diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ccb0bc..a57a805 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Options:
   --cp, --case-property  Convert property names to specified case
                           [choices: "pascal", "camel", "none"] [default: "none"]
   --lazy                 Generate lazy relations      [boolean] [default: false]
+  -a, --active-record    Generate models that use the ActiveRecord syntax
+                                                      [boolean] [default: false]
   --namingStrategy       Use custom naming strategy
   --relationIds          Generate RelationId fields   [boolean] [default: false]
   --generateConstructor  Generate constructor allowing partial initialization
diff --git a/src/Engine.ts b/src/Engine.ts
index 58a8d52..a0a9aae 100644
--- a/src/Engine.ts
+++ b/src/Engine.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export class Engine {
                 });
             });
             element.GenerateConstructor = this.Options.constructor;
+            element.IsActiveRecord = this.Options.activeRecord;
             element.Imports.filter((elem, index, self) => {
                 return index === self.indexOf(elem);
             });
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ export interface IEngineOptions {
     convertCaseProperty: "pascal" | "camel" | "none";
     propertyVisibility: "public" | "protected" | "private" | "none";
     lazy: boolean;
+    activeRecord: boolean;
     constructor: boolean;
     namingStrategy: AbstractNamingStrategy;
     relationIds: boolean;
diff --git a/src/entity.mst b/src/entity.mst
index 0dd8ee7..eb5388b 100644
--- a/src/entity.mst
+++ b/src/entity.mst
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import {Index,Entity, PrimaryColumn, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, OneToOne, OneToMany, ManyToOne, ManyToMany, JoinColumn, JoinTable, RelationId} from "typeorm";
+import {BaseEntity,Column,Entity,Index,JoinColumn,JoinTable,ManyToMany,ManyToOne,OneToMany,OneToOne,PrimaryColumn,PrimaryGeneratedColumn,RelationId} from "typeorm";
 {{relationImports}}{{#each UniqueImports}}import {{curly true}}{{toEntityName this}}{{curly false}} from "./{{toFileName this}}";
 {{/each}}
 
 
 @Entity("{{EntityName}}"{{#Schema}},{schema:"{{.}}"}{{/Schema}})
 {{#Indexes}}{{^isPrimaryKey}}@Index("{{name}}",[{{#columns}}"{{toPropertyName name}}",{{/columns}}]{{#isUnique}},{unique:true}{{/isUnique}})
-{{/isPrimaryKey}}{{/Indexes}}export class {{toEntityName EntityName}} {
+{{/isPrimaryKey}}{{/Indexes}}export class {{toEntityName EntityName}}{{#IsActiveRecord}} extends BaseEntity{{/IsActiveRecord}} {
 {{#Columns}}
 
    {{^relations}}{{#isGenerated}} @PrimaryGeneratedColumn({
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 6e36e54..8a4e903 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ const argv = Yargs.usage(
         default: false,
         describe: "Generate lazy relations"
     })
+    .option("a", {
+        alias: "active-record",
+        boolean: true,
+        default: false,
+        describe: "Use ActiveRecord syntax for generated models"
+    })
     .option("namingStrategy", {
         describe: "Use custom naming strategy"
     })
@@ -164,6 +170,7 @@ const engine = new Engine(driver, {
     databaseType: argv.e,
     host: argv.h,
     lazy: argv.lazy,
+    activeRecord: argv.a,
     namingStrategy,
     noConfigs: argv.noConfig,
     password: argv.x ? argv.x.toString() : null,
diff --git a/src/models/EntityInfo.ts b/src/models/EntityInfo.ts
index 82d90ed..30eec70 100644
--- a/src/models/EntityInfo.ts
+++ b/src/models/EntityInfo.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export class EntityInfo {
     public Indexes: IndexInfo[];
     public Schema: string;
     public GenerateConstructor: boolean;
+    public IsActiveRecord: boolean;
 
     public relationImports() {
         const imports: string[] = [];
diff --git a/test/utils/GeneralTestUtils.ts b/test/utils/GeneralTestUtils.ts
index e3c3c47..596e9e1 100644
--- a/test/utils/GeneralTestUtils.ts
+++ b/test/utils/GeneralTestUtils.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ export async function createMSSQLModels(filesOrgPath: string, resultsPath: strin
             lazy: false,
             constructor: false,
             namingStrategy,
-            relationIds: false
+            relationIds: false,
+            activeRecord: false
         });
 
     conn = await createConnection(connOpt)
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@ export async function createPostgresModels(filesOrgPath: string, resultsPath: st
             lazy: false,
             constructor: false,
             namingStrategy,
-            relationIds: false
+            relationIds: false,
+            activeRecord: false
         });
 
     conn = await createConnection(connOpt)
@@ -207,7 +209,8 @@ export async function createSQLiteModels(filesOrgPath: string, resultsPath: stri
             lazy: false,
             constructor: false,
             namingStrategy,
-            relationIds: false
+            relationIds: false,
+            activeRecord: false
         });
 
     conn = await createConnection(connOpt)
@@ -269,7 +272,8 @@ export async function createMysqlModels(filesOrgPath: string, resultsPath: strin
             lazy: false,
             constructor: false,
             namingStrategy,
-            relationIds: false
+            relationIds: false,
+            activeRecord: false
         });
 
     return engine;
@@ -323,7 +327,8 @@ export async function createMariaDBModels(filesOrgPath: string, resultsPath: str
             lazy: false,
             constructor: false,
             namingStrategy,
-            relationIds: false
+            relationIds: false,
+            activeRecord: false
         });
 
 
@@ -380,7 +385,8 @@ export async function createOracleDBModels(filesOrgPath: string, resultsPath: st
             lazy: false,
             constructor: false,
             namingStrategy,
-            relationIds: false
+            relationIds: false,
+            activeRecord: false
         });
 
     return engine;