diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityAnswer.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityAnswer.java
index c9ff0fc90a..375eb321ae 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityAnswer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityAnswer.java
@@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.text.Collator;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -211,6 +213,8 @@ public class EntityAnswer implements Serializable {
             }
         }
 
+        text = text.replace("$weekday$", new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE").format(new Date()));
+
         SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
         for (String key : prefs.getAll().keySet())
             if (key.startsWith(PREF_PLACEHOLDER)) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentAnswer.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentAnswer.java
index bae32bf1b8..ae46d554be 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentAnswer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentAnswer.java
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ public class FragmentAnswer extends FragmentBase {
             } else if (itemId == R.id.menu_placeholder_date) {
                 onMenuPlaceholder("$date$");
                 return true;
+            } else if (itemId == R.id.menu_placeholder_weekday) {
+                onMenuPlaceholder("$weekday$");
+                return true;
             }
         }
         return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/menu/menu_answer.xml b/app/src/main/res/menu/menu_answer.xml
index 47c8b08396..9617715ae0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/menu/menu_answer.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/menu/menu_answer.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
             <item
                 android:id="@+id/menu_placeholder_date"
                 android:title="@string/title_answer_placeholder_date" />
+            <item
+                android:id="@+id/menu_placeholder_weekday"
+                android:title="@string/title_answer_placeholder_weekday" />
         </menu>
     </item>
 </menu>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 180eae5269..a0bf080d03 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1907,6 +1907,7 @@
     <string name="title_answer_placeholder_firstname">Sender\'s first name</string>
     <string name="title_answer_placeholder_lastname">Sender\'s last name</string>
     <string name="title_answer_placeholder_date">Current date</string>
+    <string name="title_answer_placeholder_weekday">Day of week</string>
 
     <string name="title_rule_noop">No action</string>
     <string name="title_rule_seen">Mark read</string>