diff --git a/docs/components/carousel.md b/docs/components/carousel.md
index d1606940a6..ab84bf460d 100644
--- a/docs/components/carousel.md
+++ b/docs/components/carousel.md
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ Options can be passed via data attributes or JavaScript. For data attributes, ap
      <td>pause</td>
      <td>string | boolean</td>
      <td>"hover"</td>
-     <td>If set to <code>"hover"</code>, pauses the cycling of the carousel on <code>mouseenter</code> and resumes the cycling of the carousel on <code>mouseleave</code>. If set to <code>false</code>, hovering over the carousel won't pause it.</td>
+     <td><p>If set to <code>"hover"</code>, pauses the cycling of the carousel on <code>mouseenter</code> and resumes the cycling of the carousel on <code>mouseleave</code>. If set to <code>false</code>, hovering over the carousel won't pause it.</p>
+     <p>On touch-enabled devices, when set to <code>"hover"</code>, cycling will pause on <code>touchend</code> (once the user finished interacting with the carousel) for two intervals, before automatically resuming. Note that this is in addition to the above mouse behavior.</p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>ride</td>
diff --git a/js/src/carousel.js b/js/src/carousel.js
index 7c2da45ad7..5993de2562 100644
--- a/js/src/carousel.js
+++ b/js/src/carousel.js
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@ const Carousel = (($) => {
    * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
-  const NAME                = 'carousel'
-  const VERSION             = '4.0.0-alpha.6'
-  const DATA_KEY            = 'bs.carousel'
-  const EVENT_KEY           = `.${DATA_KEY}`
-  const DATA_API_KEY        = '.data-api'
-  const JQUERY_NO_CONFLICT  = $.fn[NAME]
-  const TRANSITION_DURATION = 600
-  const ARROW_LEFT_KEYCODE  = 37 // KeyboardEvent.which value for left arrow key
-  const ARROW_RIGHT_KEYCODE = 39 // KeyboardEvent.which value for right arrow key
+  const NAME                   = 'carousel'
+  const VERSION                = '4.0.0-alpha.6'
+  const DATA_KEY               = 'bs.carousel'
+  const EVENT_KEY              = `.${DATA_KEY}`
+  const DATA_API_KEY           = '.data-api'
+  const JQUERY_NO_CONFLICT     = $.fn[NAME]
+  const TRANSITION_DURATION    = 600
+  const ARROW_LEFT_KEYCODE     = 37 // KeyboardEvent.which value for left arrow key
+  const ARROW_RIGHT_KEYCODE    = 39 // KeyboardEvent.which value for right arrow key
+  const TOUCHEVENT_COMPAT_WAIT = 500 // Time for mouse compat events to fire after touch
 
   const Default = {
     interval : 5000,
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ const Carousel = (($) => {
     KEYDOWN        : `keydown${EVENT_KEY}`,
     MOUSEENTER     : `mouseenter${EVENT_KEY}`,
     MOUSELEAVE     : `mouseleave${EVENT_KEY}`,
+    TOUCHEND       : `touchend${EVENT_KEY}`,
     LOAD_DATA_API  : `load${EVENT_KEY}${DATA_API_KEY}`,
     CLICK_DATA_API : `click${EVENT_KEY}${DATA_API_KEY}`
   }
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ const Carousel = (($) => {
       this._isPaused          = false
       this._isSliding         = false
 
+      this.touchTimeout       = null
+
       this._config            = this._getConfig(config)
       this._element           = $(element)[0]
       this._indicatorsElement = $(this._element).find(Selector.INDICATORS)[0]
@@ -227,11 +231,26 @@ const Carousel = (($) => {
           .on(Event.KEYDOWN, (event) => this._keydown(event))
       }
 
-      if (this._config.pause === 'hover' &&
-        !('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement)) {
+      if (this._config.pause === 'hover') {
         $(this._element)
           .on(Event.MOUSEENTER, (event) => this.pause(event))
           .on(Event.MOUSELEAVE, (event) => this.cycle(event))
+        if ('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement) {
+          // if it's a touch-enabled device, mouseenter/leave are fired as
+          // part of the mouse compatibility events on first tap - the carousel
+          // would stop cycling until user tapped out of it;
+          // here, we listen for touchend, explicitly pause the carousel
+          // (as if it's the second time we tap on it, mouseenter compat event
+          // is NOT fired) and after a timeout (to allow for mouse compatibility
+          // events to fire) we explicitly restart cycling
+          $(this._element).on(Event.TOUCHEND, () => {
+            this.pause()
+            if (this.touchTimeout) {
+              clearTimeout(this.touchTimeout)
+            }
+            this.touchTimeout = setTimeout((event) => this.cycle(event), TOUCHEVENT_COMPAT_WAIT + this._config.interval)
+          })
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/js/tests/unit/carousel.js b/js/tests/unit/carousel.js
index 00b438bb2c..894f78ab51 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/carousel.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/carousel.js
@@ -654,29 +654,6 @@ $(function () {
     assert.strictEqual($template.find('.carousel-item')[0], $template.find('.active')[0], 'first item still active after left arrow press in <textarea>')
   })
 
-  QUnit.test('should only add mouseenter and mouseleave listeners when not on mobile', function (assert) {
-    assert.expect(2)
-    var isMobile     = 'ontouchstart' in document.documentElement
-    var templateHTML = '<div id="myCarousel" class="carousel" data-interval="false" data-pause="hover">'
-        + '<div class="carousel-inner">'
-        + '<div id="first" class="carousel-item active">'
-        + '<img alt="">'
-        + '</div>'
-        + '<div id="second" class="carousel-item">'
-        + '<img alt="">'
-        + '</div>'
-        + '<div id="third" class="carousel-item">'
-        + '<img alt="">'
-        + '</div>'
-        + '</div>'
-        + '</div>'
-    var $template = $(templateHTML).bootstrapCarousel()
-
-    $.each(['mouseover', 'mouseout'], function (i, type) {
-      assert.strictEqual(type in $._data($template[0], 'events'), !isMobile, 'does' + (isMobile ? ' not' : '') + ' listen for ' + type + ' events')
-    })
-  })
-
   QUnit.test('should wrap around from end to start when wrap option is true', function (assert) {
     assert.expect(3)
     var carouselHTML = '<div id="carousel-example-generic" class="carousel slide" data-wrap="true">'