diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Fixtures.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Fixtures.pm
index 53c4e26..1aace91 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Fixtures.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Fixtures.pm
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ sub new {
               dumped_objects        => {},
               use_create            => $params->{use_create} || 0,
               use_find_or_create    => $params->{use_find_or_create} || 0,
+              update_existing       => $params->{update_existing} || 0,
               config_attrs          => $params->{config_attrs} || {},
   };
 
@@ -1209,6 +1210,11 @@ sub dump_all_config_sets {
    # Useful if you are populating a persistent data store.
    use_find_or_create => 0,
 
+   # optional, use in conjunction with use_find_or_create to update existing
+   # records with the updated fixture where they can already be found with
+   # find_or_create
+   update_existing => 0,
+
    # Dont try to clean the database, just populate over whats there. Requires
    # schema option. Use this if you want to handle removing old data yourself
    # no_deploy => 1
@@ -1397,7 +1403,8 @@ sub populate {
           if ( $params->{use_create} ) {
             $rs->create( $HASH1 );
           } elsif( $params->{use_find_or_create} ) {
-            $rs->find_or_create( $HASH1 );
+            my $row = $rs->find_or_create( $HASH1 );
+            $row->update($HASH1) if $params->{update_existing};
           } else {
             push(@rows, $HASH1);
           }
diff --git a/t/12-populate-basic.t b/t/12-populate-basic.t
index b8cb40b..9195e69 100644
--- a/t/12-populate-basic.t
+++ b/t/12-populate-basic.t
@@ -103,3 +103,15 @@ $fixtures->populate({
 	use_find_or_create => 1
 });
 is( $schema->resultset( "Artist" )->find({ artistid => 4 })->name, "Test Name", "idempotent use_find_or_create => 1 ok" );
+# Update the existing record to something else, and then check that it gets
+# updated to the original fixture value with update_existing
+$schema->resultset( "Artist" )->find({ artistid => 3 })->update({ name => "We Are Goth2" });
+$fixtures->populate({
+	directory => $tempdir,
+	connection_details => ['dbi:SQLite:'.io->catfile($tempdir, qw[ DBIxClass.db ])->name, '', ''],
+	schema => $schema,
+	no_deploy => 1,
+	use_find_or_create => 1,
+        update_existing => 1
+});
+is( $schema->resultset( "Artist" )->find({ artistid => 3 })->name, "We Are Goth", "update_existing => 1 ok" );
diff --git a/t/var/configs/use_create.json b/t/var/configs/use_create.json
index a545630..5a40f6b 100644
--- a/t/var/configs/use_create.json
+++ b/t/var/configs/use_create.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"sets": [{
 		"class": "Artist",
-		"ids": ["4"]
+		"ids": ["3", "4"]
 	}]
 }