diff --git a/docs/en/index.rst b/docs/en/index.rst
index 1c6a2af0..1a92b87d 100644
--- a/docs/en/index.rst
+++ b/docs/en/index.rst
@@ -987,8 +987,10 @@ Feature Flags
 Migrations uses Phinx, which has some feature flags that are disabled by default for now, but
 can enabled if you want them to:
 
-* ``unsigned_primary_keys``: Should Phinx create primary keys as unsigned integers? (default: ``false``)
-* ``column_null_default``: Should Phinx create columns as null by default? (default: ``false``)
+* ``unsigned_primary_keys``: Should Migrations create primary keys as unsigned integers? (default: ``false``)
+* ``column_null_default``: Should Migrations create columns as null by default? (default: ``false``)
+* ``add_timestamps_use_datetime``: Should Migrations use ``DATETIME`` type
+  columns for the columns added by ``addTimestamps()``.
 
 Set them via Configure to enable (e.g. in ``config/app.php``)::
 
diff --git a/src/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapter.php b/src/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapter.php
index 3bf1aa3a..4930d584 100644
--- a/src/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapter.php
@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ public function getColumns(string $tableName): array
             if ($columnInfo['Extra'] === 'auto_increment') {
                 $column->setIdentity(true);
             }
+            if ($columnInfo['Extra'] === 'on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP') {
+                $column->setUpdate('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP');
+            }
 
             if (isset($phinxType['values'])) {
                 $column->setValues($phinxType['values']);
diff --git a/src/Db/Table.php b/src/Db/Table.php
index ad010a1c..30a62003 100644
--- a/src/Db/Table.php
+++ b/src/Db/Table.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace Migrations\Db;
 
+use Cake\Core\Configure;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Migrations\Db\Action\AddColumn;
 use Migrations\Db\Action\AddForeignKey;
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@
  *
  * TODO(mark) Having both Migrations\Db\Table and Migrations\Db\Table\Table seems redundant.
  * The table models should be joined together so that we have a simpler API exposed.
+ *
+ * @internal
  */
 class Table
 {
@@ -543,9 +546,14 @@ public function addTimestamps(string|false|null $createdAt = 'created_at', strin
         if (!$createdAt && !$updatedAt) {
             throw new RuntimeException('Cannot set both created_at and updated_at columns to false');
         }
+        $timestampConfig = (bool)Configure::read('Migrations.add_timestamps_use_datetime');
+        $timestampType = 'timestamp';
+        if ($timestampConfig === true) {
+            $timestampType = 'datetime';
+        }
 
         if ($createdAt) {
-            $this->addColumn($createdAt, 'timestamp', [
+            $this->addColumn($createdAt, $timestampType, [
                 'null' => false,
                 'default' => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
                 'update' => '',
@@ -553,7 +561,7 @@ public function addTimestamps(string|false|null $createdAt = 'created_at', strin
             ]);
         }
         if ($updatedAt) {
-            $this->addColumn($updatedAt, 'timestamp', [
+            $this->addColumn($updatedAt, $timestampType, [
                 'null' => true,
                 'default' => null,
                 'update' => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
diff --git a/src/Db/Table/Table.php b/src/Db/Table/Table.php
index ad826709..9b2685b1 100644
--- a/src/Db/Table/Table.php
+++ b/src/Db/Table/Table.php
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
 class Table
 {
     /**
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapterTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapterTest.php
index c16d4a8e..2bb30860 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Db/Adapter/MysqlAdapterTest.php
@@ -484,6 +484,36 @@ public function testUnsignedPksFeatureFlag()
         $this->assertTrue($columns[0]->getSigned());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @runInSeparateProcess
+     */
+    public function testAddTimestampsFeatureFlag()
+    {
+        Configure::write('Migrations.add_timestamps_use_datetime', true);
+        $this->adapter->connect();
+
+        $table = new Table('table1', [], $this->adapter);
+        $table->addTimestamps();
+        $table->create();
+
+        $columns = $this->adapter->getColumns('table1');
+
+        $this->assertCount(3, $columns);
+        $this->assertSame('id', $columns[0]->getName());
+
+        $this->assertEquals('created_at', $columns[1]->getName());
+        $this->assertEquals('datetime', $columns[1]->getType());
+        $this->assertEquals('', $columns[1]->getUpdate());
+        $this->assertFalse($columns[1]->isNull());
+        $this->assertEquals('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP', $columns[1]->getDefault());
+
+        $this->assertEquals('updated_at', $columns[2]->getName());
+        $this->assertEquals('datetime', $columns[2]->getType());
+        $this->assertEquals('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP', $columns[2]->getUpdate());
+        $this->assertTrue($columns[2]->isNull());
+        $this->assertNull($columns[2]->getDefault());
+    }
+
     public function testCreateTableWithLimitPK()
     {
         $table = new Table('ntable', ['id' => 'id', 'limit' => 4], $this->adapter);