diff --git a/spec/avram/database_cleaner_spec.cr b/spec/avram/database_cleaner_spec.cr
index 2521f79a3..7f4568811 100644
--- a/spec/avram/database_cleaner_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/avram/database_cleaner_spec.cr
@@ -9,4 +9,46 @@ describe "DatabaseCleaner" do
       UserQuery.new.select_count.should eq 0
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#truncate" do
+    it "restarts identity", tags: Avram::SpecHelper::TRUNCATE do
+      count = 3
+
+      count.times do
+        UserFactory.create
+        ArticleFactory.create
+      end
+
+      UserQuery.new.select_count.should eq(count)
+      ArticleQuery.new.select_count.should eq(count)
+
+      TestDatabase.truncate(restart_identity: true)
+
+      UserQuery.new.select_count.should eq(0)
+      ArticleQuery.new.select_count.should eq(0)
+
+      UserFactory.create.id.should eq(1)
+      ArticleFactory.create.id.should eq(1)
+    end
+
+    it "does not restart identity", tags: Avram::SpecHelper::TRUNCATE do
+      count = 3
+
+      count.times do
+        UserFactory.create
+        ArticleFactory.create
+      end
+
+      UserQuery.new.select_count.should eq(count)
+      ArticleQuery.new.select_count.should eq(count)
+
+      TestDatabase.truncate(restart_identity: false)
+
+      UserQuery.new.select_count.should eq(0)
+      ArticleQuery.new.select_count.should eq(0)
+
+      UserFactory.create.id.should eq(count + 1)
+      ArticleFactory.create.id.should eq(count + 1)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/avram/database.cr b/src/avram/database.cr
index c843b26ea..efc3de88a 100644
--- a/src/avram/database.cr
+++ b/src/avram/database.cr
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ abstract class Avram::Database
   end
 
   # Run a SQL `TRUNCATE` on all tables in the database
-  def self.truncate
-    new.truncate
+  def self.truncate(**named_args)
+    new.truncate(**named_args)
   end
 
   # Run a SQL `DELETE` on all tables in the database
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ abstract class Avram::Database
     connection._avram_stack.last?
   end
 
-  protected def truncate
-    DatabaseCleaner.new(self).truncate
+  protected def truncate(**named_args)
+    DatabaseCleaner.new(self).truncate(**named_args)
   end
 
   protected def delete
diff --git a/src/avram/spec_helper.cr b/src/avram/spec_helper.cr
index fb61a6bd8..574f61270 100644
--- a/src/avram/spec_helper.cr
+++ b/src/avram/spec_helper.cr
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module Avram::SpecHelper
-  TRUNCATE = "truncate"
+  TRUNCATE            = "truncate"
+  NO_CASCADE          = "no_cascade"
+  NO_RESTART_IDENTITY = "no_restart_identity"
 
   macro use_transactional_specs(*databases)
     Spec.around_each do |spec|
@@ -8,10 +10,9 @@ module Avram::SpecHelper
   end
 
   def self.wrap_spec_in_transaction(spec : Spec::Example::Procsy, *databases)
-    if use_truncation?(spec)
+    if named_args = use_truncation?(spec)
       spec.run
-      databases.each(&.truncate)
-      return
+      return databases.each(&.truncate **named_args)
     end
 
     tracked_transactions = [] of DB::Transaction
@@ -42,14 +43,23 @@ module Avram::SpecHelper
     end
   end
 
-  private def self.use_truncation?(spec : Spec::Example::Procsy) : Bool
+  # TODO: <https://github.com/luckyframework/avram/pull/984#issuecomment-1821577487>
+  # See <https://github.com/luckyframework/avram/pull/984#issuecomment-1826000231>
+  private def self.use_truncation?(spec : Spec::Example::Procsy)
     current = spec.example
+
     while !current.is_a?(Spec::RootContext)
       temp = current.as(Spec::Item)
-      return true if temp.tags.try(&.includes?(TRUNCATE))
+
+      temp.tags.try do |tags|
+        truncate = tags.includes?(TRUNCATE)
+        cascade = !tags.includes?(NO_CASCADE)
+        restart_id = !tags.includes?(NO_RESTART_IDENTITY)
+
+        return {cascade: cascade, restart_identity: restart_id} if truncate
+      end
+
       current = temp.parent
     end
-
-    false
   end
 end