diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index 56168cccb72..052414d2b76 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Model.prototype.$__handleSave = function(options, callback) {
     const optionsWithCustomValues = Object.assign({}, options, saveOptions);
     const where = this.$__where();
     const optimisticConcurrency = this.$__schema.options.optimisticConcurrency;
-    if (optimisticConcurrency) {
+    if (optimisticConcurrency && !Array.isArray(optimisticConcurrency)) {
       const key = this.$__schema.options.versionKey;
       const val = this.$__getValue(key);
       if (val != null) {
@@ -718,7 +718,15 @@ Model.prototype.$__delta = function() {
 
   const optimisticConcurrency = this.$__schema.options.optimisticConcurrency;
   if (optimisticConcurrency) {
-    this.$__.version = dirty.length ? VERSION_ALL : VERSION_WHERE;
+    if (Array.isArray(optimisticConcurrency)) {
+      const optCon = new Set(optimisticConcurrency);
+      const modPaths = this.modifiedPaths();
+      if (modPaths.find(path => optCon.has(path))) {
+        this.$__.version = dirty.length ? VERSION_ALL : VERSION_WHERE;
+      }
+    } else {
+      this.$__.version = dirty.length ? VERSION_ALL : VERSION_WHERE;
+    }
   }
 
   if (!dirty.length && VERSION_ALL !== this.$__.version) {
diff --git a/test/versioning.test.js b/test/versioning.test.js
index 764c1d2a410..cbae5b1e928 100644
--- a/test/versioning.test.js
+++ b/test/versioning.test.js
@@ -512,6 +512,23 @@ describe('versioning', function() {
     assert.equal(err.name, 'VersionError');
   });
 
+  it('should support optimisticConcurrency being an array of strings', async function() {
+    const thingSchema = new Schema({ price: Number, name: String }, { optimisticConcurrency: ['price', 'name'] });
+    const Thing = db.model('Thing', thingSchema);
+
+    const thing = await Thing.create({ price: 1, name: 'Test' });
+    await thing.save();
+    assert.equal(thing.__v, 0);
+    const thing_1 = await Thing.findById(thing.id);
+    const thing_2 = await Thing.findById(thing.id);
+    thing_1.set({ price: 2, name: 'Testerson' });
+    await thing_1.save();
+    assert.equal(thing_1.__v, 1);
+    thing_2.set({ price: 1, name: 'Test' });
+    const err = await thing_2.save().then(() => null, err => err);
+    assert.ok(!err);
+  });
+
   it('gh-1898', async function() {
     const schema = new Schema({ tags: [String], name: String });