diff --git a/app/models/spree/classification_decorator.rb b/app/models/spree/classification_decorator.rb
index fec270bc14..20608bad94 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/classification_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/classification_decorator.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Spree::Classification.class_eval do
   belongs_to :product, class_name: "Spree::Product", touch: true
+  belongs_to :taxon, class_name: "Spree::Taxon", touch: true
 
   before_destroy :dont_destroy_if_primary_taxon
 
diff --git a/spec/models/spree/taxon_spec.rb b/spec/models/spree/taxon_spec.rb
index 5a565c5146..b19f979d99 100644
--- a/spec/models/spree/taxon_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/spree/taxon_spec.rb
@@ -28,5 +28,14 @@ module Spree
         expect(Taxon.distributed_taxons(:current)).to eq(e.id => Set.new([t1.id]))
       end
     end
+
+    describe "touches" do
+      let!(:taxon) { create(:taxon) }
+      let!(:product) { create(:simple_product) }
+
+      it "is touched when applied to a product" do
+        expect{ product.taxons << taxon }.to change { taxon.reload.updated_at }
+      end
+    end
   end
 end