diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/config/AbstractRemoteFileInboundChannelAdapterParser.java b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/config/AbstractRemoteFileInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
index 811fa53248..38e14b2141 100644
--- a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/config/AbstractRemoteFileInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/config/AbstractRemoteFileInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRemoteFileInboundChannelAdapterParser extends Abst
 		// configure the InboundFileSynchronizer properties
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(synchronizerBuilder, element, "remote-directory");
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(synchronizerBuilder, element, "delete-remote-files");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(synchronizerBuilder, element, "preserve-timestamp");
 
 		String remoteFileSeparator = element.getAttribute("remote-file-separator");
 		synchronizerBuilder.addPropertyValue("remoteFileSeparator", remoteFileSeparator);
diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/remote/synchronizer/AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer.java b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/remote/synchronizer/AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer.java
index cb42377025..590f3092bc 100644
--- a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/remote/synchronizer/AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer.java
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/remote/synchronizer/AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.integration.file.remote.synchronizer;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
  * @author Gary Russell
+ * @author Artem Bilan
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public abstract class AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<F> implements InboundFileSynchronizer,
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<F> implements InboundFileS
 	 */
 	private volatile boolean deleteRemoteFiles;
 
+	/**
+	 * Should we <em>transfer</em> the remote file <b>timestamp</b>
+	 * to the local file? By default this is false.
+	 */
+	private volatile boolean  preserveTimestamp;
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a synchronizer with the {@link SessionFactory} used to acquire {@link Session} instances.
 	 */
@@ -127,6 +133,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<F> implements InboundFileS
 		this.deleteRemoteFiles = deleteRemoteFiles;
 	}
 
+	public void setPreserveTimestamp(boolean preserveTimestamp) {
+		this.preserveTimestamp = preserveTimestamp;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setIntegrationEvaluationContext(EvaluationContext evaluationContext) {
 		this.evaluationContext = evaluationContext;
@@ -149,7 +159,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<F> implements InboundFileS
 		Session<F> session = null;
 		try {
 			session = this.sessionFactory.getSession();
-			Assert.state(session != null, "failed to acquire a Session");
+			Assert.notNull(session, "failed to acquire a Session");
 			F[] files = session.list(this.remoteDirectory);
 			if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(files)) {
 				Collection<F> filteredFiles = this.filterFiles(files);
@@ -192,7 +202,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<F> implements InboundFileS
 		if (!localFile.exists()) {
 			String tempFileName = localFile.getAbsolutePath() + this.temporaryFileSuffix;
 			File tempFile = new File(tempFileName);
-			InputStream inputStream = null;
 			FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(tempFile);
 			try {
 				session.read(remoteFilePath, fileOutputStream);
@@ -206,13 +215,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<F> implements InboundFileS
 				}
 			}
 			finally {
-				try {
-					if (inputStream != null) {
-						inputStream.close();
-					}
-				}
-				catch (Exception ignored1) {
-				}
 				try {
 					fileOutputStream.close();
 				}
@@ -228,6 +230,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<F> implements InboundFileS
 					}
 				}
 			}
+			if (this.preserveTimestamp) {
+				localFile.setLastModified(getModified(remoteFile));
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -242,4 +247,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<F> implements InboundFileS
 
 	protected abstract String getFilename(F file);
 
+	protected abstract long getModified(F file);
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundFileSynchronizer.java b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundFileSynchronizer.java
index a5b942cae6..1bcca21604 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundFileSynchronizer.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundFileSynchronizer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.file.remote.synchronizer.AbstractInboundF
  * @author Iwein Fuld
  * @author Josh Long
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Artem Bilan
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public class FtpInboundFileSynchronizer extends AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<FTPFile> {
@@ -50,4 +51,9 @@ public class FtpInboundFileSynchronizer extends AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<
 		return (file != null ? file.getName() : null);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected long getModified(FTPFile file) {
+		return file.getTimestamp().getTimeInMillis();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/spring-integration-ftp-3.0.xsd b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/spring-integration-ftp-3.0.xsd
index bfd362abb3..afaaa5e246 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/spring-integration-ftp-3.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/spring-integration-ftp-3.0.xsd
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 							</xsd:documentation>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
-					<xsd:attribute name="delete-remote-files" type="xsd:string">
+					<xsd:attribute name="delete-remote-files" type="xsd:string" default="false">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:documentation>
 								Specify whether to delete the remote source
@@ -245,6 +245,16 @@
 							</xsd:documentation>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="preserve-timestamp" type="xsd:string" default="false">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation>
+								Specify whether to preserve the modified timestamp from the remote source
+								file on the local file after copying.
+								By default, the remote timestamp will NOT be
+								preserved.
+							</xsd:documentation>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+					</xsd:attribute>
 				</xsd:extension>
 			</xsd:complexContent>
 		</xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
index 6d2732ec76..4b6f73f98f 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
@@ -7,20 +7,21 @@
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/ftp http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/ftp/spring-integration-ftp.xsd">
 
