diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 03f843799..85e4242a2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0
-	github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.4
+	github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 50fbba2fc..bd6104c9b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 h1:K317FqzuhWc8YvSVlFMCCUb36O/S9MCKRDI7QkRKD/E=
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkryuEj+Srlc=
-github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.4 h1:tHnRBy1i5F2Dh8BAFxqFzxKqqvezXrL2OW1TnX+Mlas=
-github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.4/go.mod h1:d3SSVoowX0Lcu0IBviAWJpolVfI5UJVZZ7cO71lE/z8=
+github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 h1:/o9tlHleP7gOFmsnYNz3RGnqzefHA47wQpKrrdTIwXQ=
+github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5/go.mod h1:d3SSVoowX0Lcu0IBviAWJpolVfI5UJVZZ7cO71lE/z8=
diff --git a/gorm.go b/gorm.go
index 81b6e2afc..653039b34 100644
--- a/gorm.go
+++ b/gorm.go
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	DisableForeignKeyConstraintWhenMigrating bool
 	// DisableNestedTransaction disable nested transaction
 	DisableNestedTransaction bool
+	// SafetyAutoMigration disable columns alter when it exists
+	SafetyAutoMigration bool
 	// AllowGlobalUpdate allow global update
 	AllowGlobalUpdate bool
 	// QueryFields executes the SQL query with all fields of the table
diff --git a/migrator/migrator.go b/migrator/migrator.go
index 29c0c00c0..91414481e 100644
--- a/migrator/migrator.go
+++ b/migrator/migrator.go
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ func (m Migrator) AutoMigrate(values ...interface{}) error {
 						if err := tx.Migrator().AddColumn(value, dbName); err != nil {
 							return err
 						}
+					} else if m.DB.SafetyAutoMigration {
+						// skip MigrationColumn
 					} else if err := m.DB.Migrator().MigrateColumn(value, field, foundColumn); err != nil {
 						// found, smart migrate
 						return err