diff --git a/src/borg/archive.py b/src/borg/archive.py
index e97b06b11..5e64f51cc 100644
--- a/src/borg/archive.py
+++ b/src/borg/archive.py
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ class ArchiveRecreater:
                  exclude_caches=False, exclude_if_present=None, keep_exclude_tags=False,
                  chunker_params=None, compression=None, recompress=False, always_recompress=False,
                  dry_run=False, stats=False, progress=False, file_status_printer=None,
-                 checkpoint_interval=1800):
+                 timestamp=None, checkpoint_interval=1800):
         self.repository = repository
         self.key = key
         self.manifest = manifest
@@ -1872,6 +1872,7 @@ class ArchiveRecreater:
         self.compression = compression or CompressionSpec('none')
         self.seen_chunks = set()
 
+        self.timestamp = timestamp
         self.dry_run = dry_run
         self.stats = stats
         self.progress = progress
@@ -1976,18 +1977,33 @@ class ArchiveRecreater:
             return
         if comment is None:
             comment = archive.metadata.get('comment', '')
-        target.save(comment=comment, stats=target.stats, additional_metadata={
-            # keep some metadata as in original archive:
-            'time': archive.metadata.time,
-            'time_end': archive.metadata.get('time_end') or archive.metadata.time,
-            'cmdline': archive.metadata.cmdline,
-            # but also remember recreate metadata:
-            'recreate_cmdline': sys.argv,
-        })
+
+        # Keep for the statistics if necessary
+        if self.stats:
+            _start = target.start
+
+        if self.timestamp is None:
+            additional_metadata = {
+                'time': archive.metadata.time,
+                'time_end': archive.metadata.get('time_end') or archive.metadata.time,
+                'cmdline': archive.metadata.cmdline,
+                # but also remember recreate metadata:
+                'recreate_cmdline': sys.argv,
+            }
+        else:
+            additional_metadata = {
+                'cmdline': archive.metadata.cmdline,
+                # but also remember recreate metadata:
+                'recreate_cmdline': sys.argv,
+            }
+
+        target.save(comment=comment, timestamp=self.timestamp,
+                    stats=target.stats, additional_metadata=additional_metadata)
         if replace_original:
             archive.delete(Statistics(), progress=self.progress)
             target.rename(archive.name)
         if self.stats:
+            target.start = _start
             target.end = datetime.utcnow()
             log_multi(DASHES,
                       str(target),
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index faad61a65..6d16b9d77 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ class Archiver:
                                      progress=args.progress, stats=args.stats,
                                      file_status_printer=self.print_file_status,
                                      checkpoint_interval=args.checkpoint_interval,
-                                     dry_run=args.dry_run)
+                                     dry_run=args.dry_run, timestamp=args.timestamp)
 
         if args.location.archive:
             name = args.location.archive
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
index 42843e67a..2d1948def 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
@@ -2551,6 +2551,17 @@ class ArchiverTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
         assert int(csize) < int(size)
         assert sha256_before == sha256_after
 
+    def test_recreate_timestamp(self):
+        self.create_test_files()
+        self.cmd('init', '--encryption=repokey', self.repository_location)
+        archive = self.repository_location + '::test0'
+        self.cmd('create', archive, 'input')
+        self.cmd('recreate', '--timestamp', "1970-01-02T00:00:00", '--comment',
+                 'test', archive)
+        info = self.cmd('info', archive).splitlines()
+        assert any([re.search(r'Time \(start\).+ 1970-01-02', item) for item in info])
+        assert any([re.search(r'Time \(end\).+ 1970-01-02', item) for item in info])
+
     def test_recreate_dry_run(self):
         self.create_regular_file('compressible', size=10000)
         self.cmd('init', '--encryption=repokey', self.repository_location)