-	<bean id="ftpSessionFactory" 
+	<bean id="ftpSessionFactory"
 		class="org.springframework.integration.ftp.config.FtpInboundChannelAdapterParserTests.TestSessionFactoryBean"/>
 
 	<bean id="csf" class="org.springframework.integration.file.remote.session.CachingSessionFactory">
 		<constructor-arg ref="ftpSessionFactory"/>
 	</bean>
-	
+
 	<int-ftp:inbound-channel-adapter id="ftpInbound"
-				channel="ftpChannel" 
+				channel="ftpChannel"
 				session-factory="ftpSessionFactory"
 				charset="UTF-8"
 				auto-create-local-directory="true"
 				auto-startup="false"
 				delete-remote-files="true"
+				preserve-timestamp="true"
 				filename-pattern="*.txt"
 				local-directory="."
 				remote-file-separator=""
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="acceptAllFilter" class="org.springframework.integration.file.filters.AcceptAllFileListFilter" />
-	
+
 	<int:transaction-synchronization-factory id="syncFactory">
 		<int:after-commit expression="'foo'" channel="successChannel"/>
 		<int:after-rollback expression="'bar'" channel="failureChannel"/>
@@ -48,13 +49,13 @@
 	<int:channel id="successChannel" />
 
 	<int:channel id="failureChannel" />
-	
+
 	<bean id="comparator" class="org.mockito.Mockito" factory-method="mock">
 		<constructor-arg value="java.util.Comparator"/>
 	</bean>
 
 	<int-ftp:inbound-channel-adapter
-				channel="ftpChannel" 
+				channel="ftpChannel"
 				session-factory="ftpSessionFactory"
 				charset="UTF-8"
 				auto-create-local-directory="true"
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
 	</int-ftp:inbound-channel-adapter>
 
 	<int-ftp:inbound-channel-adapter id="simpleAdapterWithCachedSessions"
-				channel="ftpChannel" 
+				channel="ftpChannel"
 				session-factory="csf"
 				local-directory="."
 				remote-directory="foo/bar">
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@
 	<int:channel id="ftpChannel">
 		<int:queue/>
 	</int:channel>
-	
+
 	<bean id="entryListFilter" class="org.mockito.Mockito" factory-method="mock">
 		<constructor-arg value="org.springframework.integration.file.filters.FileListFilter"/>
 	</bean>
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@
 	</int-ftp:inbound-channel-adapter>
 
 	<int:bridge input-channel="autoChannel" output-channel="nullChannel" />
-	
+
 	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.integration.transaction.PseudoTransactionManager"/>
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java b/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
index 1d1a62082a..4d40e37900 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class FtpInboundChannelAdapterParserTests {
 		FtpInboundFileSynchronizer fisync =
 			(FtpInboundFileSynchronizer) TestUtils.getPropertyValue(inbound, "synchronizer");
 		assertNotNull(TestUtils.getPropertyValue(fisync, "localFilenameGeneratorExpression"));
+		assertTrue(TestUtils.getPropertyValue(fisync, "preserveTimestamp", Boolean.class));
 		assertEquals(".foo", TestUtils.getPropertyValue(fisync, "temporaryFileSuffix", String.class));
 		String remoteFileSeparator = (String) TestUtils.getPropertyValue(fisync, "remoteFileSeparator");
 		assertNotNull(remoteFileSeparator);
diff --git a/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests.java b/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests.java
index 96bc62aef5..7106219858 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
@@ -30,10 +31,12 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient;
 import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPFile;
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.ftp.session.AbstractFtpSessionFactory;
  * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
  * @author Gunnar Hillert
  * @author Gary Russell
+ * @author Artem Bilan
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public class FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests {
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ public class FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests {
 		ftpSessionFactory.setHost("foo.com");
 		FtpInboundFileSynchronizer synchronizer = spy(new FtpInboundFileSynchronizer(ftpSessionFactory));
 		synchronizer.setDeleteRemoteFiles(true);
+		synchronizer.setPreserveTimestamp(true);
 		synchronizer.setRemoteDirectory("remote-test-dir");
 		synchronizer.setFilter(new FtpRegexPatternFileListFilter(".*\\.test$"));
 		synchronizer.setIntegrationEvaluationContext(ExpressionUtils.createStandardEvaluationContext());
@@ -98,9 +103,15 @@ public class FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests {
 		Message<File> atestFile =  ms.receive();
 		assertNotNull(atestFile);
 		assertEquals("A.TEST.a", atestFile.getPayload().getName());
+		// The test remote files are created with the current timestamp + 1 day.
+		assertThat(atestFile.getPayload().lastModified(), Matchers.greaterThan(System.currentTimeMillis()));
+
 		Message<File> btestFile =  ms.receive();
 		assertNotNull(btestFile);
 		assertEquals("B.TEST.a", btestFile.getPayload().getName());
+		// The test remote files are created with the current timestamp + 1 day.
+		assertThat(atestFile.getPayload().lastModified(), Matchers.greaterThan(System.currentTimeMillis()));
+
 		Message<File> nothing =  ms.receive();
 		assertNull(nothing);
 
