diff --git a/src/engine/Transaction.c b/src/engine/Transaction.c
index 59f61723b2..95f5fdbd51 100644
--- a/src/engine/Transaction.c
+++ b/src/engine/Transaction.c
@@ -1641,9 +1641,16 @@ xaccSplitSetDocref (Split *split, const char *docs)
 void
 xaccSplitSetReconcile (Split *split, char recn)
 {
+   struct timeval tv;
+
    if (!split) return;
    split->reconciled = recn;
    MARK_SPLIT (split);
+
+   gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
+   split->date_reconciled.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
+   split->date_reconciled.tv_nsec = 1000 * tv.tv_usec;
+
    xaccAccountRecomputeBalance (split->acc);
 }