diff --git a/src/Distribution/Server/Features/PackageInfoJSON.hs b/src/Distribution/Server/Features/PackageInfoJSON.hs
index 6fdd96e36..3daf2f1ef 100644
--- a/src/Distribution/Server/Features/PackageInfoJSON.hs
+++ b/src/Distribution/Server/Features/PackageInfoJSON.hs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import Distribution.Utils.ShortText (fromShortText)
 import Data.Foldable (toList)
 import Data.Traversable (for)
 import qualified Data.List as List
+import Data.Time (UTCTime)
 
 
 data PackageInfoJSONFeature = PackageInfoJSONFeature {
@@ -130,12 +131,14 @@ initPackageInfoJSONFeature env = do
 
 -- | Pure function for extracting basic package info from a Cabal file
 getBasicDescription
-  :: CabalFileText
+  :: UTCTime
+    -- ^ Time of upload
+  -> CabalFileText
   -> Int
      -- ^ Metadata revision. This will be added to the resulting
      --   @PackageBasicDescription@
   -> Either String PackageBasicDescription
-getBasicDescription (CabalFileText cf) metadataRev =
+getBasicDescription uploadedAt (CabalFileText cf) metadataRev =
   let parseResult = PkgDescr.parseGenericPackageDescription (BS.toStrict cf)
   in case PkgDescr.runParseResult parseResult of
     (_, Right pkg) -> let
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ getBasicDescription (CabalFileText cf) metadataRev =
                                 PkgDescr.licenseRaw pkgd
       pbd_homepage          = T.pack . fromShortText $ PkgDescr.homepage pkgd
       pbd_metadata_revision = metadataRev
+      pbd_uploaded_at       = uploadedAt
       in
       return $ PackageBasicDescription {..}
     (_, Left (_, perrs)) ->
@@ -201,6 +205,7 @@ servePackageBasicDescription resource preferred packageInfoState dpath = do
       pkg <- lookupPackageId resource pkgid
 
       let metadataRevs = fst <$> pkgMetadataRevisions pkg
+          uploadInfos  = snd <$> pkgMetadataRevisions pkg
           nMetadata    = Vector.length metadataRevs
           metadataInd  = fromMaybe (nMetadata - 1) metadataRev
 
@@ -212,7 +217,8 @@ servePackageBasicDescription resource preferred packageInfoState dpath = do
         )
 
       let cabalFile = metadataRevs Vector.! metadataInd
-          pkgDescr  = getBasicDescription cabalFile metadataInd
+          uploadedAt = fst $ uploadInfos Vector.! metadataInd
+          pkgDescr  = getBasicDescription uploadedAt cabalFile metadataInd
       case pkgDescr of
         Left e  -> Framework.errInternalError [Framework.MText e]
         Right d -> return d
diff --git a/src/Distribution/Server/Features/PackageInfoJSON/State.hs b/src/Distribution/Server/Features/PackageInfoJSON/State.hs
index 54227d206..53adfa242 100644
--- a/src/Distribution/Server/Features/PackageInfoJSON/State.hs
+++ b/src/Distribution/Server/Features/PackageInfoJSON/State.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import           Data.Monoid          (Sum(..))
 import qualified Data.Text            as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding   as T
 import           Data.SafeCopy        (SafeCopy(..), base, contain,
-                                       deriveSafeCopy)
+                                       deriveSafeCopy, safeGet, safePut)
 import           Data.Serialize       (Get, get, getListOf, getTwoOf, put,
                                        putListOf, putTwoOf)
 import           Data.Typeable        (Typeable)
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import           Data.Word            (Word8)
 import           Distribution.License (licenseToSPDX)
 import           Distribution.Text    (display, simpleParse)
 import           GHC.Generics         (Generic)
+import           Data.Time (UTCTime)
 
 import           Distribution.SPDX.License (License)
 import           Distribution.Package      (PackageIdentifier, PackageName)
@@ -40,8 +41,7 @@ import qualified Distribution.Parsec as Parsec
 
 import qualified Distribution.Server.Features.PreferredVersions as Preferred
 import           Distribution.Server.Framework.MemSize          (MemSize,
-                                                                 memSize,
-                                                                 memSize7)
+                                                                 memSize, memSize8)
 
 
 -- | Basic information about a package. These values are
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ data PackageBasicDescription = PackageBasicDescription
   , pbd_author            :: !T.Text
   , pbd_homepage          :: !T.Text
   , pbd_metadata_revision :: !Int
+  , pbd_uploaded_at       :: !UTCTime
   } deriving (Eq, Show, Generic)
 
 instance SafeCopy PackageBasicDescription where
-
   putCopy PackageBasicDescription{..} = contain $ do
     put (Pretty.prettyShow pbd_license)
     put $ T.encodeUtf8 pbd_copyright
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ instance SafeCopy PackageBasicDescription where
     put $ T.encodeUtf8 pbd_author
     put $ T.encodeUtf8 pbd_homepage
     put pbd_metadata_revision
+    safePut pbd_uploaded_at
 
   getCopy = contain $ do
     licenseStr <- get
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ instance SafeCopy PackageBasicDescription where
         pbd_author            <- T.decodeUtf8 <$> get
         pbd_homepage          <- T.decodeUtf8 <$> get
         pbd_metadata_revision <- get
+        pbd_uploaded_at       <- safeGet
         return PackageBasicDescription{..}
 
 
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ instance Aeson.ToJSON PackageBasicDescription where
       , Key.fromString "author"            .= pbd_author
       , Key.fromString "homepage"          .= pbd_homepage
       , Key.fromString "metadata_revision" .= pbd_metadata_revision
+      , Key.fromString "uploaded_at"       .= pbd_uploaded_at
       ]
 
 
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ instance Aeson.FromJSON PackageBasicDescription where
         pbd_author            <- obj .: Key.fromString "author"
         pbd_homepage          <- obj .: Key.fromString "homepage"
         pbd_metadata_revision <- obj .: Key.fromString "metadata_revision"
+        pbd_uploaded_at       <- obj .: Key.fromString "uploaded_at"
         return $
           PackageBasicDescription {..}
 
@@ -225,8 +229,8 @@ deriveSafeCopy 0 'base ''PackageInfoState
 
 instance MemSize PackageBasicDescription where
   memSize PackageBasicDescription{..} =
-    memSize7 (Pretty.prettyShow pbd_license) pbd_copyright pbd_synopsis
-             pbd_description pbd_author pbd_homepage pbd_metadata_revision
+    memSize8 (Pretty.prettyShow pbd_license) pbd_copyright pbd_synopsis
+             pbd_description pbd_author pbd_homepage pbd_metadata_revision pbd_uploaded_at
 
 instance MemSize PackageVersions where
   memSize (PackageVersions ps) = getSum $