diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 556fac1e..9026a737 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
        git://github.com/gshank/html-formhandler_pre-0.40_compat.git
        README at: https://github.com/gshank/html-formhandler_pre-0.40_compat/blob/master/README
 
+    Add 'no_update' flag.
     Remove 'deflate_to' flag; provide new inflation/deflation methods.
         see HTML::FormHandler::Manual::InflationDeflation
     New 'build_id_method' to provide different builder method for field IDs.
diff --git a/lib/HTML/FormHandler.pm b/lib/HTML/FormHandler.pm
index 83a4a637..d46d0ba2 100644
--- a/lib/HTML/FormHandler.pm
+++ b/lib/HTML/FormHandler.pm
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ for using to fill in the form from C<< $form->fif >>.
 A hash of inflated values (that would be used to update the database for
 a database form) can be retrieved with C<< $form->value >>.
 
+If you don't want to update the database on this process call, you can
+set the 'no_update' flag:
+
+   $form->process( item => $book, params => $params, no_update => 1 );
+
 =head3 params
 
 Parameters are passed in when you call 'process'.
@@ -823,6 +828,7 @@ has 'do_form_wrapper' => ( is => 'rw', builder => 'build_do_form_wrapper' );
 sub build_do_form_wrapper { 0 }
 has 'no_widgets'        => ( is => 'ro', isa => 'Bool' );
 has 'no_preload'        => ( is => 'ro', isa => 'Bool' );
+has 'no_update'         => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Bool', clearer => 'clear_no_update' );
 has 'active' => (
     is => 'rw',
     traits => ['Array'],
@@ -1139,7 +1145,7 @@ sub process {
     $self->clear if $self->processed;
     $self->setup_form(@_);
     $self->validate_form      if $self->has_params;
-    $self->update_model       if $self->validated;
+    $self->update_model       if ( $self->validated && !$self->no_update );
     $self->after_update_model if $self->validated;
     $self->dump_fields        if $self->verbose;
     $self->processed(1);
@@ -1150,7 +1156,7 @@ sub run {
     my $self = shift;
     $self->setup_form(@_);
     $self->validate_form      if $self->has_params;
-    $self->update_model       if $self->validated;
+    $self->update_model       if ( $self->validated && !$self->no_update );;
     $self->after_update_model if $self->validated;
     my $result = $self->result;
     $self->clear;
@@ -1174,6 +1180,7 @@ sub clear {
     $self->clear_result;
     $self->clear_use_defaults_over_obj;
     $self->clear_use_init_obj_over_item;
+    $self->clear_no_update;
 }
 
 sub values { shift->value }
diff --git a/t/form_setup/no_update.t b/t/form_setup/no_update.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25422d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/form_setup/no_update.t
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+
+{
+    package MyApp::Form::Test;
+    use HTML::FormHandler::Moose;
+    extends 'HTML::FormHandler';
+
+    has_field 'foo';
+    has_field 'bar';
+
+    sub update_model {
+        my $self = shift;
+        my $values = $self->values;
+        $values->{foo} = 'updated';
+        $self->_set_value($values);
+    }
+}
+
+my $form = MyApp::Form::Test->new;
+my $params = { foo => 'pfoo', bar => 'pbar' };
+$form->process( params => $params );
+is_deeply( $form->values, { foo => 'updated', bar => 'pbar' },
+    'values processed by update_model' );
+$form->process( params => $params, no_update => 1 );
+is_deeply( $form->values, $params,
+    'values not processed by update_model' );
+$form->process( params => $params );
+is_deeply( $form->values, { foo => 'updated', bar => 'pbar' },
+    'values processed by update_model' );
+
+done_testing;