@@ -127,6 +138,9 @@ public class FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests {
 					FTPFile file = new FTPFile();
 					file.setName(fileName);
 					file.setType(FTPFile.FILE_TYPE);
+					Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+					calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
+					file.setTimestamp(calendar);
 					ftpFiles.add(file);
 					when(ftpClient.retrieveFile(Mockito.eq("remote-test-dir/" + fileName) , Mockito.any(OutputStream.class))).thenReturn(true);
 				}
diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/inbound/SftpInboundFileSynchronizer.java b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/inbound/SftpInboundFileSynchronizer.java
index 1ee8246995..a6f177aa75 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/inbound/SftpInboundFileSynchronizer.java
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/inbound/SftpInboundFileSynchronizer.java
@@ -46,4 +46,9 @@ public class SftpInboundFileSynchronizer extends AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer
 		return (file != null ? file.getFilename() : null);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected long getModified(LsEntry file) {
+		return (long) file.getAttrs().getMTime() * 1000;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/spring-integration-sftp-3.0.xsd b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/spring-integration-sftp-3.0.xsd
index 15d09c624f..912fcc0683 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/spring-integration-sftp-3.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/spring-integration-sftp-3.0.xsd
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 							</xsd:documentation>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
-					<xsd:attribute name="delete-remote-files" type="xsd:string">
+					<xsd:attribute name="delete-remote-files" type="xsd:string" default="false">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:documentation>
 								Specify whether to delete the remote source
@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@
 							</xsd:documentation>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="preserve-timestamp" type="xsd:string" default="false">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation>
+								Specify whether to preserve the modified timestamp from the remote source
+								file on the local file after copying.
+								By default, the remote timestamp will NOT be
+								preserved.
+							</xsd:documentation>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+					</xsd:attribute>
 				</xsd:extension>
 			</xsd:complexContent>
 		</xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
index 3e461e1db5..e0ffc0b0dc 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 	<channel id="requestChannel">
 		<queue/>
 	</channel>
-	
+
 	<beans:bean id="pattern" class="java.util.regex.Pattern" factory-method="compile">
 		<beans:constructor-arg value="."/>
 	</beans:bean>
-	
+
 	<beans:bean id="sftpSessionFactory" class="org.springframework.integration.sftp.session.DefaultSftpSessionFactory">
 		<beans:property name="host" value="loclahost"/>
 		<beans:property name="knownHosts" value="local, foo.com, bar.foo"/>
@@ -49,14 +49,15 @@
 			temporary-file-suffix=".bar"
 			comparator="comparator"
 			local-filter="acceptAllFilter"
-			delete-remote-files="${delete.remote.files}">
+			delete-remote-files="${delete.remote.files}"
+			preserve-timestamp="true">
 		<poller fixed-rate="1000">
 			<transactional synchronization-factory="syncFactory"/>
 		</poller>
 	</sftp:inbound-channel-adapter>
 
