diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
index 3c1bf9a81d78..c2036adda8a4 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -3067,13 +3067,31 @@ public function is(Model $model)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get all of the current attributes on the model.
+     * Get a selection of the current attributes on the model.
+     *
+     * @param array $keys
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    public function getAttributes()
+    public function getAttributes($keys = [])
     {
-        return $this->attributes;
+        if ($keys === []) {
+            return $this->attributes;
+        }
+
+        $keys = is_array($keys) ? $keys : func_get_args();
+
+        $result = [];
+
+        foreach ($keys as $key) {
+            $value = $this->getAttribute($key);
+
+            if (! is_null($value)) {
+                $result[$key] = $value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $result;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
index 315c31108055..b293cbfb08df 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ public function testAttributeManipulation()
         $this->assertEquals(json_encode(['name' => 'taylor']), $attributes['list_items']);
     }
 
+    public function testGetMultipleAttributes()
+    {
+        $model = new EloquentModelStub(['name' => 'taylor', 'framework' => 'laravel', 'foo' => 'bar']);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(['name' => 'taylor', 'foo' => 'bar'], $model->getAttributes('name', 'foo'));
+        $this->assertEquals(['name' => 'taylor', 'foo' => 'bar'], $model->getAttributes(['name', 'foo']));
+        $this->assertEquals(['name' => 'taylor'], $model->getAttributes('name'));
+        $this->assertEquals(['name' => 'taylor'], $model->getAttributes(['name']));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(['name' => 'taylor'], $model->getAttributes(['name', 'doesntexist']));
+    }
+
     public function testDirtyAttributes()
     {
         $model = new EloquentModelStub(['foo' => '1', 'bar' => 2, 'baz' => 3]);