diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index cc6d0fb79..756868a7f 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -6087,6 +6087,10 @@ sub git_feed {
 			      "<link>$alt_url</link>\n" .
 			      "</image>\n";
 		}
+		if (%latest_date) {
+			print "<pubDate>$latest_date{'rfc2822'}</pubDate>\n";
+			print "<lastBuildDate>$latest_date{'rfc2822'}</lastBuildDate>\n";
+		}
 		print "<generator>gitweb v.$version/$git_version</generator>\n";
 	} elsif ($format eq 'atom') {
 		print <<XML;