diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngModel.js b/src/ng/directive/ngModel.js
index 5e9aa4a38628..8afa3da7f64a 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngModel.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngModel.js
@@ -838,8 +838,12 @@ NgModelController.prototype = {
 
     if (isNumber(debounceDelay[trigger])) {
       debounceDelay = debounceDelay[trigger];
-    } else if (isNumber(debounceDelay['default'])) {
+    } else if (isNumber(debounceDelay['default']) &&
+      this.$options.getOption('updateOn').indexOf(trigger) === -1
+    ) {
       debounceDelay = debounceDelay['default'];
+    } else if (isNumber(debounceDelay['*'])) {
+      debounceDelay = debounceDelay['*'];
     }
 
     this.$$timeout.cancel(this.$$pendingDebounce);
diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngModelOptions.js b/src/ng/directive/ngModelOptions.js
index 47c51e8460a5..2defcee0d128 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngModelOptions.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngModelOptions.js
@@ -321,6 +321,14 @@ defaultModelOptions = new ModelOptions({
  *       debounce: { 'default': 500, 'blur': 0 }
  *     }"
  *     ```
+ *     You can use the `*` key to specify a debounce value that applies to all events that are not
+ *     specifically listed. In the following example, `mouseup` would have a debounce delay of 1000:
+ *     ```
+ *     ng-model-options="{
+ *       updateOn: 'default blur mouseup',
+ *       debounce: { 'default': 500, 'blur': 0, '*': 1000 }
+ *     }"
+ *     ```
  *   - `allowInvalid`: boolean value which indicates that the model can be set with values that did
  *     not validate correctly instead of the default behavior of setting the model to undefined.
  *   - `getterSetter`: boolean value which determines whether or not to treat functions bound to
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/ngModelOptionsSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/ngModelOptionsSpec.js
index f4142ae217ee..3814ba2bc5ca 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/ngModelOptionsSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/ngModelOptionsSpec.js
@@ -498,9 +498,41 @@ describe('ngModelOptions', function() {
 
           helper.changeInputValueTo('c');
           browserTrigger(helper.inputElm, 'mouseup');
-          // counter-intuitively `default` in `debounce` is a catch-all
+          // `default` in `debounce` only affects the event triggers that are not defined in updateOn
+          expect($rootScope.name).toEqual('c');
+        });
+
+
+        it('should use the value of * to debounce all unspecified events',
+          function() {
+          var inputElm = helper.compileInput(
+              '<input type="text" ng-model="name" name="alias" ' +
+                'ng-model-options="{' +
+                  'updateOn: \'default blur mouseup\', ' +
+                  'debounce: { default: 10000, blur: 5000, \'*\': 15000 }' +
+                '}"' +
+              '/>');
+
+          helper.changeInputValueTo('a');
+          expect($rootScope.name).toBeUndefined();
+          $timeout.flush(6000);
+          expect($rootScope.name).toBeUndefined();
+          $timeout.flush(4000);
+          expect($rootScope.name).toEqual('a');
+
+          helper.changeInputValueTo('b');
+          browserTrigger(inputElm, 'blur');
+          $timeout.flush(4000);
+          expect($rootScope.name).toEqual('a');
+          $timeout.flush(2000);
           expect($rootScope.name).toEqual('b');
-          $timeout.flush(10000);
+
+          helper.changeInputValueTo('c');
+          browserTrigger(helper.inputElm, 'mouseup');
+          expect($rootScope.name).toEqual('b');
+          $timeout.flush(10000); // flush default
+          expect($rootScope.name).toEqual('b');
+          $timeout.flush(5000);
           expect($rootScope.name).toEqual('c');
         });