diff --git a/lib/wrench.js b/lib/wrench.js
index a293fdd..6b13d20 100644
--- a/lib/wrench.js
+++ b/lib/wrench.js
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ exports.copyDirSyncRecursive = function(sourceDir, newDirLocation, opts) {
     var files = fs.readdirSync(sourceDir);
     var hasFilter = opts.filter || opts.include || opts.exclude;
     var preserveFiles = opts.preserveFiles === true;
+    var preserveTimestamps = opts.preserveTimestamps === true;
 
     for(var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
         // ignores all files or directories which match the RegExp in opts.filter
@@ -274,6 +275,9 @@ exports.copyDirSyncRecursive = function(sourceDir, newDirLocation, opts) {
             fs.writeFileSync(destFile, contents);
             var stat =  fs.lstatSync(srcFile);
             fs.chmodSync(destFile, stat.mode);
+            if (preserveTimestamps) {
+                fs.utimesSync(destFile, stat.atime, stat.mtime)
+            }
         };
 
         if(currFile.isDirectory()) {
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index a4e0242..2d646d0 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ wrench.copyDirSyncRecursive('directory_to_copy', 'location_where_copy_should_end
     forceDelete: bool, // Whether to overwrite existing directory or not
     excludeHiddenUnix: bool, // Whether to copy hidden Unix files or not (preceding .)
     preserveFiles: bool, // If we're overwriting something and the file already exists, keep the existing
+    preserveTimestamps: bool, // Preserve the mtime and atime when copying files
     inflateSymlinks: bool, // Whether to follow symlinks or not when copying files
     filter: regexpOrFunction, // A filter to match files against; if matches, do nothing (exclude).
     whitelist: bool, // if true every file or directory which doesn't match filter will be ignored