diff --git a/Schema/Blueprint.php b/Schema/Blueprint.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/Schema/Blueprint.php
+++ b/Schema/Blueprint.php
@@ -505,6 +505,16 @@ class Blueprint {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Add a "deleted at" timestamp for the table.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function softDeletes()
+	{
+		$this->timestamp('deleted_at')->nullable();
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Create a new binary column on the table.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $column
diff --git a/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php b/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
+++ b/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class MySqlGrammar extends Grammar {
 	 */
 	protected function typeTimestamp(Fluent $column)
 	{
-		return 'timestamp default 0';
+		return 'timestamp';
 	}
 
 	/**
Added softDeletes helper to Blueprint.