diff --git a/forced_utc_test.go b/forced_utc_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e17a74a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forced_utc_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package gorm_test
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// table that is not created automatically
+type ExternalData struct {
+	Id   int
+	Time time.Time
+}
+
+func TestForcedUTC(t *testing.T) {
+	if dialect := os.Getenv("GORM_DIALECT"); dialect != "postgres" {
+		t.Skip("Skipping this because this is to test postgres issues with timestamps without timezones")
+	}
+	db := DB.New()
+	db.DropTableIfExists(&ExternalData{})
+	db.Exec(`
+		CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS external_data(
+		  id serial PRIMARY KEY,
+		  time timestamp without time zone NOT NULL
+		)`)
+
+	tm := time.Date(2000, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, time.FixedZone("test location", +7200))
+
+	//Test without forcing utc
+	elem0 := ExternalData{Time: tm}
+	db.Save(&elem0)
+
+	elem := ExternalData{}
+	db.Find(&elem, elem0.Id)
+	if elem.Time.Equal(tm) {
+		t.Errorf("Times should not be equal (timezones)")
+	}
+
+	db.Model(&elem).Update("time", tm)
+	elem = ExternalData{}
+	db.Find(&elem, elem0.Id)
+	if elem.Time.Equal(tm) {
+		t.Errorf("Times should not be equal (timezones)")
+	}
+
+	cnt := 0
+
+	db.Model(&ExternalData{}).Where("time = ?", tm).Count(&cnt)
+	if cnt == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Timezone is cut off, data still should be found (timezones)")
+	}
+
+	db.Model(&ExternalData{}).Where("time = ?", tm.UTC()).Count(&cnt)
+	if cnt != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("UTC normalized time should not be found (timezones)")
+	}
+
+	//Test with forcing utc
+	db.ForceUTC(true)
+
+	elem0 = ExternalData{Time: tm}
+	db.Save(&elem0)
+
+	elem = ExternalData{}
+	db.Find(&elem, elem0.Id)
+	if !elem.Time.Equal(tm) {
+		t.Errorf("Times should be equal (forced UTC)")
+	}
+
+	db.Model(&elem).Update("time", tm)
+	elem = ExternalData{}
+	db.Find(&elem, elem0.Id)
+	if !elem.Time.Equal(tm) {
+		t.Errorf("Times should be equal (forced UTC)")
+	}
+
+	db.Model(&ExternalData{}).Where("time = ?", tm).Count(&cnt)
+	if cnt != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Record should be found (forced UTC)")
+	}
+
+	db.Model(&ExternalData{}).Where("time = ?", tm.UTC()).Count(&cnt)
+	if cnt != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("UTC normalized time should be found (forcedUTC)")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cf88e9c9..8b9d4a88 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type DB struct {
 	source            string
 	values            map[string]interface{}
 	joinTableHandlers map[string]JoinTableHandler
+	forceUTC          bool
 }
 
 // Open initialize a new db connection, need to import driver first, e.g:
@@ -142,6 +143,17 @@ func (s *DB) LogMode(enable bool) *DB {
 	return s
 }
 
+// ForceUTC set to `true` to force all time values to be normalized as UTC, `false` for regular behavior (default)
+func (s *DB) ForceUTC(enable bool) *DB {
+	s.forceUTC = enable
+	return s
+}
+
+// HasForcedUTC return the state of the forceUTC flag
+func (s *DB) HasForcedUTC() bool {
+	return s.forceUTC
+}
+
 // SingularTable use singular table by default
 func (s *DB) SingularTable(enable bool) {
 	modelStructsMap = newModelStructsMap()
@@ -682,7 +694,7 @@ func (s *DB) GetErrors() []error {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 func (s *DB) clone() *DB {
-	db := DB{db: s.db, parent: s.parent, logger: s.logger, logMode: s.logMode, values: map[string]interface{}{}, Value: s.Value, Error: s.Error}
+	db := DB{db: s.db, parent: s.parent, logger: s.logger, logMode: s.logMode, values: map[string]interface{}{}, Value: s.Value, Error: s.Error, forceUTC: s.forceUTC}
 
 	for key, value := range s.values {
 		db.values[key] = value
diff --git a/scope.go b/scope.go
index 4a962062..cb84dc05 100644
--- a/scope.go
+++ b/scope.go
@@ -256,12 +256,12 @@ func (scope *Scope) AddToVars(value interface{}) string {
 	if expr, ok := value.(*expr); ok {
 		exp := expr.expr
 		for _, arg := range expr.args {
-			exp = strings.Replace(exp, "?", scope.AddToVars(arg), 1)
+			exp = strings.Replace(exp, "?", scope.AddToVars(scope.toUTC(arg)), 1)
 		}
 		return exp
 	}
 
-	scope.SQLVars = append(scope.SQLVars, value)
+	scope.SQLVars = append(scope.SQLVars, scope.toUTC(value))
 	return scope.Dialect().BindVar(len(scope.SQLVars))
 }
 
@@ -1280,3 +1280,13 @@ func (scope *Scope) getColumnAsScope(column string) *Scope {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (scope *Scope) toUTC(v interface{}) interface{} {
+	if !scope.db.HasForcedUTC() {
+		return v
+	}
+	if tm, ok := v.(time.Time); ok {
+		return tm.UTC()
+	}
+	return v
+}