diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb
index b05957981d..3fd67078b4 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     def touch(name = nil)
       attributes = timestamp_attributes_for_update_in_model
       attributes << name if name
+
       unless attributes.empty?
         current_time = current_time_from_proper_timezone
         changes = {}
@@ -232,6 +233,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
           changes[column.to_s] = write_attribute(column.to_s, current_time)
         end
 
+        if locking_enabled?
+          lock_col = self.class.locking_column.to_s
+          previous_value = send(lock_col).to_i
+          changes[lock_col] = write_attribute(lock_col, previous_value + 1)
+        end
+
         @changed_attributes.except!(*changes.keys)
         primary_key = self.class.primary_key
         self.class.update_all(changes, { primary_key => self[primary_key] }) == 1
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/locking_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/locking_test.rb
index 3ce65a5b6b..636a709924 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/locking_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/locking_test.rb
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ class OptimisticLockingTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_equal 1, p1.lock_version
   end
 
+  def test_touch_existing_lock
+    p1 = Person.find(1)
+    assert_equal 0, p1.lock_version
+
+    p1.touch
+    assert_equal 1, p1.lock_version
+  end
+
 
   def test_lock_column_name_existing
     t1 = LegacyThing.find(1)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb b/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
index b1763ff431..0b3865fc78 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
     t.references :number1_fan
     t.integer    :lock_version, :null => false, :default => 0
     t.string     :comments
+    t.timestamps
   end
 
   create_table :pets, :primary_key => :pet_id ,:force => true do |t|