diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index f64e77047b..9ed9d6a9e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 	Each pretty-printed commit will be rewrapped before it is shown.
 
+--date=<format>::
+	Show dates formatted according to the given date string. (See
+	the `--date` option in the "Commit Formatting" section of
+	linkgit:git-log[1]).
+
 --group=<type>::
 	Group commits based on `<type>`. If no `--group` option is
 	specified, the default is `author`. `<type>` is one of:
diff --git a/builtin/shortlog.c b/builtin/shortlog.c
index 7a1e1fe7c0..53c379a51d 100644
--- a/builtin/shortlog.c
+++ b/builtin/shortlog.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void shortlog_add_commit(struct shortlog *log, struct commit *commit)
 	ctx.fmt = CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT;
 	ctx.abbrev = log->abbrev;
 	ctx.print_email_subject = 1;
-	ctx.date_mode.type = DATE_NORMAL;
+	ctx.date_mode = log->date_mode;
 	ctx.output_encoding = get_log_output_encoding();
 
 	if (!log->summary) {
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ parse_done:
 	log.user_format = rev.commit_format == CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT;
 	log.abbrev = rev.abbrev;
 	log.file = rev.diffopt.file;
+	log.date_mode = rev.date_mode;
 
 	if (!log.groups)
 		log.groups = SHORTLOG_GROUP_AUTHOR;
diff --git a/shortlog.h b/shortlog.h
index 3f7e9aabca..dc388dd459 100644
--- a/shortlog.h
+++ b/shortlog.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define SHORTLOG_H
 
 #include "string-list.h"
+#include "date.h"
 
 struct commit;
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ struct shortlog {
 	int in2;
 	int user_format;
 	int abbrev;
+	struct date_mode date_mode;
 
 	enum {
 		SHORTLOG_GROUP_AUTHOR = (1 << 0),
diff --git a/t/t4201-shortlog.sh b/t/t4201-shortlog.sh
index 3095b1b2ff..7547da539d 100755
--- a/t/t4201-shortlog.sh
+++ b/t/t4201-shortlog.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ test_expect_success 'pretty format' '
 	test_cmp expect log.predictable
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'pretty format (with --date)' '
+	sed "s/SUBJECT/2005-04-07 OBJECT_NAME/" expect.template >expect &&
+	git shortlog --format="%ad %H" --date=short HEAD >log &&
+	fuzz log >log.predictable &&
+	test_cmp expect log.predictable
+'
+
 test_expect_success '--abbrev' '
 	sed s/SUBJECT/OBJID/ expect.template >expect &&
 	git shortlog --format="%h" --abbrev=35 HEAD >log &&