diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Postgres.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Postgres.php
index 9b1fbcf3d..5b79ea57d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Postgres.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Postgres.php
@@ -291,6 +291,22 @@ class Postgres extends DboSource {
 		}
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Reset a sequence based on the MAX() value of $column.  Useful
+ * for resetting sequences after using insertMulti().
+ *
+ * @param string $table The name of the table to update.
+ * @param string $column The column to use when reseting the sequence value, the
+ *   sequence name will be fetched using Postgres::getSequence();
+ * @return boolean success.
+ */
+	public function resetSequence($table, $column) {
+		$sequence = $this->value($this->getSequence($table, $column));
+		$table = $this->fullTableName($table);
+		$this->execute("SELECT setval($sequence, (SELECT MAX(id) FROM $table))");
+		return true;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Deletes all the records in a table and drops all associated auto-increment sequences
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
index 01c0cf5ba..4d4843b42 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
@@ -2920,6 +2920,20 @@ class DboSource extends DataSource {
 		return $this->commit();
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Reset a sequence based on the MAX() value of $column.  Useful
+ * for resetting sequences after using insertMulti().
+ *
+ * This method should be implmented by datasources that require sequences to be used.
+ *
+ * @param string $table The name of the table to update.
+ * @param string $column The column to use when reseting the sequence value.
+ * @return boolean success.
+ */
+	public function resetSequence($table, $column) {
+
+	}
+
 /**
  * Returns an array of the indexes in given datasource name.
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/PostgresTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/PostgresTest.php
index 154920262..7015750d3 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/PostgresTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/PostgresTest.php
@@ -950,4 +950,26 @@ class PostgresTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertNotEmpty($model->read(null, 1));
 	}
 
+	public function testResetSequence() {
+		$model = new Article();
+
+		$table = $this->Dbo->fullTableName($model, false);
+		$fields = array(
+			'id', 'user_id', 'title', 'body', 'published',
+		);
+		$values = array(
+			array(1, 1, 'test', 'first post', false),
+			array(2, 1, 'test 2', 'second post post', false),
+		);
+		$this->Dbo->insertMulti($table, $fields, $values);
+		$sequence = $this->Dbo->getSequence($table);
+		$result = $this->Dbo->rawQuery("SELECT nextval('$sequence')");
+		$original = $result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+		$this->assertTrue($this->Dbo->resetSequence($table, 'id'));
+		$result = $this->Dbo->rawQuery("SELECT currval('$sequence')");
+		$new = $result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+		$this->assertTrue($new['currval'] > $original['nextval'], 'Sequence did not update');
+	}
+
 }