diff --git a/lib/cradle/database/index.js b/lib/cradle/database/index.js
index d40b26f..68c8f4b 100644
--- a/lib/cradle/database/index.js
+++ b/lib/cradle/database/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ var Database = exports.Database = function (name, connection, opts) {
        this.opts.cache = false;
        this.opts.cacheSize = 0;
     }
+
+    // Workaround https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1415 by default
+    this.workaroundBug1415 = true;
+
     this.cache = new (cradle.Cache)(this.opts);
     this.cacheFeed = null;
     if (this.opts.cache === 'follow') {
@@ -47,6 +51,11 @@ Database.prototype.configureCacheFeed = function () {
 // A wrapper around `Connection.request`,
 // which prepends the database name.
 Database.prototype.query = function (options, callback) {
+
+    // XXX: Workaround https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1415
+    if (options.body && options.method === 'POST' && this.workaroundBug1415)
+      options.body.$ts = Date.now();
+
     options.path = [this.name, options.path].filter(Boolean).join('/');
     return this.connection.request(options, callback);
 };
@@ -88,12 +97,12 @@ Database.prototype.create = function (callback) {
 Database.prototype.destroy = function (callback) {
     if (arguments.length > 1) {
         throw new(Error)("destroy() doesn't take any additional arguments");
-    } 
-    
+    }
+
     this.query({
-        method: 'DELETE', 
-        path: '/', 
-    }, callback);    
+        method: 'DELETE',
+        path: '/',
+    }, callback);
 };
 
 //