diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index efd311b1ce..ff307eb270 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
-	 [--3way] [--interactive]
+	 [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
+	 [--ignore-date]
 	 [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
 	 [--reject]
 	 [<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
@@ -73,6 +74,20 @@ default.   You could use `--no-utf8` to override this.
 --interactive::
 	Run interactively.
 
+--committer-date-is-author-date::
+	By default the command records the date from the e-mail
+	message as the commit author date, and uses the time of
+	commit creation as the committer date. This allows the
+	user to lie about the committer date by using the same
+	timestamp as the author date.
+
+--ignore-date::
+	By default the command records the date from the e-mail
+	message as the commit author date, and uses the time of
+	commit creation as the committer date. This allows the
+	user to lie about author timestamp by using the same
+	timestamp as the committer date.
+
 --skip::
 	Skip the current patch.  This is only meaningful when
 	restarting an aborted patch.
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index b598b4332a..8bcb206022 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ resolvemsg=     override error message when patch failure occurs
 r,resolved      to be used after a patch failure
 skip            skip the current patch
 abort           restore the original branch and abort the patching operation.
+committer-date-is-author-date    lie about committer date
+ignore-date     use current timestamp for author date
 rebasing*       (internal use for git-rebase)"
 
 . git-sh-setup
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@ dotest="$GIT_DIR/rebase-apply"
 sign= utf8=t keep= skip= interactive= resolved= rebasing= abort=
 resolvemsg= resume=
 git_apply_opt=
+committer_date_is_author_date=
+ignore_date=
 
 while test $# != 0
 do
@@ -170,6 +174,10 @@ do
 		git_apply_opt="$git_apply_opt $(sq "$1$2")"; shift ;;
 	--reject)
 		git_apply_opt="$git_apply_opt $1" ;;
+	--committer-date-is-author-date)
+		committer_date_is_author_date=t ;;
+	--ignore-date)
+		ignore_date=t ;;
 	--)
 		shift; break ;;
 	*)
@@ -520,7 +528,18 @@ do
 
 	tree=$(git write-tree) &&
 	parent=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
-	commit=$(git commit-tree $tree -p $parent <"$dotest/final-commit") &&
+	commit=$(
+		if test -n "$ignore_date"
+		then
+			GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=
+		fi
+		if test -n "$committer_date_is_author_date"
+		then
+			GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"
+			export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
+		fi &&
+		git commit-tree $tree -p $parent <"$dotest/final-commit"
+	) &&
 	git update-ref -m "$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: $FIRSTLINE" HEAD $commit $parent ||
 	stop_here $this
 
diff --git a/t/t4150-am.sh b/t/t4150-am.sh
index 796f795267..5e65afa0c1 100755
--- a/t/t4150-am.sh
+++ b/t/t4150-am.sh
@@ -257,4 +257,37 @@ test_expect_success 'am works from file (absolute path given) in subdirectory' '
 	test -z "$(git diff second)"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'am --committer-date-is-author-date' '
+	git checkout first &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git am --committer-date-is-author-date patch1 &&
+	git cat-file commit HEAD | sed -e "/^$/q" >head1 &&
+	at=$(sed -ne "/^author /s/.*> //p" head1) &&
+	ct=$(sed -ne "/^committer /s/.*> //p" head1) &&
+	test "$at" = "$ct"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'am without --committer-date-is-author-date' '
+	git checkout first &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git am patch1 &&
+	git cat-file commit HEAD | sed -e "/^$/q" >head1 &&
+	at=$(sed -ne "/^author /s/.*> //p" head1) &&
+	ct=$(sed -ne "/^committer /s/.*> //p" head1) &&
+	test "$at" != "$ct"
+'
+
+# This checks for +0000 because TZ is set to UTC and that should
+# show up when the current time is used. The date in message is set
+# by test_tick that uses -0700 timezone; if this feature does not
+# work, we will see that instead of +0000.
+test_expect_success 'am --ignore-date' '
+	git checkout first &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git am --ignore-date patch1 &&
+	git cat-file commit HEAD | sed -e "/^$/q" >head1 &&
+	at=$(sed -ne "/^author /s/.*> //p" head1) &&
+	echo "$at" | grep "+0000"
+'
+
 test_done