diff --git a/src/Database/Concerns/GuardsAttributes.php b/src/Database/Concerns/GuardsAttributes.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..438085b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/Concerns/GuardsAttributes.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace October\Rain\Database\Concerns;
+
+trait GuardsAttributes
+{
+    /**
+     * Determine if the given key is guarded.
+     *
+     * This is an override of https://github.com/laravel/framework/commit/897d107775737a958dbd0b2f3ea37877c7526371
+     * and allows fields that don't exist in the database to be filled if they aren't specified as "guarded", under
+     * the pretense that they are handled in a special manner - ie. in the `beforeSave` event.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $key
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isGuarded($key)
+    {
+        if (empty($this->getGuarded())) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $this->getGuarded() == ['*'] ||
+               ! empty(preg_grep('/^'.preg_quote($key).'$/i', $this->getGuarded()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Database/Model.php b/src/Database/Model.php
index 164171b90..1c6b70acd 100644
--- a/src/Database/Model.php
+++ b/src/Database/Model.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php namespace October\Rain\Database;
 
-use Db;
-use Input;
 use Closure;
 use October\Rain\Support\Arr;
 use October\Rain\Support\Str;
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 class Model extends EloquentModel
 {
+    use Concerns\GuardsAttributes;
     use Concerns\HasRelationships;
     use \October\Rain\Support\Traits\Emitter;
     use \October\Rain\Extension\ExtendableTrait;