diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a1e5420e..eca8ba9b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ exports.DataSource = exports.Schema = require('./lib/datasource.js').DataSource;
 exports.ModelBaseClass = require('./lib/model.js');
 exports.GeoPoint = require('./lib/geo.js').GeoPoint;
 exports.ValidationError = require('./lib/validations.js').ValidationError;
+exports.plugins = require('./lib/plugins');
 
 exports.__defineGetter__('version', function () {
     return require('./package.json').version;
diff --git a/lib/model-builder.js b/lib/model-builder.js
index aa052dea..9fef88b6 100644
--- a/lib/model-builder.js
+++ b/lib/model-builder.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var DefaultModelBaseClass = require('./model.js');
 var List = require('./list.js');
 var ModelDefinition = require('./model-definition.js');
 var mergeSettings = require('./utils').mergeSettings;
+var plugins = require('./plugins');
 
 // Set up types
 require('./types')(ModelBuilder);
@@ -428,6 +429,22 @@ ModelBuilder.prototype.define = function defineClass(className, properties, sett
     ModelClass.registerProperty(propertyName);
   }
 
+  var pluginSettings = settings.plugins || {};
+  var keys = Object.keys(pluginSettings);
+  var size = keys.length;
+  for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+    var name = keys[i];
+    var plugin = pluginSettings[name];
+    if (plugin === true) plugin = {};
+    if (typeof plugin === 'object') {
+      pluginSettings[name] = true;
+      plugins.apply(name, ModelClass, plugin);
+    } else {
+      // for settings metadata
+      pluginSettings[name] = false;
+    }
+  }
+  
   ModelClass.emit('defined', ModelClass);
 
   return ModelClass;
diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index 51a59397..1709a226 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var jutil = require('./jutil');
 var List = require('./list');
 var Hookable = require('./hooks');
 var validations = require('./validations.js');
+var plugins = require('./plugins');
 
 // Set up an object for quick lookup
 var BASE_TYPES = {
@@ -402,5 +403,9 @@ ModelBaseClass.prototype.setStrict = function (strict) {
   this.__strict = strict;
 };
 
+ModelBaseClass.plugin = function (name, options) {
+  plugins.apply(name, this, options);
+};
+
 jutil.mixin(ModelBaseClass, Hookable);
 jutil.mixin(ModelBaseClass, validations.Validatable);
diff --git a/lib/plugins.js b/lib/plugins.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9788aed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+var debug = require('debug')('loopback:plugin');
+
+var registry = {};
+
+exports.apply = function applyPlugin(name, modelClass, options) {
+  var fn = registry[name];
+  if (typeof fn === 'function') {
+    if (modelClass.dataSource) {
+      fn(modelClass, options || {});
+    } else {
+      modelClass.once('dataSourceAttached', function() {
+        fn(modelClass, options || {});
+      });
+    }
+  } else {
+    debug('Invalid plugin: %s', name);
+  }
+};
+
+var definePlugin = exports.define = function definePlugin(name, fn) {
+  if (typeof fn === 'function') {
+    if (registry[name]) {
+      debug('Overwriting plugin: %s', name);
+    } else {
+      debug('Defined plugin: %s', name);
+    }
+    registry[name] = fn;
+  } else {
+    debug('Invalid plugin function: %s', name);
+  }
+};
+
+var loadPlugin = exports.load = function loadPlugin(dir) {
+  var files = tryReadDir(path.resolve(dir));
+  files.forEach(function(filename) {
+    var filepath = path.resolve(path.join(dir, filename));
+    var ext = path.extname(filename);
+    var name = path.basename(filename, ext);
+    var stats = fs.statSync(filepath);
+    if (stats.isFile()) {
+      if (ext in require.extensions) {
+        var plugin = tryRequire(filepath);
+        if (typeof plugin === 'function') {
+          definePlugin(name, plugin);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+loadPlugin(path.join(__dirname, 'plugins'));
+
+function tryReadDir() {
+  try {
+    return fs.readdirSync.apply(fs, arguments);
+  } catch(e) {
+    return [];
+  }
+};
+
+function tryRequire(file) {
+  try {
+    return require(file);
+  } catch(e) {
+  }
+};
+
diff --git a/lib/plugins/timestamps.js b/lib/plugins/timestamps.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91a4af0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/timestamps.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+module.exports = function timestamps(Model, options) {
+  
+  Model.defineProperty('createdAt', { type: 'date' });
+  Model.defineProperty('updatedAt', { type: 'date' });
+  
+  var originalBeforeSave = Model.beforeSave;
+  Model.beforeSave = function(next, data) {
+      Model.applyTimestamps(data, this.isNewRecord());
+      if (data.createdAt) this.createdAt = data.createdAt;
+      if (data.updatedAt) this.updatedAt = data.updatedAt;
+      if (originalBeforeSave) {
+          originalBeforeSave.apply(this, arguments);
+      } else {
+          next();
+      }
+  };
+  
+  Model.applyTimestamps = function(data, creation) {
+      data.updatedAt = new Date();
+      if (creation) data.createdAt = data.updatedAt; 
+  };
+  
+};
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diff --git a/test/plugins.test.js b/test/plugins.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..353d0046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// This test written in mocha+should.js
+var should = require('./init.js');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+var jdb = require('../');
+var ModelBuilder = jdb.ModelBuilder;
+var DataSource = jdb.DataSource;
+var Memory = require('../lib/connectors/memory');
+
+var plugins = jdb.plugins;
+
+describe('Model class', function () {
+  
+  it('should define a plugin', function() {
+    plugins.define('example', function(Model, options) {
+      Model.prototype.example = function() {
+        return options;
+      };
+    });
+  })
+  
+  it('should apply plugin', function(done) {
+    var memory = new DataSource({connector: Memory});
+    var Item = memory.createModel('Item', { name: 'string' }, {
+      plugins: { timestamps: true }
+    });
+    
+    Item.plugin('example', { foo: 'bar' });
+    
+    var def = memory.getModelDefinition('Item');
+    var json = def.toJSON();
+    var properties = json.properties;
+    properties.createdAt.should.eql({ type: 'Date' });
+    properties.updatedAt.should.eql({ type: 'Date' });
+    
+    Item.create({ name: 'Item 1' }, function(err, inst) {
+      inst.createdAt.should.be.a.date;
+      inst.updatedAt.should.be.a.date;
+      inst.example().should.eql({ foo: 'bar' });
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+  
+});
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