diff --git a/src/kemal/init_handler.cr b/src/kemal/init_handler.cr
index 318576a..3ec1674 100644
--- a/src/kemal/init_handler.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/init_handler.cr
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module Kemal
     def call(context : HTTP::Server::Context)
       context.response.headers.add "X-Powered-By", "Kemal" if Kemal.config.powered_by_header?
       context.response.content_type = "text/html" unless context.response.headers.has_key?("Content-Type")
+      context.response.headers.add "Date", Time.utc.to_rfc2822
       call_next context
     end
   end