diff --git a/CHANGELOG-5.0.md b/CHANGELOG-5.0.md
index cf6acda1c4..965b76895f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-5.0.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-5.0.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Changed `Phalcon\Mvc\Model::toArray` to use getters if present [#16320](https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/issues/16320)
+
 ### Added
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/phalcon/Mvc/Model.zep b/phalcon/Mvc/Model.zep
index 3fc3a8c6ab..b16403129a 100644
--- a/phalcon/Mvc/Model.zep
+++ b/phalcon/Mvc/Model.zep
@@ -3277,7 +3277,7 @@ abstract class Model extends AbstractInjectionAware implements EntityInterface,
      */
     public function toArray(columns = null) -> array
     {
-        var metaData, columnMap, attribute, attributeField, value;
+        var attribute, attributeField, columnMap, metaData, method, value;
         array data;
 
         let data = [],
@@ -3316,7 +3316,14 @@ abstract class Model extends AbstractInjectionAware implements EntityInterface,
                 }
             }
 
-            if fetch value, this->{attributeField} {
+            /**
+             * Check if there is a getter for this property
+             */
+            let method = "get" . camelize(attributeField);
+
+            if method_exists(this, method) {
+                let data[attributeField] = this->{method}();
+            } elseif fetch value, this->{attributeField} {
                 let data[attributeField] = value;
             } else {
                 let data[attributeField] = null;
diff --git a/tests/_data/fixtures/models/InvoicesGetters.php b/tests/_data/fixtures/models/InvoicesGetters.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7afed10bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_data/fixtures/models/InvoicesGetters.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of the Phalcon Framework.
+ *
+ * (c) Phalcon Team <team@phalcon.io>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE.txt
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Phalcon\Tests\Fixtures\models;
+
+use Phalcon\Tests\Models\Invoices;
+
+/**
+ * Class InvoicesGetters
+ */
+class InvoicesGetters extends Invoices
+{
+    /**
+     * @return bool|null
+     */
+    public function getInvTitle(): string
+    {
+        return $this->inv_title . '!' . $this->inv_id;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/database/Mvc/Model/ToArrayCest.php b/tests/database/Mvc/Model/ToArrayCest.php
index 3b9cdb5bff..ab65eac398 100644
--- a/tests/database/Mvc/Model/ToArrayCest.php
+++ b/tests/database/Mvc/Model/ToArrayCest.php
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@
 use PDO;
 use Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager;
 use Phalcon\Tests\Fixtures\Migrations\InvoicesMigration;
+use Phalcon\Tests\Fixtures\Migrations\SettersMigration;
+use Phalcon\Tests\Fixtures\Migrations\SourcesMigration;
+use Phalcon\Tests\Fixtures\models\InvoicesGetters;
+use Phalcon\Tests\Fixtures\models\SourcesGetters;
 use Phalcon\Tests\Fixtures\Traits\DiTrait;
 use Phalcon\Tests\Models\Invoices;
 use Phalcon\Tests\Models\InvoicesMap;
+use Phalcon\Tests\Models\Sources;
 
+use function date;
 use function uniqid;
 
 class ToArrayCest
@@ -322,4 +328,52 @@ public function mvcModelToArrayExecuteColumnNotInColumnMap(DatabaseTester $I)
         $actual   = $result->toArray();
         $I->assertSame($expected, $actual);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests Phalcon\Mvc\Model\ :: save() with property source
+     *
+     * @author Phalcon Team <team@phalcon.io>
+     * @since  2019-11-16
+     * @issue  #11922
+     *
+     * @group  mysql
+     * @group  sqlite
+     */
+    public function mvcModelToArrayModelWithGetters(DatabaseTester $I)
+    {
+        $I->wantToTest('Mvc\Model - toArray - model with getters');
+
+        /** @var PDO $connection */
+        $connection = $I->getConnection();
+        $title      = uniqid('inv-');
+        $date       = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+
+        $migration = new InvoicesMigration($connection);
+        $migration->insert(4, 1, 0, $title, 111.26, $date);
+
+        $model = InvoicesGetters::findFirst(4);
+
+        $class = InvoicesGetters::class;
+        $I->assertInstanceOf($class, $model);
+
+        $expected = 4;
+        $actual   = $model->inv_id;
+        $I->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
+
+        $expected = [
+            'inv_id'          => '4',
+            'inv_cst_id'      => '1',
+            'inv_status_flag' => '0',
+            'inv_title'       => $title . '!4',
+            'inv_total'       => '111.26',
+            'inv_created_at'  => $date,
+        ];
+
+        $actual   = $model->toArray();
+        /**
+         * assertEquals here because sqlite returns strings in different
+         * PHP versions
+         */
+        $I->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
+    }
 }