diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/maven/Database.java b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/maven/Database.java
index d5e76d6495..ea72e13fbe 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/maven/Database.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/maven/Database.java
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class Database {
 
     private String           name;
-    private String           includes = "";
-    private String           excludes = "";
+    private String           includes        = "";
+    private String           excludes        = "";
     private String           inputSchema;
     private String           outputSchema;
+    private String           dateAsTimestamp = "false";
     private List<EnumType>   enumTypes;
     private List<ForcedType> forcedTypes;
 
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ public class Database {
         return outputSchema;
     }
 
+    String getDateAsTimestamp() {
+        return dateAsTimestamp;
+    }
+
     List<EnumType> getEnumTypes() {
         return enumTypes;
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/maven/Plugin.java b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/maven/Plugin.java
index 14ae9940cb..18e9e054fe 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/maven/Plugin.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/maven/Plugin.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ public class Plugin extends AbstractMojo {
         props.put("generator.database.excludes", defaultString(generator.getDatabase().getExcludes()));
         props.put("generator.database.input-schema", defaultString(generator.getDatabase().getInputSchema()));
         props.put("generator.database.output-schema", defaultString(generator.getDatabase().getOutputSchema()));
+        props.put("generator.database.date-as-timestamp", defaultString(generator.getDatabase().getDateAsTimestamp()));
 
         if (generator.getDatabase().getEnumTypes() != null) {
             for (EnumType type : generator.getDatabase().getEnumTypes()) {