diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
index e34b993029c4fab9f401937e6b29d67f1bd07a9d..1699f5f95d399c59363560205a241f2daed33cbd 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 require 'models/student'
 require 'models/pirate'
 require 'models/ship'
+require 'models/ship_part'
 require 'models/tyre'
 
 class HasManyAssociationsTestForReorderWithJoinDependency < ActiveRecord::TestCase
@@ -83,6 +84,30 @@ def test_has_many_build_with_options
     assert_equal college.students, Student.where(active: true, college_id: college.id)
   end
 
+  def test_add_record_to_collection_should_change_its_updated_at
+    ship = Ship.create(name: 'dauntless')
+    part = ShipPart.create(name: 'cockpit')
+    updated_at = part.updated_at
+
+    ship.parts << part
+
+    assert_equal part.ship, ship
+    assert_not_equal part.updated_at, updated_at
+  end
+
+  def test_clear_collection_should_not_change_updated_at
+    # GH#17161: .clear calls delete_all (and returns the association),
+    # which is intended to not touch associated objects's updated_at field
+    ship = Ship.create(name: 'dauntless')
+    part = ShipPart.create(name: 'cockpit', ship_id: ship.id)
+
+    ship.parts.clear
+    part.reload
+
+    assert_equal nil, part.ship
+    assert !part.updated_at_changed?
+  end
+
   def test_create_from_association_should_respect_default_scope
     car = Car.create(:name => 'honda')
     assert_equal 'honda', car.name
diff --git a/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb b/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
index 10de3d34cb12f81b868b0741cab229354c09d3e8..5e0c0b889a75f4c778c664cbbed3d0ad1e3b9e18 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ def except(adapter_names_to_exclude)
   create_table :ship_parts, force: true do |t|
     t.string :name
     t.integer :ship_id
+    t.datetime :updated_at
   end
 
   create_table :speedometers, force: true, id: false do |t|