 	<beans:bean id="acceptAllFilter" class="org.springframework.integration.file.filters.AcceptAllFileListFilter" />
-	
+
 	<transaction-synchronization-factory id="syncFactory">
 		<after-commit expression="'foo'" channel="successChannel"/>
 		<after-rollback expression="'bar'" channel="failureChannel"/>
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
 	</sftp:inbound-channel-adapter>
 
 	<bridge input-channel="autoChannel" output-channel="nullChannel" />
-	
+
 	<beans:bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.integration.transaction.PseudoTransactionManager"/>
 
 </beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
index fb60fafd47..69284fd1e5 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public class InboundChannelAdapterParserTests {
 		assertNotNull(comparator);
 		SftpInboundFileSynchronizer synchronizer =  (SftpInboundFileSynchronizer) TestUtils.getPropertyValue(source, "synchronizer");
 		assertNotNull(TestUtils.getPropertyValue(synchronizer, "localFilenameGeneratorExpression"));
+		assertTrue(TestUtils.getPropertyValue(synchronizer, "preserveTimestamp", Boolean.class));
 		String remoteFileSeparator = (String) TestUtils.getPropertyValue(synchronizer, "remoteFileSeparator");
 		assertEquals(".bar", TestUtils.getPropertyValue(synchronizer, "temporaryFileSuffix", String.class));
 		assertNotNull(remoteFileSeparator);
diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/inbound/SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests.java b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/inbound/SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests.java
index dd8842efb7..c8fa674f48 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/inbound/SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/inbound/SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
@@ -29,8 +30,10 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Vector;
 
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ import com.jcraft.jsch.SftpATTRS;
  * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
  * @author Gunnar Hillert
  * @author Gary Russell
+ * @author Artem Bilan
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public class SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests {
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ public class SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests {
 
 		SftpInboundFileSynchronizer synchronizer = spy(new SftpInboundFileSynchronizer(ftpSessionFactory));
 		synchronizer.setDeleteRemoteFiles(true);
+		synchronizer.setPreserveTimestamp(true);
 		synchronizer.setRemoteDirectory("remote-test-dir");
 		synchronizer.setFilter(new SftpRegexPatternFileListFilter(".*\\.test$"));
 		synchronizer.setIntegrationEvaluationContext(ExpressionUtils.createStandardEvaluationContext());
@@ -93,9 +98,15 @@ public class SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests {
 		Message<File> atestFile =  ms.receive();
 		assertNotNull(atestFile);
 		assertEquals("a.test", atestFile.getPayload().getName());
+		// The test remote files are created with the current timestamp + 1 day.
+		assertThat(atestFile.getPayload().lastModified(), Matchers.greaterThan(System.currentTimeMillis()));
+
 		Message<File> btestFile =  ms.receive();
 		assertNotNull(btestFile);
 		assertEquals("b.test", btestFile.getPayload().getName());
+		// The test remote files are created with the current timestamp + 1 day.
+		assertThat(atestFile.getPayload().lastModified(), Matchers.greaterThan(System.currentTimeMillis()));
+
 		Message<File> nothing =  ms.receive();
 		assertNull(nothing);
 
@@ -120,6 +131,10 @@ public class SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTests {
 					LsEntry lsEntry = mock(LsEntry.class);
 					SftpATTRS attributes = mock(SftpATTRS.class);
 					when(lsEntry.getAttrs()).thenReturn(attributes);
+
+					Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+					calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
+					when(lsEntry.getAttrs().getMTime()).thenReturn(new Long(calendar.getTimeInMillis() / 1000).intValue());
 					when(lsEntry.getFilename()).thenReturn(fileName);
 					sftpEntries.add(lsEntry);
 					when(channel.get("remote-test-dir/"+fileName)).thenReturn(new FileInputStream("remote-test-dir/" + fileName));
diff --git a/src/reference/docbook/whats-new.xml b/src/reference/docbook/whats-new.xml
index 289b0d090a..5cb22379b3 100644
--- a/src/reference/docbook/whats-new.xml
+++ b/src/reference/docbook/whats-new.xml
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@
 				to be maintained across JVM executions, a custom filter that retains state, perhaps on
 				the file system, can now be configured.
 			</para>
+			<para>
+				Inbound Channel Adapters now support the <code>preserve-timestamp</code> attribute, which
+				sets the local file modified timestamp to the timestamp from the server (default false).
+			</para>
 			<para>
 				For more information, see
 				<xref linkend="ftp-inbound"/> and <xref linkend="sftp-inbound"/>.