diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index f708d42e43acf..a787e6dca7412 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+*   Allow generated create_table migrations to include or skip timestamps
 
+     *Michael Duchemin*
 
 Please check [6-0-stable](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/6-0-stable/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md) for previous changes.
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/rails/generators/active_record/migration/migration_generator.rb b/activerecord/lib/rails/generators/active_record/migration/migration_generator.rb
index cb2c74f1cad39..0620a515bd5d5 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/rails/generators/active_record/migration/migration_generator.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/rails/generators/active_record/migration/migration_generator.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module Generators # :nodoc:
     class MigrationGenerator < Base # :nodoc:
       argument :attributes, type: :array, default: [], banner: "field[:type][:index] field[:type][:index]"
 
+      class_option :timestamps, type: :boolean
       class_option :primary_key_type, type: :string, desc: "The type for primary key"
       class_option :database, type: :string, aliases: %i(--db), desc: "The database for your migration. By default, the current environment's primary database is used."
 
diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md
index 270e4a3bf93bd..9398244ccf3ec 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ class CreateProducts < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
     create_table :products do |t|
       t.string :name
       t.string :part_number
+
+      t.timestamps
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/migration_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/migration_generator_test.rb
index e6b614a9356f3..65cde91436e2e 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/migration_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/migration_generator_test.rb
@@ -270,6 +270,21 @@ def test_create_table_migration
     end
   end
 
+  def test_create_table_migration_with_timestamps
+    run_generator ["create_books", "title:string", "content:text"]
+    assert_migration "db/migrate/create_books.rb", /t.timestamps/
+  end
+
+  def test_create_table_timestamps_are_skipped
+    run_generator ["create_books", "title:string", "content:text", "--no-timestamps"]
+
+    assert_migration "db/migrate/create_books.rb" do |m|
+      assert_method :change, m do |change|
+        assert_no_match(/t.timestamps/, change)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_add_uuid_to_create_table_migration
     run_generator ["create_books", "--primary_key_type=uuid"]
     assert_migration "db/migrate/create_books.rb" do |content|