diff --git a/spec/model_spec.cr b/spec/model_spec.cr
index 814f82830..d1ab5a559 100644
--- a/spec/model_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/model_spec.cr
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require "./spec_helper"
 
+include LazyLoadHelpers
+
 class NamedSpaced::Model < BaseModel
   table do
   end
@@ -90,6 +92,30 @@ describe Avram::Model do
     user.email.to_s.should eq "foo@bar.com"
   end
 
+  describe "reload" do
+    it "can reload a model" do
+      user = UserBox.create &.name("Original Name")
+
+      # Update returns a brand new user. It should have the new name
+      newly_updated_user = User::SaveOperation.update!(user, name: "Updated Name")
+
+      newly_updated_user.name.should eq("Updated Name")
+      # The original user is not modified
+      user.name.should eq("Original Name")
+      # So we reload it to get the new goodies
+      user.reload.name.should eq("Updated Name")
+    end
+
+    it "can reload a model with a yielded query" do
+      with_lazy_load(enabled: false) do
+        post = PostBox.create
+
+        # If `preload_tags` doesn't work this will raise
+        post.reload(&.preload_tags).tags.should be_empty
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   it "sets up simple methods for equality" do
     query = QueryMe::BaseQuery.new.email("foo@bar.com").age(30)
 
diff --git a/src/avram/base_query_template.cr b/src/avram/base_query_template.cr
index e2dc562f4..9ddefe3d7 100644
--- a/src/avram/base_query_template.cr
+++ b/src/avram/base_query_template.cr
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ class Avram::BaseQueryTemplate
         {{ type }}.database
       end
 
+      def query_class
+
+      end
+
       @@table_name = :{{ table_name }}
       @@schema_class = {{ type }}
 
diff --git a/src/avram/model.cr b/src/avram/model.cr
index f0304f04f..b45a560e3 100644
--- a/src/avram/model.cr
+++ b/src/avram/model.cr
@@ -48,6 +48,67 @@ abstract class Avram::Model
     id.to_s
   end
 
+  # Reload the model with the latest information from the database
+  #
+  # This method will return a new model instance with the
+  # latest data from the database. Note that this does
+  # **note** change the original instance, so you may need to
+  # assign the result to a variable or work directly with the return value.
+  #
+  # Example:
+  #
+  # ```crystal
+  # user = SaveUser.create!(name: "Original")
+  # SaveUser.update!(user, name: "Updated")
+  #
+  # # Will be "Original"
+  # user.name
+  # # Will return "Updated"
+  # user.reload.name # Will be "Updated"
+  # Will still be "Original" since the 'user' is the same model instance.
+  # user.name
+  #
+  # Instead re-assign the variable. Now 'name' will return "Updated" since
+  # 'user' references the reloaded model.
+  # user = user.reload
+  # user.name
+  # ```
+  def reload : self
+    base_query_class.find(id)
+  end
+
+  # Same as `reload` but allows passing a block to customize the query.
+  #
+  # This is almost always used to preload additional relationships.
+  #
+  # Example:
+  #
+  # ```crystal
+  # user = SaveUser.create(params)
+  #
+  # # We want to display the list of articles the user has commented on, so let's #
+  # # preload them to avoid N+1 performance issues
+  # user = user.reload(&.preload_comments(CommentQuery.new.preload_article))
+  #
+  # # Now we can safely get all the comment authors
+  # user.comments.map(&.article)
+  # ```
+  #
+  # Note that the yielded query is the `BaseQuery` so it will not have any
+  # methods defined on your customized query. This is usually fine since
+  # typically reload only uses preloads.
+  #
+  # If you do need to do something more custom you can manually reload:
+  #
+  # ```crystal
+  # user = SaveUser.create!(name: "Helen")
+  # UserQuery.new.some_custom_preload_method.find(user.id)
+  # ```
+  def reload : self
+    query = yield base_query_class.new
+    query.find(id)
+  end
+
   macro table(table_name = nil)
     {% unless table_name %}
       {% table_name = run("../run_macros/infer_table_name.cr", @type.id) %}
diff --git a/src/avram/save_operation_template.cr b/src/avram/save_operation_template.cr
index 8f9f84622..9d53dae80 100644
--- a/src/avram/save_operation_template.cr
+++ b/src/avram/save_operation_template.cr
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ class Avram::SaveOperationTemplate
       end
     end
 
+    # This makes it easy for plugins and extensions to use the base SaveOperation
+    def base_query_class : ::{{ type }}::BaseQuery.class
+      ::{{ type }}::BaseQuery
+    end
+
     class ::{{ type }}::SaveOperation < Avram::SaveOperation({{ type }})
       {% if primary_key_type.id == UUID.id %}
         before_save set_uuid