
         pub primary_key: Option<syn::Ident>,
         pub relation: Option<syn::Ident>,
         pub schema_name: Option<syn::Lit>,
diff --git a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/entity.rs b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/entity.rs
index 5f9a0733c..b2e1fd66d 100644
--- a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/entity.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/entity.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ struct DeriveEntity {
     column_ident: syn::Ident,
     ident: syn::Ident,
     model_ident: syn::Ident,
+    active_model_ident: syn::Ident,
     primary_key_ident: syn::Ident,
     relation_ident: syn::Ident,
     schema_name: Option<syn::Lit>,
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ impl DeriveEntity {
         let ident = input.ident;
         let column_ident = sea_attr.column.unwrap_or_else(|| format_ident!("Column"));
         let model_ident = sea_attr.model.unwrap_or_else(|| format_ident!("Model"));
+        let active_model_ident = sea_attr
+            .active_model
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| format_ident!("ActiveModel"));
         let primary_key_ident = sea_attr
             .primary_key
             .unwrap_or_else(|| format_ident!("PrimaryKey"));
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ impl DeriveEntity {
             column_ident,
             ident,
             model_ident,
+            active_model_ident,
             primary_key_ident,
             relation_ident,
             schema_name,
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ impl DeriveEntity {
         let Self {
             ident,
             model_ident,
+            active_model_ident,
             column_ident,
             primary_key_ident,
             relation_ident,
@@ -98,6 +104,8 @@ impl DeriveEntity {
             impl sea_orm::entity::EntityTrait for #ident {
                 type Model = #model_ident;
 
+                type ActiveModel = #active_model_ident;
+
                 type Column = #column_ident;
 
                 type PrimaryKey = #primary_key_ident;
diff --git a/src/entity/base_entity.rs b/src/entity/base_entity.rs
index 6cd8b1052..5ed5d7572 100644
--- a/src/entity/base_entity.rs
+++ b/src/entity/base_entity.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::{
-    ActiveModelTrait, ColumnTrait, Delete, DeleteMany, DeleteOne, FromQueryResult, Insert,
-    ModelTrait, PrimaryKeyToColumn, PrimaryKeyTrait, QueryFilter, Related, RelationBuilder,
-    RelationTrait, RelationType, Select, Update, UpdateMany, UpdateOne,
+    ActiveModelBehavior, ActiveModelTrait, ColumnTrait, Delete, DeleteMany, DeleteOne,
+    FromQueryResult, Insert, ModelTrait, PrimaryKeyToColumn, PrimaryKeyTrait, QueryFilter, Related,
+    RelationBuilder, RelationTrait, RelationType, Select, Update, UpdateMany, UpdateOne,
 };
 use sea_query::{Alias, Iden, IntoIden, IntoTableRef, IntoValueTuple, TableRef};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ pub trait EntityTrait: EntityName {
     #[allow(missing_docs)]
     type Model: ModelTrait<Entity = Self> + FromQueryResult;
 
+    #[allow(missing_docs)]
+    type ActiveModel: ActiveModelBehavior<Entity = Self>;
+
     #[allow(missing_docs)]
     type Column: ColumnTrait;