diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Template/Listener/Timestampable.php b/lib/Doctrine/Template/Listener/Timestampable.php
index 232645abd..cbb96da3c 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Template/Listener/Timestampable.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Template/Listener/Timestampable.php
@@ -58,11 +58,15 @@ class Doctrine_Template_Listener_Timestampable extends Doctrine_Record_Listener
      */
     public function preInsert(Doctrine_Event $event)
     {
-        $createdName = $this->_options['created']['name'];
-        $updatedName = $this->_options['updated']['name'];
-        
-        $event->getInvoker()->$createdName = $this->getTimestamp('created');
-        $event->getInvoker()->$updatedName = $this->getTimestamp('updated');
+        if(!$this->_options['created']['disabled']) {
+            $createdName = $this->_options['created']['name'];
+            $event->getInvoker()->$createdName = $this->getTimestamp('created');
+        }
+
+        if(!$this->_options['updated']['disabled']) {
+            $updatedName = $this->_options['updated']['name'];
+            $event->getInvoker()->$updatedName = $this->getTimestamp('updated');
+        }
     }
     
     /**
@@ -73,9 +77,10 @@ class Doctrine_Template_Listener_Timestampable extends Doctrine_Record_Listener
      */
     public function preUpdate(Doctrine_Event $event)
     {
-        $updatedName = $this->_options['updated']['name'];
-        
-        $event->getInvoker()->$updatedName = $this->getTimestamp('updated');
+        if(!$this->_options['updated']['disabled']) {
+            $updatedName = $this->_options['updated']['name'];
+            $event->getInvoker()->$updatedName = $this->getTimestamp('updated');
+        }
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Template/Timestampable.php b/lib/Doctrine/Template/Timestampable.php
index 2c1397852..904dd1486 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Template/Timestampable.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Template/Timestampable.php
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ class Doctrine_Template_Timestampable extends Doctrine_Template
     protected $_options = array('created' =>  array('name'    =>  'created_at',
                                                     'type'    =>  'timestamp',
                                                     'format'  =>  'Y-m-d H:i:s',
+                                                    'disabled' => false,
                                                     'options' =>  array()),
                                 'updated' =>  array('name'    =>  'updated_at',
                                                     'type'    =>  'timestamp',
                                                     'format'  =>  'Y-m-d H:i:s',
+                                                    'disabled' => false,
                                                     'options' =>  array()));
     
     /**
@@ -66,9 +68,12 @@ class Doctrine_Template_Timestampable extends Doctrine_Template
      */
     public function setTableDefinition()
     {
-        $this->hasColumn($this->_options['created']['name'], $this->_options['created']['type'], null, $this->_options['created']['options']);
-        $this->hasColumn($this->_options['updated']['name'], $this->_options['updated']['type'], null, $this->_options['updated']['options']);
-        
+        if(!$this->_options['created']['disabled']) {
+            $this->hasColumn($this->_options['created']['name'], $this->_options['created']['type'], null, $this->_options['created']['options']);
+        }
+        if(!$this->_options['updated']['disabled']) {
+            $this->hasColumn($this->_options['updated']['name'], $this->_options['updated']['type'], null, $this->_options['updated']['options']);
+        }
         $this->addListener(new Doctrine_Template_Listener_Timestampable($this->_options));
     }
 }
diff --git a/manual/docs/en/class-templates.txt b/manual/docs/en/class-templates.txt
index b3588c1e1..7c44b7d91 100644
--- a/manual/docs/en/class-templates.txt
+++ b/manual/docs/en/class-templates.txt
@@ -273,10 +273,12 @@ class User extends Doctrine_Record
         $this->actAs('Timestampable', array('created' =>  array('name'    =>  'created_at',
                                                                 'type'    =>  'timestamp',
                                                                 'format'  =>  'Y-m-d H:i:s',
+                                                                'disabled' => false,
                                                                 'options' =>  array()),
                                             'updated' =>  array('name'    =>  'updated_at',
                                                                 'type'    =>  'timestamp',
                                                                 'format'  =>  'Y-m-d H:i:s',
+                                                                'disabled' => false,
                                                                 'options' =>  array())));
     }
 }
@@ -305,6 +307,28 @@ User:
       type: string(255)
 </code>
 
+If you are only interested in keeping using only one of the columns, such as a created_at timestamp, but not a an updated_at field, set the flag disabled=>true for either of the fields as in the example below. 
+
+YAML Example
+<code type="yaml">
+---
+User:
+  actAs:
+    Timestampable:
+      created:
+        name: created_at
+        type: timestamp
+        format:Y-m-d H:i:s
+        options: []
+      updated:
+        disabled: true
+  columns:
+    username:
+      type: string(125)
+    password:
+      type: string(255)
+</code>
+
 +++ Sluggable
 If you do not specify the columns to create the slug from, it will default to just using the toString() method on the model.